Funding search · EIN 454694896 · Montclair, NJ

The Kaplen Brothers Fund

Name: The Kaplen Brothers Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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.

What they fund

campaign capital research advance brian broadcasts cancer care

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “brian” · $400,000

$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
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
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
Columbia University Dept of Opthalmology · New York, NY · 2022
Retinoblastoma research to advance eye cancer care under the leadership of dr. Brian marr

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

$6.3M

2022

$5.8M

2023

$6.1M

2024

$6.2M

2025

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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