Funding search · EIN 465641218 · Wilmington, DE

Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

148
grants reported
$3.4M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Trustees for Harvard University2 grants · $639,691
  • University of Michigan1 grant · $300,658
  • Greenlight Fund3 grants · $297,567
  • Trustees of Newark Academy3 grants · $237,074
  • United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth2 grants · $201,950
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn2 grants · $201,055
  • Regents of the University of Michigan2 grants · $151,553
  • Pencils of Promise Incorporated3 grants · $130,000
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj4 grants · $105,600
  • Brown University1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.1M
2022
$1.2M
2023
$1.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 148 grants.

  • $324,691

    Trustees for Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $315,000

    Trustees for Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $300,658

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Basser Jean Bash 2022 fund

  • $101,950

    United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Pencils of Promise Incorporated · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    General & Unrestricted (SEE IN-KIND GRANT EXPLANATION STMT)

  • $100,000

    Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $97,567

    Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $87,074

    Trustees of Newark Academy · Livingston, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Trustees of Newark Academy · Livingston, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Trustees of Newark Academy · Livingston, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $51,553

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

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Family Legal Care · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $50,000

    United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022

    Blackstone's Ukrainian fundraising campaign

  • $50,000

    Village Academies · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $41,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $36,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Family Legal Care · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable Event

  • $25,000

    New Jersey Tutoring Corps · Jamesburg, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Village Academies · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Civic Builders · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $25,000

    Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Providence, RI · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Maui Food Bank · Wailuku, HI · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    New Jersey Tutoring Corps · Monroe, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Oasis Haven for Women & Children · Paterson, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $25,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,018

    18 Corp · Livingston, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Prep for Prep · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $18,000

    Chabad of College Hill · Providence, RI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Providence, RI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $18,000

    Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center · Skokie, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Pencils of Promise Incorporated · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Family Legal Care · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $15,000

    Pencils of Promise Incorporated · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,500

    Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Nj a New Jersey · Florham Park, NJ · 2023

    Charitable Event AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

  • $10,018

    Congregation Ahavat Torah · Lakewood, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Coregiving Co · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Lisa B Fishman Foundation · Montville, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    18 Corp · Livingston, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Associati · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Resiliency Fund - Deliver Together for NYC

  • $10,000

    Coregiving Co · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    East Harlem Tutorial Program · New York, NY · 2023

    Build Love fund

  • $10,000

    Gabriel Project Mumbai · Bergenfield, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Lisa B Fishman Foundation · Montville, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Lupus Research Alliance · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    March To the Top - Africa · Woodland Hls, CA · 2023

    to support the Brother Andre Hospital in Nairobi

  • $10,000

    March To the Top - Africa · Woodland Hls, CA · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Melanoma Research Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Village Academies · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Volunteers of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Communities in Schools of Nevada · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Lisa B Fishman Foundation · Montville, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Riseboro Community Partnership · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    The Help Group Child and Family Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022

    Teddy Bear Golf Classic fund

  • $7,500

    Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Rwj Barnabas Health · Livingston, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,500

    Good Grief · Morristown, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Caring To Remember

  • $5,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    Comfort Zone Camp · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Good Grief · Morristown, NJ · 2024

    Stronger Together Good Grief Gala

  • $5,000

    Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Nj a New Jersey · Florham Park, NJ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Mending Kids International · Glendale, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council On Jewi · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Michael Wolk Heart Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    American Friends of Libi · Brighton, MA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    Casa for Children of Essex County · Newark, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    Michael Wolk Heart Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Phipps Neighborhoods · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    Spark Youth Nyc · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $3,600

    Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $2,500

    Brainup · Frankfort, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Teaching Matters · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    The Apollo Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Brainup · Frankfort, IL · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $2,500

    Casa for Children of Essex County · Newark, NJ · 2022

    Charitable Event

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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.