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The Genesis Foundation

Ramsey, NJ · EIN 22-3341218. Reported 64 grants totalling $741,881 to 40 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,500median grant
$741,881granted, 2021-2024
40recipients, as named on its returns
53%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,607,048assets, 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 Genesis 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.

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 $4,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,800 and $18,000; the smallest was $213 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
22 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
12 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
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
Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO$250,000442024
Pine Crest School FoundationBoca Raton, FL$80,000332024
Boca Raton Reg Hosp FdnBoca Raton, FL$60,000332024
Barnett TempleFranklin Lakes, NJ$52,035222023
Atlantic Health SystemsMorristown, NJ$50,000112023
Pap CorpDeerfield Beach, FL$33,313332024
AfmdaNew York, NY$32,900112023
Stand With USLos Angeles, CA$23,005222023
Riverdale Country SchoolBronx, NY$23,000332024
St Josephs Health FoundationPaterson, NJ$20,000112021
Leukemia and Lynphoma SocNew York, NY$10,300222024
American Friends of Magen DavNew York, NY$10,000112024
Trustees of Columbia UniversityNew York, NY$10,000112021
Elizabeth Morrow SchoolEnglewood, NJ$9,000222022
Valley ChabadWoodcliff Lakes, NJ$8,820332024
Israeli Tennis Center FoundationNew York, NY$7,200332024
Boca Raton Jewish CtrBoca Raton, FL$7,000112022
Jewish Women IntlWawhington, DC$6,000112024
Jafco Jewish Adoption & Family CareSunrise, FL$5,400332023
Play for PinkNew York, NY$5,225442024
Boca Helping HandsBoca Raton, FL$5,000112023
Chabad of Boca RatonBoca Raton, FL$5,000112021
Chabad on CampusSaint Louis, MO$5,000112024
Ems Apple Tree FundEnglewood, NJ$5,000112024
St Josephs Health FdnPatterson, NJ$4,000112024
Impact 100 PbcBoca Raton, FL$3,600112024
American Friends of Magen David AdomPalm Beach Gardens, FL$1,800112021
Birthright Israel FoundationNew York, NY$1,800112024
The Jewish National FundNew Yrok, NY$1,800112021
United HatzalahNew York, NY$1,800112021
Cancer CareParamus, NJ$1,170112024
Natl Psoriasis FdnPortland, OR$500112021
Pba Saddle River 348Saddle River Nj, NJ$500112023
Policemans BenovolentRamsey, NJ$250112024
Ramsey Ambulance CorpsRamsey, NJ$250112022
Ramsey Pba Local 155Ramsey, NJ$250112022
Ramsey Rescue SquadRamsey, NJ$250112022
Ramsey Volenteer Fire DeptRamsey, NJ$250112022
Saddle River Fire AssocSaddle River, NJ$250112023
Ramsey Girl Scout TroopRamsey, NJ$213112021

13 of 40 (32%) 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 53%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 28 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.

Education
8 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Religion
3 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
1 grant
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$121,518$2,340
202213$134,335$2,500
202317$250,405$5,005
202418$235,623$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

34% of its giving went to organizations in Missouri. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Missouri
$255K
Florida
$201K
New Jersey
$152K
New York
$104K
California
$23K
District of Columbia
$6K
Oregon
$500

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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.

National Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program6 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc6 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc6 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc5 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,500. 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 Missouri.
  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 Genesis 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: 465 State Rt 17, Ramsey, NJ, 07446. 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 22-3341218 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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