I Could Do Great Things Foundation
Boca Raton, FL · EIN 27-1950767. Reported 94 grants totalling $4,791,016 to 60 recipients 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. I Could Do Great Things Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $55,000; the smallest was $180 and the largest $581,754. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Delaware | Wilmington, DE | $1,268,719 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | Coconut Creek, FL | $576,069 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $510,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Delaware Hillel | Newark, DE | $351,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Secure Community Network | Chicago, IL | $330,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County | Boca Raton, FL | $280,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Nagen Project Inc | Bloomfield, CT | $208,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Delware Hillel | Newark, DE | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $132,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel | New York, NY | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | Seattle, WA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewbelong | New York, NY | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Odyssey Charter School | Palm Bay, FL | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Combat Hate Foundation | Moundridge, KS | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewbelong | Summit, NJ | $20,382 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Integrity for America Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lawfare Project Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Saratoga Springs, NY | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Association | Wilmington, DE | $14,650 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Media Matters | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Media Matters for America | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Georgia | Athens, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Odyssey Charter School | Wilmington, DE | $9,695 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $9,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Siegel Jcc | Wilmington, DE | $6,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Committee | Boca Raton, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Belmont Child Care Association Inc | Elmont, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Making Headway Foundation Inc | Chappagua, NY | $4,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Franklin Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $4,211 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rstta | Wilmington, DE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of the University of Pa | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland | College Park, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Delaware Inc | Wilmington, DE | $1,950 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jfna | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kids at Play Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cooper Foundation | Camden, NJ | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tulane Hillel | New Orleans, LA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Delaware Zoological Society | Wilmington, DE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elemyouth in Distress in Israel | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lyte | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smith College | Northampton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children & Families First | Wilmington, DE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Delaware Horsemen's Assistance Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orthpaedic Research and Education Foundation | Rosemont, IL | $360 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Penn State Dance Marathon | Hershey, PA | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
18 of 60 (30%) 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 39%, 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.
- Jewish Federation of Delaware
TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 51 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $667,178 | $9,847 |
| 2022 | 23 | $1,735,654 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $1,102,184 | $12,325 |
| 2024 | 21 | $1,286,000 | $16,000 |
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
42% of its giving went to organizations in Delaware. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Delaware.
- 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 I Could Do Great Things Foundation'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: 6501 Park of Commerce Blvd 237, Boca Raton, FL, 33487. 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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