Funding search · EIN 311562134 · East Hanover, NJ

Kessler Foundation

Name: Kessler Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

41
grants reported: $2.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $35,000
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.

What they fund

employment community directed foundation special awareness promotion

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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

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National Restaurant Association Education Foundati2 grants · $500,000
University of Massachusetts Boston2 grants · $499,199
University of New Hampshire2 grants · $337,000
John J Heldrich Center for Work Force Development1 grant · $101,409
Disability Lead1 grant · $100,000
Washington Center for Internships & Academic Semin1 grant · $100,000
State of Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilit1 grant · $100,000
Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center1 grant · $100,000
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Count2 grants · $85,000
Workforce Matters1 grant · $75,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$977,409

2023

$611,791

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
National Restaurant Association Education Foundati · Washington, DC · 2023
Signature employment
$250,000
University of Massachusetts Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Signature Employment
$250,000
University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2023
Foundation Directed
$250,000
National Restaurant Association Education Foundati · Washington, DC · 2022
Signature employment
$249,199
University of Massachusetts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Signature Employment
$101,409
John J Heldrich Center for Work Force Development · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
Evaluation
$100,000
Disability Lead · Chicago, IL · 2024
Foundation directed
$100,000
Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Community employment
$100,000
State of Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilit · Waterbury, VT · 2024
Work vt 2.0 state wide implementation
$100,000
Washington Center for Internships & Academic Semin · Washington, DC · 2024
Special Initiatives
$87,000
University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2022
Foundation Directed
$75,000
Workforce Matters · Boston, MA · 2023
Foundation directed
$50,000
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Count · Margate, NJ · 2024
Community Employment
$40,000
Arc of Camden County · Berlin, NJ · 2022
Community employment
$40,000
Blessed Ministries · Newark, NJ · 2022
Community Employment
$40,000
Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impair · New York, NY · 2022
Community Employment
$37,791
Rutgers University Foundation · New Burnswick, NJ · 2024
Evaluation
$35,000
Cornell University Office of Sponsored Programs · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Foundation directed
$35,000
Habcore · Tinton Falls, NJ · 2022
Community Employment
$35,000
Jersey Cape Diagnostic Training & Opp Center · Cape May Court House, NJ · 2022
Community employment
$35,000
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Count · Margate, NJ · 2022
Community Employment
$30,000
University of Louisville Kentucky Spinal Cord Inj · Louisville, KY · 2022
Special Initiative
$28,000
Association of University Centers On Disabilities · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Foundation directed
$25,000
Association of University Centers On Disabilities · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Foundation Directed
$25,000
Association of University Centers On Disabilities · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Foundation Directed
$25,000
Center for Family Services · Camden, NJ · 2022
Community Employment
$21,450
Perlman Music Program · New York, NY · 2022
Special Initiatives
$20,000
Adler Aphasia Center · Maywood, NJ · 2024
Community employment
$20,000
Count Basie Theatre · Redbank, NJ · 2024
Community employment
$20,000
Habcore · Tinton Falls, NJ · 2024
Community employment
$20,000
Marblejam Kids · Hackensack, NJ · 2024
Community employment
$20,000
Montclair State University Foundation · Montclair, NJ · 2023
Special Initiatives
$20,000
American Association of People With Disabilities · Washington, DC · 2022
Promotion & Awareness
$20,000
Montclair State University Foundation · Montclair, NJ · 2022
Special Initiatives
$20,000
National Organization On Disability · New York, NY · 2022
Special Initiative, Promotion & Awareness
$10,000
American Association of People With Disabilities · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Camden City Garden Club · Camden City, NJ · 2022
Community Employment
$10,000
Portlight Strategies · Charleston, SC · 2022
Emergency Funds
$10,000
The Impossible Dream · New York, NY · 2022
Special Initiative
$6,000
North Jersey Masters-Road Runners Club of America · Ridgewood, NJ · 2024
Promotion and awareness
$6,000
North Jersey Masters-Road Runners Club of America · Ridgewood, NJ · 2023
Promotion & awareness

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