Funding search · EIN 814175987 · Portland, ME
J Blair & Tena Frank 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.
- 93
- grants reported
- $7.7M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $15,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Bates College3 grants · $1.9M
- Fidelity Charitable Fund2 grants · $1.7M
- The Louis D Brandeis Center2 grants · $525,000
- Friends of the Isreal Defense Force1 grant · $500,000
- Meto1 grant · $438,425
- Foundation for Jewish Camp2 grants · $225,000
- Brothers for Life3 grants · $175,000
- Cyber Education Center1 grant · $155,000
- Merona Leadership Foundation1 grant · $150,000
- Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools1 grant · $125,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 93 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.2M
Fidelity Charitable Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General Support
- $914,400
Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General Support
- $906,400
Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General Support
- $550,000
Fidelity Charitable Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General Support
- $500,000
Friends of the Isreal Defense Force · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $438,425
Meto · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $300,000
The Louis D Brandeis Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $225,000
The Louis D Brandeis Center · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $155,000
Cyber Education Center · New York, NY · 2025
Genearl support
- $150,000
Merona Leadership Foundation · Encino, CA · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2025
Genearl support
- $125,000
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $100,000
American Friends of Ogen · University Heights, OH · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Brothers for Life · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Youth Renewal Fund-Darca Odem School · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Hillel at Florida International Uni · Miami, FL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schoo · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Jewish Kids Group Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General support
- $70,000
Meto · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
- $55,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Brothers for Life · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Friends of Habaita · Wilmington, DE · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Friends of Irgun Nechei Zahal · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Institute of Curriculum Services · Berkley, CA · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Mechon Hadar · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Washington Institute for Near East Policy Middle East Studies Program · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $50,000
The American Jewish Joint Distribut · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $45,000
Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General Support
- $35,000
The Washington Institute for Near E · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Aguda Association for Lgbtq Equality in Israel · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
American Friends of Soroka Hospital · Scarsdale, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Brothers for Life · Seattle, WA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Mem Global · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Summer Camp Israel · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Anti-Defamation League Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
The Lawfare Project · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $18,000
The Shalom Harman Institue of North · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Opendor Media · Sunrise, FL · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Tikvah Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $15,000
Imagination Productions · Sunrise, FL · 2024
General support
- $14,000
Project Heroes · Aventura, FL · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Boundless Israel · Waltham, MA · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Honest Reporting Com · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Israel-Is · Cedarhurst, NY · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Jewbelong · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $10,000
National Union for Democracy in Iran Fund · Potomac, MD · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Stopantisemitism · Encino, CA · 2025
General support
- $10,000
United Nations Watch · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $10,000
University of Austin · Austin, TX · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Zioness Movement · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Brothers for Life Organization · Seattle, WA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Hadar Charitable Foundation · Spring Valley, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Moishe House · Encinitas, CA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
National Union for Democracy in Ira · Potomac, MD · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Standwith US Center for Legal Justi · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $10,000
The Jewish Agency for Isreal · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $10,000
United Jewish Federation · Johnstown, PA · 2024
General support
- $10,000
University of Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
- $5,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Middle East Media and Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
- $5,000
American Friends of Livnot Ulehiban · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General support
- $5,000
American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Boundless Israel · Belmont, MA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Christians United for Israel Action · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Committee for Accuracy in Middle Ea · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Foundation for Defense of Democraci · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Institute for the Study of Global a · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Israel On Campus Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Un Watch · Manhattan, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
Zioness Movement · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,500
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise · Chevy Chase, MD · 2025
General support
- $2,500
Christians Untied for Israel · San Antonio, TX · 2025
General support
- $2,500
Middle East Forum · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
- $2,500
Jewbelong · Upper Montclair, NJ · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Middle East Forum · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Middle East Media Research Institut · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $2,500
The American Jewish Joint Distribut · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $1,000
Commentary · New York, NY · 2024
General support
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