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 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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

$31,360
2022
$12,277
2023
$26,280
2024
$31,058
2025

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.