The David and Meredith Kaplan Foundation

What they fund

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center4 grants · $2.4M
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Board2 grants · $1.4M
• University of Michigan2 grants · $1.0M
• Regents of the University of Michigan3 grants · $950,000
• Mayo Clinic3 grants · $600,000
• Wilshire Boulevard Temple4 grants · $518,000
• Anti-Defamation League2 grants · $500,000
• American Friends of Sheba Medical Center1 grant · $500,000
• Foundation for the Defense of Democracies1 grant · $350,000
• Birthright Israel Foundation2 grants · $283,500

Giving over time

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

• $1.4M

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Presidential chair

• $691,667

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Board · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  Touchdown sponsorship, david & meredith kaplan distinguished chair in children's health

• $666,667

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Distinguished chair in children's health

• $666,667

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Board · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Touchdown sponsorship, david & meredith kaplan distinguished chair in children's health

• $500,000

  Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  Stephen m ross athletic campus facilities project

• $500,000

  University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

  David & meredith kaplan men's basketball endowed scholarship fund

• $500,000

  American Friends of Sheba Medical Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

  Sheba medical relief mission to ukraine

• $500,000

  University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

  David & meredith kaplan men's basketball endowed scholarship fund

• $350,000

  Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2024

  General support

• $350,000

  Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022

  The abrahamic regional center against hate

• $300,000

  Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  Funding for b'nei mitzvah israel trip

• $250,000

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Thomas m priselac center for innovation in performance improvement

• $250,000

  Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  Fund for public safety

• $240,000

  Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $200,000

  Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024

  Scholarships in the mayo clinic alix school of medicine

• $200,000

  Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

  Tikkun olam fellowship training fund in pediatric pulmonology

• $200,000

  Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023

  Endowment fund

• $200,000

  Brentwood School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  General support

• $200,000

  Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

  Endowment fund

• $150,000

  Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

  Anti-masking efforts

• $100,000

  Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Secure campuses

• $100,000

  Museum Associates Dba Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Lacma exhibition fund

• $100,000

  Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Funding for b'nei mitzvah israel trip

• $100,000

  Museum Associates Dba Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  Lacma exhibition fund

• $72,000

  Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Support the center of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism

• $50,000

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Smidt heart institute

• $50,000

  Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Nova exhibit

• $50,000

  Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

  Bereshit initiative

• $50,000

  Sixpoint · Saint Petersburg, FL · 2024

  General support

• $50,000

  Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $50,000

  Women'S Guild Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

  General support

• $43,500

  Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $25,000

  Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Heroes among us celebration

• $25,000

  Erase Ptsd Now · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2024

  General support

• $25,000

  Jq International · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

  General support

• $25,000

  Women'S Guild Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

  2024 women's guild gala

• $25,000

  Shatterproof · Norwalk, CT · 2022

  General support

• $25,000

  Women'S Guild Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

  General support

• $18,000

  Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Rabbi leder gala

• $18,000

  Youth Renewal Fund · New York, NY · 2023

  Raise funds to develop and monitor educational programs for disadvantaged israeli youths.

• $16,800

  The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation · Hattiesburg, MS · 2022

  Nursing development fund

• $15,000

  Tourette Association of America · Bayside, NY · 2022

  General support

• $12,500

  Los Angeles Jewish Health · Reseda, CA · 2022

  General support

• $10,000

  American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024

  Women's campaign los angeles

• $10,000

  Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support of mra live

• $10,000

  The Painted Turtle · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

  Tribute donation in honor of sharyn gertz tribute donation in honor of sharyn gertz.

• $10,000

  Magbit Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

  In honor of ben nazarian

• $5,265

  Library Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Feast patron for 2023 council literary feasts.