Funding search · EIN 656463253 · Park Ridge, NJ

The Joan and George Kessel Foundation

Name: The Joan and George Kessel 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.

60
grants reported: $275,108
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,500
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.

Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America4 grants · $49,108
St Jude Children'S Research4 grants · $44,500
Aspca4 grants · $42,500
Melanoma Research Foundation4 grants · $18,500
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy4 grants · $18,500
American Technion Society3 grants · $13,000
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America New Engla3 grants · $12,500
Canavan Foundation3 grants · $12,500
Wounded Warrior Project4 grants · $10,000
Jewish Insititute for the Blind3 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$82,108

2022

$71,000

2023

$60,000

2024

$62,000

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$19,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$14,000
St Jude Children'S Research · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$12,500
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$11,608
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$11,500
St Jude Children'S Research · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
St Jude Children'S Research · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$9,000
St Jude Children'S Research · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$8,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$8,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$7,500
Aspca · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$6,000
Melanoma Research Foundation · Hillsborough Township, NJ · 2022
General support
$6,000
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2022
General support
$5,000
Melanoma Research Foundation · Hillsborough Township, NJ · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2025
General support
$5,000
Jewish Federation of Northern Nj · Paramus, NJ · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Canavan Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Jewish Insititute for the Blind · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
$5,000
Melanoma Research Foundation · Hillsborough Township, NJ · 2023
General support
$5,000
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2023
General support
$5,000
American Technion Society · E Th St Fl, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America New Engla · Braintree, MA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Canavan Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Jerusalem Nst Blind · Hackensack, NJ · 2022
General Support
$5,000
Jewish Federation of North America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,500
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America New Engla · Braintree, MA · 2023
General support
$4,000
American Technion Society · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$4,000
American Technion Society · E Th St Fl, NY · 2023
General support
$4,000
Jewish Federation of Northern Nj · Paramus, NJ · 2023
General Support
$3,000
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America New Engla · Braintree, MA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Jewish Insititute for the Blind · New York, NY · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$2,500
Canavan Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,500
Jewish Insititute for the Blind · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Melanoma Research Foundation · Hillsborough Township, NJ · 2024
General support
$2,500
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2024
General support
$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2,500
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge · Oakland, NJ · 2023
General support
$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2,500
Jewish National Fund - USA · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,500
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge · Oakland, NJ · 2022
General support
$2,500
Shriners Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,500
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge · Oakland, NJ · 2025
General support
$1,500
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge · Oakland, NJ · 2024
General support
$1,000
Jewish National Fund - USA · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,000
Shriners Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Jewish National Fund - USA · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Shriners Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023
General Support
$1,000
Jewish National Fund - USA · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Shriners Hospital · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Alsacst Jude Children'S Research Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$500
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$500
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$500
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support

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