The Fifth C Foundation
Palm Beach Gardens, FL · EIN 37-6457440. Reported 80 grants totalling $385,004 to 52 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. The Fifth C 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $48,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Beth Am | Pinecrest, FL | $65,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Benjamin School | N Palm Beach, FL | $56,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of Israel Defense Fund | New York, NY | $48,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $42,304 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Mirasol Foundation Inc | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kravis Center for Performing Arts | West Palm Beach, FL | $14,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chabad at Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vany Church | East Hampton, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center | Scarsdale, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Services | West Palm Beach, FL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maureen's Haven | Riverhead, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maureens Haven | Riverhead, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Ellen Hermanson Foundation | East Hampton, NY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Family Services | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Venture Education Fdn | Tampa, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Idf | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kent Animal Shelter | Calverton, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stonybrook Foundation | Acme, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $3,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alpha Phi | Denver, CO | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Israel Education | Atlanta, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Bethlehem | Delmar, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Itec | Dunnellon, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Lee & Charlotte Counties | Fort Myers, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mia's Miracles Foundation | Tequesta, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Metropolitan YMCA | Lake Worth, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Veritas | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tee It Up for the Troops | Burnsville, MN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mandell Jcc | West Hartford, CT | $1,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Sunday | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cornerstone Fellowship | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Els for Autism | Jupiter, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gardens Jewish Center | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John D Macarthur Beach State Park | N Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Birthday Angels | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center | Pasadena, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Super Paws Rescue | Southport, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Velofree | Wellington, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Velosano | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seminole Region Charity Golf Tournament | Boca Raton, FL | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Camp | Ashford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Honda Classic Cares | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kind Kitchen | North Palm Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norma Pfriem Breast Cancer | Bridgeport, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family-to-Family Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Macarthur Beach State Park Inc | N Palm Beach, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
13 of 52 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 37%, across 4 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.
- Friends of Israel Defense Fund
ASSISTANCE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Innocence Project
ASSISTANCE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSEASSISTANCE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Kind Kitchen
ASSISANCE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 38 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 | 14 | $54,100 | $500 |
| 2022 | 18 | $70,700 | $2,250 |
| 2023 | 18 | $81,300 | $3,750 |
| 2024 | 17 | $79,804 | $2,500 |
| 2025 | 13 | $99,100 | $2,500 |
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
59% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. 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 $2,500. 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 Florida.
- 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 The Fifth C Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 101 Viera Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 33418. 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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