Funding search · EIN 132626706 · Scarsdale, NY
The Irving and Geraldine Schaffer
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 195
- grants reported
- $1.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $4,000
- 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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Funding pattern
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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.
- New Israel Fund3 grants · $150,000
- Trickle Up3 grants · $120,000
- Reap3 grants · $111,500
- Pleasantville Community Synagogue3 grants · $95,980
- Fidelity Charitable3 grants · $85,000
- Citizens Union3 grants · $60,000
- J Street Education Foundation2 grants · $50,000
- Bank Street School of Education3 grants · $45,000
- White Plains Hospital Foundation Office3 grants · $40,000
- United Way Fox Cities3 grants · $35,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 195 grants.
- $56,500
Reap · Portland, OR · 2023
General use
- $50,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Fidelity Charitable · Boston, MA · 2023
General use
- $50,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $50,000
New Israel Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $40,000
Trickle Up · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $40,000
Trickle Up · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $40,000
Trickle Up · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $32,800
Pleasantville Community Synagogue · Pleasantville, NY · 2022
General use
- $31,680
Pleasantville Community Synagogue · Pleasantville, NY · 2023
General use
- $31,500
Pleasantville Community Synagogue · Pleasantville, NY · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Reap · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
- $30,000
J Street Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
- $25,000
Reap · Portland, OR · 2022
General use
- $20,000
Citizens Union · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $20,000
J Street Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Citizens Union · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $20,000
White Plains Hospital Foundation Office · White Plains, NY · 2023
General use
- $20,000
Citizens Union · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $20,000
Fidelity Charitable · Boston, NY · 2022
General use
- $15,000
Bank Street School of Education · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Fidelity Charitable · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $15,000
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $15,000
United Way Fox Cities · Menasha, WI · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Bank Street School of Education · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $15,000
United Way Fox Cities · Menasha, WI · 2023
General use
- $15,000
Bank Street School of Education · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $15,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General use
- $15,000
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $12,000
Ny Historical Society · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Convoy of Hope · Springfield, MO · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Jewish Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Mishkan Hakavanah · 2024
General support
- $10,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Practising Law Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
White Plains Hospital Foundation Office · White Plains, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $10,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General use
- $10,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
- $10,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General use
- $10,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General use
- $10,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $10,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General use
- $10,000
Bank Hapoalim · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Compassion & Choices · Portland, OR · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Hand in Hand · Everett, WA · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $10,000
The Arnold Gold Foundation · Englewood Cliffs, NJ · 2022
General use
- $10,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General use
- $10,000
White Plains Hospital Foundation Office · White Plains, NY · 2022
General use
- $7,500
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General use
- $7,500
Tomorrow We Vote · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General use
- $7,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $6,000
Ny Historical Society · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Advocacy Institute-Tides Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Hand in Hand · Everett, WA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Harmony Program · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Jacob Burns Film Center · Pleasantville, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General supportgeneral support
- $5,000
Rock the Vote · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $5,000
The Legal Aid Society · Bronx, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Tomorrow We Vote · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Advocacy Institute-Tides Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General use
- $5,000
American Constitution Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Chips · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Hand in Hand · Everett, WA · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Harmony Program · New York, NY · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Institute for Nonprofit News · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Jacob Burns Film Center · Pleasantville, NY · 2023
General use
- $5,000
La Guagua 47 Community Film and Arts Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Rock the Vote · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
- $5,000
The Legal Aid Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Tomorrow We Vote · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General use
- $5,000
Advocacy Institute-Tides Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General use
- $5,000
American Constitution Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Chips · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Harmony Program · New York, NY · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Jacob Burns Film Center · Pleasantville, NY · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Jewish Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General use
- $5,000
Rock the Vote · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
- $5,000
The Legal Aid Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
General use
- $5,000
United Way Fox Cities · Menasha, WI · 2022
General use
- $4,000
Allied Printing Services Charitable Foundation · Manchester, CT · 2024
General support
- $4,000
Green & Blue Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $4,000
Allied Printing Services Charitable Foundation · Manchester, CT · 2023
General use
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