Funding search · EIN 465353484 · Madison, WI

The Merle S Cahn Foundation

Name: The Merle S Cahn Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

49
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $17,000
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

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.

Cancer Research Institute3 grants · $375,000
Fischer Center for Alzheimer Resear2 grants · $250,000
American Friends of Hebrew Universi2 grants · $250,000
Am Committee for the Weizmann Inst2 grants · $160,000
Fisher Cetner for Alzheimers1 grant · $125,000
Afhu1 grant · $125,000
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community2 grants · $100,000
Am Com Weizmann Inst of Sc1 grant · $85,000
Hias3 grants · $60,000
New Israel Fund3 grants · $56,000

Giving over time

$635,000

2022

$640,000

2023

$675,000

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$125,000
Afhu · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$125,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$125,000
Fisher Cetner for Alzheimers · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$125,000
American Friends of Hebrew Universi · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$125,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$125,000
Fischer Center for Alzheimer Resear · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$125,000
American Friends of Hebrew Universi · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$125,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$125,000
Fischer Center for Alzheimer Resear · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$85,000
Am Com Weizmann Inst of Sc · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$80,000
Am Committee for the Weizmann Inst · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$80,000
Am Committee for the Weizmann Inst · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$50,000
Valley of the Sun Jcc · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
Charitable donation
$50,000
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
Charitable donation
$25,000
American Friends of Parents · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$25,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Truah · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Assn Jewish Jdc · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Hias · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$20,000
American Jewish Joint Dist Committe · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,000
Hias · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,000
American Jewish Joint Dist Committe · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$20,000
Hias · Silver Springs, MD · 2022
Charitable donation
$17,000
American Friends of Parents Circle · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$17,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$16,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Charitable donation
$15,000
American Friends of Parents Circle · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$15,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Charitable donation
$15,000
T'Ruah · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$10,000
Israel Pef Endowments Funds · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Npr Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Workers Circle · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Npr Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable donation
$10,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$10,000
Workers Circle · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable donation
$10,000
Npr Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable donation
$10,000
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$10,000
Workers Circle · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable donation
$5,000
Encounter Programs · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Friends of Roots · Encino, CA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Good People Fund · Milburn, NJ · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action N · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Americans for Peace Now · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Friends of Roots · Encino, CA · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Americans for Peace Now · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable donation
$5,000
Friends of Roots · Encino, CA · 2022
Charitable donation
$5,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable donation

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