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The Plesser Foundation

Name: The Plesser 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.

90
grants reported: $254,516
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,200
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.

What they fund

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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.

American Committee for the Weitzmann Institute of Science4 grants · $54,500
St Jude4 grants · $24,500
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $24,500
Aspca4 grants · $21,900
World Wildlife Foundation4 grants · $15,400
Hope for Warriors4 grants · $12,250
American Cancer Society4 grants · $12,250
US Fund for Unicef4 grants · $12,250
Alzheimer'S Foundation of America2 grants · $9,500
American Humane Society3 grants · $9,250

Giving over time

$60,314

2022

$65,954

2023

$65,740

2024

$62,508

2025

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$16,000
American Committee for the Weitzmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2024
General
$15,000
American Committee for the Weitzmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2025
General
$14,500
American Committee for the Weitzmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2023
General
$9,000
American Committee for the Weitzmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2022
General
$8,400
Aspca · New York, NY · 2023
General
$6,500
Alzheimer'S Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General
$6,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General
$6,500
St Jude · New York, NY · 2024
General
$6,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General
$6,000
St Jude · New York, NY · 2025
General
$6,000
Brightfocus Foundation · Clarksburg, MD · 2023
General
$6,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General
$6,000
St Jude · New York, NY · 2023
General
$6,000
Alzheimers Association · New York, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General
$6,000
St Jude · New York, NY · 2022
General
$4,800
Aspca · New York, NY · 2025
General
$4,500
Aspca · New York, NY · 2024
General
$4,200
Charity Golf Today · New York, NY · 2025
General
$4,200
World Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$4,200
Aspca · New York, NY · 2022
General
$4,000
World Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$3,600
World Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$3,600
World Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$3,250
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2024
General
$3,250
American Humane Society · New York, NY · 2024
General
$3,250
Hope for Warriors · Springfield, VA · 2024
General
$3,250
US Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
General
$3,000
Alzheimer'S Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2025
General
$3,000
Hope for Warriors · Springfield, VA · 2025
General
$3,000
US Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2023
General
$3,000
American Humane Society · New York, NY · 2023
General
$3,000
Hope for Warriors · Springfield, VA · 2023
General
$3,000
US Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
General
$3,000
American Humane Society · New York, NY · 2022
General
$3,000
Hope for Warriors · Springfield, VA · 2022
General
$3,000
US Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
General
$2,000
Hope for Depression Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General
$2,000
Food Bank Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
General
$2,000
Save the Musicorg · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,200
Food Bank Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
General
$1,200
Give Well · Oakland, CA · 2025
General
$1,200
Peconic Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2025
General
$1,200
Save the Musicorg · New York, NY · 2025
General
$1,200
Brooklyn High School Scholarship · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$1,200
Food Bank Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,200
Give Well · Oakland, CA · 2023
General
$1,200
Peconic Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2023
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$1,200
Save the Musicorg · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,200
Big Thought · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
$1,200
Food Bank Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,200
Give Well · Oakland, CA · 2022
General
$1,200
New City Kids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General
$1,200
Repair the World · New York, NY · 2022
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$1,200
Results 4 America · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$1,058
Congregation Sons of Israel · Woodmere, NY · 2025
General
$1,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Give Well · Oakland, CA · 2024
General
$1,000
Peconic Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Save the Musicorg · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Peconic Trust · Southhampton, NY · 2022
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$1,000
The Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2022
General
$914
Sons of Israel · Woodmere, NY · 2022
General
$890
Congregation Sons of Israel · Woodmere, NY · 2024
General
$850
Sons of Israel · Woodmere, NY · 2023
General
$650
Ny Public Radio Wnyc · New York, NY · 2024
General
$650
St Thomas Animal Shelter · 2024
General
$600
St Thomas Animal Shelter · 2025
General
$600
St Thomas Animal Shelter · 2023
General
$600
Ny Public Radio Wnyc · New York, NY · 2022
General
$600
St Thomas Animal Shelter · 2022
General
$500
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2025
General
$500
Austin Pets Alive · Austin, TX · 2025
General
$500
Ny Public Radio Wnyc · New York, NY · 2025
General
$500
Ny Public Radio Wnyc · New York, NY · 2023
General
$250
Operation Restore Sight · New York, NY · 2025
General
$250
Operation Restore Sight · New York, NY · 2024
General
$200
Kadampa Meditation Center · New York, NY · 2024
General
$200
Operation Restore Sight · New York, NY · 2023
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$104
Congregation Sons of Israel · Woodmere, NY · 2023
General
$100
Central Park Conservatory · New York, NY · 2025
General
$100
Central Park Conservatory · New York, NY · 2024
General
$100
Central Park Conservatory · New York, NY · 2023
General
$100
Disability Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$100
Central Park Conservatory · New York, NY · 2022
General
$100
Disability Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.