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George Backer Family Foundation

Name: George Backer Family Foundation 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.

104
grants reported: $435,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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.

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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.

Brooklyn College Fdn4 grants · $60,000
Brandeis University4 grants · $60,000
Central Oregon Environmental Center4 grants · $20,000
Uja - Jcc Greenwich2 grants · $20,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden4 grants · $20,000
Granite United Way4 grants · $18,000
B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Fdn4 grants · $16,000
Hadassah4 grants · $16,000
Hias4 grants · $16,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$104,000

2022

$106,000

2023

$111,000

2024

$114,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 104 grants.

$15,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2025
Operations
$15,000
Brooklyn College Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Operations
$15,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2024
Operations
$15,000
Brooklyn College Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Operations
$15,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Brooklyn College Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Operations
$15,000
Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022
Operations
$15,000
Brooklyn College Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Uja - Jcc Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2025
general purposes
$10,000
Uja - Jcc Greenwich · Greenwich, CT · 2024
general purposes
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Central Oregon Environmental Center · Bend, OR · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Jewish Education in Media · Stamford, CT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Central Oregon Environmental Center · Bend, OR · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Jewish Education in Media · Stamford, CT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Central Oregon Environmental Center · Bend, OR · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Humanity Inclusion Handicap Int'L · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Jewish Education in Media · Stamford, CT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Central Oregon Environmental Center · Bend, OR · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Humanity Inclusion Handicap Int'L · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Operations
$4,500
Granite United Way · Manchester, NH · 2025
Operations
$4,500
Granite United Way · Manchester, NH · 2024
Operations
$4,500
Granite United Way · Manchester, NH · 2023
Operations
$4,500
Granite United Way · Manchester, NH · 2022
Operations
$4,000
B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Educat'L Broadcasting Corpthirteen · New York, NY · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Hias · New York, NY · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Port Washington Youth Council · Port Washington, NY · 2025
Operations
$4,000
B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Operations
$4,000
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2024
Operations
$4,000
Hias · New York, NY · 2024
Operations
$4,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Operations
$4,000
Port Washington Youth Council · Port Washington, NY · 2024
Operations
$4,000
B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Operations
$4,000
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2023
Operations
$4,000
Hias · New York, NY · 2023
Operations
$4,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Operations
$4,000
Port Washington Youth Council · Port Washington, NY · 2023
Operations
$4,000
B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Hias · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Port Washington Youth Council · Port Washington, NY · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Amer Comm Weizmann Inst · New York, NY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Museum of Art · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Public Library Fndn · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Community Chest of Port Washington · Port Washington, NY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Ort America Ne Region · New York, NY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Port Washington Parent Res Ctr · Port Washington, NY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
US Holocaust Mem Mus · Washington, DC · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Amer Comm Weizmann Inst · New York, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Museum of Art · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Public Library Fndn · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Community Chest of Port Washington · Port Washington, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Port Washington Parent Res Ctr · Port Washington, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
US Holocaust Mem Mus · Washington, DC · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Women'S American Ort · New York, NY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Amer Comm Weizmann Inst · New York, NY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Museum of Art · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Public Library Fndn · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Community Chest of Port Washington · Port Washington, NY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Port Washington Parent Res Ctr · Port Washington, NY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
US Holocaust Mem Mus · Washington, DC · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Women'S American Ort · New York, NY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Amer Comm Weizmann Inst · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Museum of Art · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Brooklyn Public Library Fndn · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Community Chest of Port Washington · Port Washington, NY · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Port Washington Parent Res Ctr · Port Washington, NY · 2022
Operations
$3,000
The College of New Jersey Foundatio · Ewing, NJ · 2022
Operations
$3,000
US Holocaust Mem Mus · Washington, DC · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Women'S American Ort · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$2,000
Beth Shalom V'Emeth Reform Temple · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Operations
$2,000
Glens Falls Hospcancer Center · Glens Falls, NY · 2025
Operations
$2,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2025
Operations
$2,000
Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2025
Operations
$2,000
Glens Falls Hospcancer Center · Glens Falls, NY · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Temple Beth Emeth V'Ohr · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2024
Operations
$2,000
Glens Falls Hospcancer Center · Glens Falls, NY · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Temple Beth Emeth V'Ohr · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2023
Operations
$2,000
Glens Falls Hospcancer Center · Glens Falls, NY · 2022
Operations
$2,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$2,000
Temple Beth Emeth V'Ohr · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Operations
$2,000
Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2022
Operations
$1,000
Deschutes Public Library Foundation · Bend, OR · 2025
Operations
$1,000
Deschutes Public Library Foundation · Bend, OR · 2024
Operations
$1,000
Educat'L Broadcasting Corpthirteen · New York, NY · 2024
Operations
$1,000
Deschutes Public Library Foundation · Bend, OR · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Educat'L Broadcasting Corpthirteen · New York, NY · 2023
Operations
$1,000
Deschutes Public Library Foundation · Bend, OR · 2022
Operations
$1,000
Educat'L Broadcasting Corpthirteen · New York, NY · 2022
Operations

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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.