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The Kapiloff Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1353142. Reported 88 grants totalling $332,850 to 52 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$332,850granted, 2021-2024
52recipients, as named on its returns
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,201,993assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Kapiloff Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $49,600. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
13 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
39 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
31 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
4 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Jewish National Fund (jnf)Rockville Center, NY$52,600222022
Living Classrooms FoundationBaltimore, MD$24,000442024
Anshe Emet SynagogueChicago, IL$20,000442024
Norton Museum of ArtWest Palm Beach, FL$19,000332024
Anti-Defamation League (adl)Washington, DC$18,500442024
Penn HillelPhiladelphia, PA$15,000222024
Jewish Silicon ValleyLos Gatos, CA$11,750222024
Beth El CongregationPikesville, MD$11,000442024
ChanaPikesville, MD$10,000222022
Destination Peace International IncPikesville, MD$10,000222023
Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncNew York, NY$10,000222023
The Washington Institute for Near East PolicyWashington, DC$10,000112021
Congregation SinaiSan Jose, CA$9,500222024
Hillel InternationalWashington, DC$7,500112022
Maryland Public Television (mpt)Owings Mills, MD$7,500332023
Jewish Federation of Greater WashingtonNorth Bethesda, MD$6,000112024
Foster ForwardEast Providence, RI$5,000112024
James Beard Public MarketPortland, OR$5,000112024
Jewish Community Center of Greater BaltimoreOwings Mills, MD$5,000112023
Planned ParenthoodWashington, DC$5,000112022
Preservation Foundation of Palm BeachPalm Beach, FL$5,000112024
Strathmore Hall Foundation IncNorth Bethesda, MD$5,000442024
Susan Borstein Holocaust Education Center(sbhec)Providence, RI$5,000112024
Trinity Reparatory CompanyProvidence, RI$5,000112024
Vetri Foundation for ChildrenPhiladelphia, PA$5,000112023
B'nai Israel CongregationRockville, MD$4,000442024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$3,500222023
Hillel Community Day SchoolRochester, NY$3,000222023
Lincoln SchoolProvidence, RI$3,000112022
Makom Solel LakesideHighland Park, IL$2,500112022
The Miriam HospitalProvidence, RI$2,500112022
Addlestone Hebrew AcademyCharleston, SC$2,000222022
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of AlbanyAlbany, NY$2,000222022
For the GirlsWheaton, MD$2,000112023
I Support the GirlsWheaton, MD$2,000112024
International Fellowship of Christians & JewsChicago, IL$2,000112022
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews IncWashington, DC$2,000112021
Jewish Day School of Lehigh ValleyAllentown, PA$2,000222022
Montgomery Coalition for the HomelessRockville, MD$2,000112021
Montgomery County Coalition for the HomelessRockville, MD$2,000112022
Museum of Jewish HeritageNew York, NY$2,000112023
St Michael the Archangel Church (helping Hands)Baltimore, MD$2,000112022
Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade CountyMiami, FL$1,000112021
University of Baltimore FoundationBaltimore, MD$1,000112022
Catholic CharitiesAlbany, NY$800112023
Ann Norton Sculpture GardensWest Palm Beach, FL$500112024
Museum of Modern Art (moma)New York, NY$500222022
The Society of the Four Arts IncPalm Beach, FL$500222024
Henry Morrison Flager Museum IncPalm Beach, FL$250112022
The Jewish MuseumNew York, NY$250112021
Solomon R Guggenheim FoundationNew York, NY$100112021
Weber SchoolAtlanta, GA$100112022

22 of 52 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 42 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
17 grants
Education
7 grants
Human Services
6 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Religion
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Community Improvement
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$102,950$1,500
202228$71,100$2,000
202319$76,300$5,000
202419$82,500$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

29% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Maryland
$97K
New York
$71K
District of Columbia
$43K
Florida
$26K
Illinois
$24K
Pennsylvania
$22K
California
$21K
Rhode Island
$20K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund30 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc29 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program26 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust21 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc19 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Kapiloff Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 5307 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 52-1353142 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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