Funding search · EIN 136134569 · Brattleboro, VT
Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation Co Sara Suchman
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 41
- grants reported
- $100,975
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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32 grants matching “financialsupport” · $79,225
- $3,500
American Jewish World Service · Ny, NY · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $3,250
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $3,058
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,250
Carolina Abortion Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,250
Southern Documentary Fund · Burlington, NC · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,250
Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $4,780
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Empowerment · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Palestinian Children'S Relief Fund · Kent, OH · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Nc Poor Peoples Campaign · Goldsboro, NC · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Cosecha · Potomac, MD · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $3,402
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $2,750
Palestinian Children'S Relief Fund · Kent, OH · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $1,375
Center for Constitutional Rights · Ny, NY · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
Highlander Center · New Market, TN · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
Nc Warn · Durham, NC · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $5,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $4,860
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $4,000
Palestinian Children'S Relief Fund · Kent, OH · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $4,000
Caf America · Alexandra, VA · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $3,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Ncmps · West Hartford, CT · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $1,500
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
Nc Warn · Durham, NC · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
Music Makers Relief Fund · Hillsborough, NC · 2022
FinancialSupport
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request4 grants · $16,100
- Hias4 grants · $12,250
- Palestinian Children'S Relief Fund3 grants · $8,750
- Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust4 grants · $8,000
- Fractured Atlas2 grants · $7,000
- Doctors Without Borders2 grants · $5,000
- Caf America1 grant · $4,000
- Center for Constitutional Rights2 grants · $3,625
- Union of Concerned Scientists2 grants · $3,500
- American Jewish World Service1 grant · $3,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 41 reported grants, largest first.
- $5,500
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Financial Support
- $5,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $4,860
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $4,780
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $4,000
Caf America · Alexandra, VA · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $4,000
Palestinian Children'S Relief Fund · Kent, OH · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $3,500
American Jewish World Service · Ny, NY · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $3,402
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $3,250
American Friends of Combatants for Peace · Ny, NY · 2025
Financial Support
- $3,250
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $3,058
Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request · Brattleboro, VT · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $3,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
Financial Support
- $3,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $3,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Financial Support
- $2,750
Palestinian Children'S Relief Fund · Kent, OH · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $2,250
Carolina Abortion Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,250
Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,250
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Financial Support
- $2,250
Southern Documentary Fund · Burlington, NC · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2025
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Cosecha · Potomac, MD · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Empowerment · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Nc Poor Peoples Campaign · Goldsboro, NC · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Palestinian Children'S Relief Fund · Kent, OH · 2024
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Financial Support
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $2,000
Ncmps · West Hartford, CT · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $1,500
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $1,375
Center for Constitutional Rights · Ny, NY · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector · West Hartford, CT · 2025
Financial Support
- $1,000
The American Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Financial Support
- $1,000
Highlander Center · New Market, TN · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
Nc Warn · Durham, NC · 2023
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
Music Makers Relief Fund · Hillsborough, NC · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $1,000
Nc Warn · Durham, NC · 2022
FinancialSupport
- $750
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Financial Support
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