Funding search · EIN 454694896 · Montclair, NJ
The Kaplen Brothers Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 206
- grants reported
- $24.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $50,000
- 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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4 grants matching “amber” · $100,000
- $25,000
Amber Waves Farm · Amagansett, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $25,000
Amber Waves Farm · Amagansett, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $25,000
Amber Waves Farm · Amagansett, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $25,000
Amber Waves Farm · Amagansett, NY · 2022
General operating
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Roundabout Theatre Company8 grants · $3.8M
- Yiddish Book Center5 grants · $3.7M
- Pen America4 grants · $2.0M
- Storycorps5 grants · $1.9M
- Wnyc New York Public Radio4 grants · $1.6M
- Climate Emergency Fund5 grants · $1.1M
- Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology6 grants · $1.1M
- The Play Company6 grants · $917,500
- Film Forum4 grants · $800,000
- New York Philharmonic4 grants · $800,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 206 grants.
- $1.0M
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2025
For the capital campaign
- $1.0M
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2025
For general operating support
- $1.0M
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024
For the capital campaign
- $1.0M
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2024
For general operating support
- $900,000
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2022
For general operating support
- $800,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023
For the capital campaign
- $800,000
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $500,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support and the centenary campaign
- $500,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $500,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support and the centenary campaign
- $500,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $500,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $500,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $500,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support and the centenary campaign
- $400,000
Wnyc New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2025
Capital campaign "hear the future"
- $400,000
Wnyc New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
Capital campaign "hear the future"
- $400,000
Wnyc New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023
Capital campaign "hear the future"
- $400,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
One-time, special gift and early payment on the anticipated new pledge that will begin in 2023
- $400,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
For general operating expenses
- $400,000
Wnyc New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022
Capital campaign ""hear the future""
- $300,000
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
For general operating support
- $300,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $250,000
Climate Emergency Fund · West Hollywood, CA · 2025
For general operating support
- $250,000
Columbia University Dept of Ophthalmology · New York, NY · 2025
Age-related macular degeneration research
- $250,000
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
For general operating support
- $250,000
Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology · New York, NY · 2024
Age-related macular degeneration
- $250,000
The Play Company · New York, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $250,000
Climate Emergency Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General operating support
- $250,000
Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology · New York, NY · 2023
Age-related macular degeneration
- $250,000
The Play Company · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $250,000
Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology · New York, NY · 2022
Age-related macular degeneration
- $250,000
The Play Company · New York, NY · 2022
For general support
- $200,000
Film Forum · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $200,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2025
For radio broadcasts
- $200,000
Film Forum · New York, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $200,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2024
For radio broadcasts
- $200,000
Film Forum · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $200,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2023
For radio broadcasts
- $200,000
Film Forum · New York, NY · 2022
General operating and capital campaign support
- $200,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2022
For radio broadcasts
- $175,000
Abundant Waters · New York, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $175,000
Abundant Waters · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $175,000
Abundant Waters · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
- $150,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $150,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $150,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $150,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2022
For general support
- $125,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $125,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2022
General operating support
- $105,931
Abundant Waters · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $100,000
Climate Emergency Fund · West Hollywood, CA · 2025
For the climate resistance incubator
- $100,000
Columbia University Dept of Ophthalmology · New York, NY · 2025
Retinoblastoma research to advance eye cancer care under the leadership of dr. Brian marr
- $100,000
Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
For the bridge fund to offset the loss of federal funds
- $100,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2024
For general operating support
- $100,000
Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology · New York, NY · 2024
Retinoblastoma research to advance eye cancer care under the leadership of dr. Brian marr
- $100,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2024
For general operating support
- $100,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $100,000
Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology · New York, NY · 2023
Retinoblastoma research to advance eye cancer care under the leadership of dr. Brian marr
- $100,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2022
For general operating support
- $100,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
- $100,000
Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology · New York, NY · 2022
Retinoblastoma research to advance eye cancer care under the leadership of dr. Brian marr
- $100,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
For the julia levy education fund
- $100,000
Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022
For the gala and the education department
- $85,000
The Play Company · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $80,000
The Play Company · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $75,000
George Washington University Law School · Washington, DC · 2025
For general operating support
- $75,000
Village Preservation (Gvshp) · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $75,000
George Washington University Law School · Washington, DC · 2024
For general operating support
- $75,000
Village Preservation (Gvshp) · New York, NY · 2024
For general support
- $75,000
George Washington University Law School · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $75,000
Village Preservation (Gvshp) · New York, NY · 2023
For the director of research and preservation position
- $75,000
Bergen Performing Arts Center · Englewood, NJ · 2022
General operating support
- $75,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022
For general operating support
- $75,000
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2022
For general operating support
- $75,000
George Washington University Law School · Washington, DC · 2022
For general operating support
- $75,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2022
For general operating support
- $75,000
Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2022
For environmental justice and civic engagement
- $75,000
Village Preservation (Gvshp) · New York, NY · 2022
For the director of research and preservation position
- $65,000
Pregnancy Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $51,536
Abundant Waters · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $50,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2025
Where needed most
- $50,000
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2025
For general operating support
- $50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $50,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2025
For general operating support
- $50,000
Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2025
For general operating support
- $50,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $50,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
For concerts and lectures
- $50,000
New York Communities Organizing Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
For general operating support
- $50,000
Union Theological Seminarycenter for Earth Ethics · New York, NY · 2025
For environmental justice and civic engagement
- $50,000
Bergen Performing Arts Center · Englewood, NJ · 2024
For general operating support
- $50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $50,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024
For general operating support
- $50,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $50,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
For concerts and lectures
- $50,000
New York Communities Organizing Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
For general operating support
- $50,000
Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024
For environmental justice and civic engagement
- $50,000
Bergen Performing Arts Center · Englewood, NJ · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023
General operating support
- $50,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
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