The Raymond Frankel Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 13-3187074. Reported 210 grants totalling $12.8M to 95 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. The Raymond Frankel 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 $2,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,088,972. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Center Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $3,225,139 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Academy of Arts and Science | Cambridge, MA | $2,379,890 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Boston, MA | $852,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund | New York, NY | $812,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Idi | Atlanta, GA | $550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridging the Gap American University | Washington, DC | $442,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Middle East Studies Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $267,915 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Migdal Ohr | New York, NY | $258,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Friends of Elnet | New York, NY | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fuente Latina | North Miami, FL | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The UCLA Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Un Watch USA | Washington, DC | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence | Santa Fe, NM | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Report Inc | Spring House, PA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creative Community for Peace | Los Angeles, CA | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project on Government Oversite | Washington, DC | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions | Baltimore, MD | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Honest Reporting | New York, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Scope Universtiy of Washington | Seattle, WA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $132,460 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Idc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands | Seattle, WA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Letter of the Law | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| US Pugwash | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends Tel Aviv Univ | Los Angeles, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| America Gives | New York, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence | Hockessin, DE | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Association for the Advancement of Community Center | Staten Island, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jnf-USA | New York, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| MIT | Cambridge, MA | $67,395 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Studies | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mendacino Art Center | Mendocino, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Israel Cyber Shield | Tel Aviv | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Program of Government Oversite | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paideia US | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvard Westlake School | Los Angeles, CA | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Seattle, WA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hands on Tzedekah | Boca Raton, FL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Temple B'nai Isreal | Easton, MD | $20,782 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Helpline | Seattle, WA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Multicultrural Resource Center | Easton, MD | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kline Galland Hospice | Seattle, WA | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Talbot Interfaith Shelter | Easton, MD | $12,575 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Gun Responsibility | Seattle, WA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkeley Hall School | Los Angeles, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bremerton Food Line | Bremerton, WA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | Aventura, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Avalon Foundation | Easton, MD | $9,550 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stand With US | Los Angeles, CA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Israel Special Kids | Teaneck, NJ | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid Shore Community Foundation | Easton, MD | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Talbot Free Library | Easton, MD | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Impact Program | Ogden, UT | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minary's Dream Alliance | Denton, MD | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Innocence Project | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shore Legal Access Formerly Mid Shore Pro Bono Inc | Easton, MD | $5,608 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina | Asheville, NC | $5,155 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bremerton Backpack Brigade | Bremerton, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Centers for Community Research | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad West Bel Air | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Elon University | Elon, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of United Hazalah | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mid Shore Pro Bono Inc | Easton, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Purple Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Share Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maryland Public Television | Owings Mills, MD | $3,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baam | Easton, MD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rebecca's Dream | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Country School | Easton, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Belev Echad | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Israeli Disabled Veterans | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Idf | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coffee Oasis | Bremerton, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overflow Cafe | Cambridge, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Virginia Tech Foundation | Blacksburg, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens International Zionist Organization | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anything Helps | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Merrifield, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kitsap Community Fund | Silverdale, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nurses Educational Funds | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simon Weisenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Music | Easton, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Congaree Swamp | Columbia, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
58 of 95 (61%) 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 65%, 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.
- Crown Center Brandeis University
EDUCATION FOR THE MIDDLE EAST - American Academy of Arts and Science
TO CREATE DIALOGUE BETWEEN NUCLEAR PLAYERS - Bridging the Gap American University
EDUCATION & ADVANCEMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY - American Friends of Idi
TO EDUCATE REGARDING ISRAELI ISSUES - American Friends of Idc
TO SUPPORT ANNUAL HERZLIYA CONFERENCE - American Friends of the Association for the Advancement of Community Center
TO BUILD AND DEVELOP ISRAEL COMMUNITIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 97 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | $2,802,759 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 51 | $3,395,752 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $3,590,413 | $27,500 |
| 2024 | 55 | $3,014,245 | $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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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 $10,000. 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 Massachusetts.
- 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 Raymond Frankel Foundation'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: Co Curi Rmb One N Wacker Dr 3500, Chicago, IL, 60606. 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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