Funding search · EIN 846693730 · Stamford, CT

Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation

Name: Frank and Barbara Axel Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

71
grants reported: $150,552
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,476
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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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.

Westchester Community College3 grants · $15,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Comm3 grants · $15,000
Mazon a Jewish Response To Hunger3 grants · $11,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital2 grants · $10,000
Hospital for Special Surgery2 grants · $10,000
Channel Thirteen3 grants · $6,000
Environmental Defense Fund3 grants · $5,000
American Society for Yad Vashem1 grant · $5,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces1 grant · $5,000
Stamford Ct Hospital Foundation1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$54,000

2022

$46,476

2023

$50,076

2024

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$5,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Comm · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Mazon a Jewish Response To Hunger · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Westchester Community College · Valhalla, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Comm · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Westchester Community College · Valhalla, NY · 2023
Program support
$5,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Comm · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
American Society for Yad Vashem · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Stamford Ct Hospital Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Westchester Community College · Valhalla, NY · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Mazon a Jewish Response To Hunger · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Uda · San Diego, CA · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Yad Vashem · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Conservative Synagogue of Westport · Westport, CT · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Mazon a Jewish Response To Hunger · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Channel Thirteen · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Channel Thirteen · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Channel Thirteen · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Friends of Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Sierra Club · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
Program support
$1,800
Dorot · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,800
Keren-Or Center · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,500
Best Friends · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$1,476
Plan International · Providence, RI · 2024
Program support
$1,476
Plan International · Providence, RI · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Best Friends Animal Society · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Ct Food Share · Wallingford, CT · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Ct Humane Society · Westport, CT · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Food Bank for Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Freedom From Religion Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Inspirica · Stamford, CT · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Sierra Club · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$1,000
The Ferguson Library · Stamford, CT · 2024
Program support
$1,000
World Cancer Care · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Best Friends · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Ct Humane Society · Westport, CT · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Inspirica · Stamford, CT · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
Program support
$1,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Sierra Club · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$1,000
The Ferguson Library · Stamford, CT · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Ct Humane Society · Westport, CT · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Nature Conservacy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program support
$1,000
The Ferguson Library · Stamford, CT · 2022
Program support
$500
Connecticut State Library · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$500
Habitat for Humanity · Stratford, CT · 2024
Program support
$500
Jane Goodall Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$500
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
Program support
$500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$500
North Shore Animal League · Port Washington, NY · 2024
Program support
$500
Habitat for Humanity · Stratford, CT · 2023
Program support
$500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$500
Leukemia & Lymphona Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
Program support

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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.