Funding search · EIN 113523465 · Uniondale, NY

The Phyllis Backer Foundation

Name: The Phyllis Backer Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

50
grants reported: $4.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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The Child Center of Ny3 grants · $1.1M
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth8 grants · $635,906
The Child Center of Ny2 grants · $530,871
Westchester Jewish Community Services3 grants · $300,000
Syracuse University1 grant · $300,000
Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan2 grants · $217,500
Sunrise Day Camps Association2 grants · $214,000
Broadway Housing Communities3 grants · $205,500
Healthy Humor3 grants · $150,000
Jewish Child Care Association of New York2 grants · $130,500

Giving over time

$1.6M

2021

$1.5M

2022

$650,000

2023

$654,359

2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2024
Family and community support
$500,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2023
Cash+Community Works Program
$500,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2022
Cash+Community Works Program
$300,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2021
Phyllis Backer Professorship in Jewish Studies Fund
$172,406
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2021
expansion of the Digital Food Pantry
$140,000
Sunrise Day Camps Association · Oceanside, NY · 2021
Long Island STEAM Program Expansion; Summer 2021 Reengagement; and General Support at the Sunrise Day Camp, Long Island Campus
$125,000
Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan · New York, NY · 2021
Geriatric Career Development
$125,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2021
Selfhelp Community Services Virtual Senior Center Program
$100,000
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2023
Parent Child Programs
$100,000
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2022
Parent Child Programs
$100,000
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2021
Early Head Start/Head Start program
$100,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2021
Community Initiative for Holocaust Survivors
$100,000
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2021
Parent Child Programs
$92,500
Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$92,500
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2022
Selfhelp Community Services Virtual Senior Center Program
$75,000
Broadway Housing Communities · New York, NY · 2022
Sugar Hill Museum Preschool Program
$75,000
Broadway Housing Communities · New York, NY · 2021
Sugar Hill Museum Preschool Program
$75,000
Jewish Child Care Association of New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Liberation Diploma Plus (LDP) High School College Awakening program
$74,000
Sunrise Day Camps Association · Oceanside, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$74,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2022
Community Initiative for Holocaust Survivors
$55,500
Broadway Housing Communities · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$55,500
Jewish Child Care Association of New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Liberation Diploma Plus (LDP) High School College Awakening program
$50,000
Healthy Humor · New York, NY · 2023
Red Nose Docs program at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
$50,000
Healthy Humor · New York, NY · 2022
Red Nose Docs program at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
$50,000
Healthy Humor · New York, NY · 2021
Red Nose Docs program at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
$50,000
Literacy · Katonah, NY · 2021
Lower Washington Heights program
$50,000
Queens Museum of Art New York City Building · Queens, NY · 2021
Creative Imagination Program
$45,000
Behind the Book · New York, NY · 2022
Paid Internship Program
$45,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2021
Zone 126 King of Kings Foundation and Community Chef Programs
$37,500
Jewish Women'S Archive · Brookline, MA · 2022
Rising Voices Fellowship program
$37,000
Interfaith Nutrition Network · Hempstead, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$37,000
Literacy · Katonah, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$37,000
Queens Museum of Art New York City Building · Queens, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$37,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2022
Day Camp Scholarship fund at the YM & YMHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
$33,300
The Safe Center Li · Bethpage, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$30,872
Behind the Book · New York, NY · 2024
Literacy support for students
$30,872
For the Girls · Wheaton, MD · 2024
Support for women
$30,872
Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan · New York, NY · 2024
Support for seniors
$30,872
Sunrise Day Camps Association · Oceanside, NY · 2024
Provide funding for day camp costs
$30,871
The Child Center of Ny · Forest Hills, NY · 2024
Cash and Community Works Program
$30,000
University Settlement Society of New York · New York, NY · 2021
Creative Center Arts Workshop Program for People with Cancer and Other Chronic Illnesses
$29,050
Nassau County Museum of Art · Roslyn Harbor, NY · 2021
Art of Conversation, Mornings at NCMA and Art Compass programs
$27,750
Jewish Women'S Archive · Brookline, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,900
Behind the Book · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Searching for Identity Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
Second Gen Workshop program
$25,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2021
Day Camp Scholarship Fund at the YM&YMHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
$20,000
Behind the Book · New York, NY · 2021
Paid Internship Program
$18,500
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Zone 126 Programming
$15,000
Integrate Autism Employment Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Employer Connect program
$10,000
United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth · New York, NY · 2022
Ukraine Emergency Response Fund

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