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 2022–2024. 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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