Nat R & Martha M Knaster
Boynton Beach, FL · EIN 20-6617134. Reported 147 grants totalling $1,304,650 to 54 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. Nat R & Martha M Knaster 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $35,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $259,500 | 18 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baruch College Fund | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Tennessee Foundation | Knoxville, TN | $74,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Davidson College | Davidson, NC | $60,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $57,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $54,400 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $49,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Golden Hornet Project Inc | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uja Federation of New York | New York, NY | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brotherhood Synagogue | New York, NY | $35,850 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fau Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Idf | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hias | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation | Memphis, TN | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Union for Progressive Judiasm | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Micah | Brentwood, TN | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Share Our Strength (no Kid Hungry Nyc) | Philadelphia, PA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope for Justice Inc | Nashville, TN | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel Center | White Pains, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor, MI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pap Corps | Deerfield Beach, FL | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $13,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Campaign | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | Hagerstown, MD | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Sheba Medical Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hi How Are You Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Human Trafficking Survivors Court Foundation | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Runway of Dreams Foundation | Livingston, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Universty of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University Law School | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kenya Education Fund | New York, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Soup Kitchen | Boynton Beach, FL | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arts Garage | Delray Beach, FL | $7,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Sanders Foundation Inc | Tiburon, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wbgo Public Radio | Newark, NJ | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Valley Symphony Orchestra | Mcallen, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Menachem Education Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Menachem Education Foundations | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bronxville Ballet Not for Sale | Bronxville, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ackerman Institute for the Family | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Treehouse Shakers Inc | Forest Hills, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zero to Three | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dolphin Challenge Cancer | Miami Gardens, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Neck Student Aid Fund | Great Neck, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
42 of 54 (78%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 83%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- American Friends of the Hebrew University
COMPUTATIONAL MEDICINE AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSTY (HU) - Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach
UNRESTRICTED $10,000LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENT FUND $23,400 - Baruch College Fund
AARON SHAPIRO SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR STUDENTS AT BARUCH COLLEGE - Friends of the Idf
AMBULANCE PURCHASE FOR USE IN ISRAEL $20,000HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR EMERGENCY FUND $10,000 - University of Tennessee Foundation
COLLEGE FUND FOR HASLEM BUSINESS SCHOOL - Uja Federation of New York
FOR EFFORTS TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN NY $12,500UJA NY ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND $10,000
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 91 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $404,650 | $6,250 |
| 2022 | 52 | $400,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $500,000 | $10,000 |
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. 50% 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 $7,500. 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 Nat R & Martha M Knaster's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co M Lobel 8242 Green Mountain Rd, Boynton Beach, FL, 33473. 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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