Atran Foundation Inc
Englewood, NJ · EIN 13-5566548. Reported 130 grants totalling $9,768,750 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Atran 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $18,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $4,000 and the largest $1,620,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $1,705,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $1,620,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University | Bronx, NY | $1,550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,490,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research | New York, NY | $520,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Forward Association | New York, NY | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Workmen's Circlearbeter Inc | New York, NY | $355,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Labor Committee | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Workers Defense League | New York, NY | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Traditional Music & Dance Inc | New York, NY | $117,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Theological Seminary | New York, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teach | Monsey, NY | $63,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Yiddish Repertory Theater | Weehawken, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Educational Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund | Newark, NJ | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Rozana | New York, NY | $48,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rural and Migrant Ministry Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union Settlement | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The American Labor Musuem | Haledon, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beit Simchat Torah | New York, NY | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Closer Look | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bergen Family Center | Englewood, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | Boston, MA | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| US Friends of Dror Israel | Boca Raton, FL | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York Jewish Agenda | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Office of Concern Food Pantry at St Cecilia's | Englewood, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peace River Presbytery Inc | North Port, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health | Brooklyn, NY | $24,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| In Geveb Inc | New York, NY | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc | New York, NY | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Yiddish Culture Organization Inc | Long Island City, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Concerts in Motion | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Road Recovery Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The New Milford Education Foundation | New Milford, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Near East Refugee Aid Inc | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mazon Inc a Jewsih Response to Hunger | Los Angeles, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Friends of Unicef | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Di Goldene Keyt (the Golden Chain) | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ciesla Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| League for Yiddish | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum at Eldridge Street | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parent Heart Watch | Wilmington, DE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Play Is Forward Project Inc | South Salem, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yiddish Iniative Inc | Coral Springs, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yugntruf - Youth for Yiddish Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Council for Public Affairs | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
34 of 55 (62%) 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 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Brandeis University
ATRAN CHAIR IN LABOR ECONOMICS - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
EAST HARLEM OUTREACH PROJECT, HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM, AND BIOETHICS NATIONAL CONFERENCE - Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
ATRAN CHAIR OF SOCIAL MEDICINE AND PROJECT TEACH - The Johns Hopkins University
ATRAN-JH CROHN'S RESEARCH - Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
CHALLENGE GRANT AND NEW ARCHIVE PROJECT - The Forward Association
INVESTIGATIVE FUND AND THE FORVERTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 68 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $7,178,250 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $695,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $995,000 | $18,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $900,500 | $15,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $18,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Atran Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 155 North Dean St Ste 3D, Englewood, NJ, 07631. 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.
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