Funding search · EIN 454116761 · Rockville, MD

The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation

Name: The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

166
grants reported: $9.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $8,333
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.

Maharishi International University3 grants · $4.3M
Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation3 grants · $1.4M
David Lynch Foundation3 grants · $634,716
Africa College Fund3 grants · $305,500
Maharishi Purusha Program3 grants · $222,088
Jewish National Fund3 grants · $180,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington3 grants · $133,333
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum2 grants · $133,332
The Barack Obama Foundation3 grants · $118,000
Natural Resource Defense Council3 grants · $105,000

Giving over time

$2.5M

2022

$3.9M

2023

$2.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 166 grants.

$2.2M
Maharishi International University · Fairfield, IA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$1.2M
Maharishi International University · Fairfield, IA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$889,340
Maharishi International University · Fairfield, IA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$677,128
Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$502,085
Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$275,621
David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$270,000
Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$262,500
Africa College Fund · Fairfield, IA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$236,570
David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$160,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$122,525
David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$98,162
Mganl Mother Divine Program · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$84,975
Mganl- Mother Divine Program · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$81,008
Maharishi Purusha Program · Romney, WV · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$75,400
Mganl-Md · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$71,080
Maharishi Purusha Program · Romney, WV · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$70,000
Maharishi Purusha Program · Romney, WV · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$67,500
Maharishi Foundation International · Maharishi Vedic City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$66,667
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$66,666
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$66,666
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$50,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$35,000
Natural Resource Defense Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$35,000
Natural Resource Defense Council · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$35,000
Natural Resource Defense Council · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$34,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$34,000
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$33,334
The Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse · Rockville, MD · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$33,333
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$33,333
The Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse · Rockville, MD · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$33,333
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$31,920
Raam Raj Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$30,500
Africa College Fund · Fairfield, IA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$30,000
Raam Raj Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Friends of Cancer Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Girl Scouts Council of the Nation'S Capital · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Sylvia Earle Alliance · Napa, CA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Friends of Cancer Research · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Girl Scouts Council of the Nation'S Capital · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Friends of Cancer Research · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$25,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$24,240
Golden Thread Initiative · Fairfield, IA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$24,167
Dc College Access Program · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$21,000
Raam Raj Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$20,500
Global Mother Divine Organization · Fairfield, IA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$20,000
Maharishi School · Fairfield, IA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$20,000
Society for the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$15,000
One Earth Philanthropy · Culver City, CA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$15,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$15,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$15,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$15,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$15,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$15,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$12,500
Africa College Fund · Fairfield, IA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$11,111
Capital Jewish Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$11,050
Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Daughters for Earth · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Forest Trends Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Heifetz International Music Institute · Staunton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington D C · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Diener School · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Forest Trends Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Global Wellness Institute · Miami, FL · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Heifetz International Music Institute · Staunton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Maharishi School · Fairfield, IA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington D C · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Girl Scouts Council of the Nation'S Capital · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Heifetz International Music Institute · Staunton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$10,000
The Kennedy Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$8,334
The Als Association Dcmdva Chapter · Rockville, MD · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$8,333
The Als Association Dcmdva Chapter · Rockville, MD · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$8,333
Washington Nationals Philanthropies · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Antidefamation League · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
National Audubon Paragon · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Save a Child'S Heart Foundation · Potomac, MD · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Student Conservation Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Save a Child'S Heart Foundation · Potomac, MD · 2023
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$7,500
Save a Child'S Heart Foundation · Potomac, MD · 2022
Unrestricted funds
$5,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$5,000
Heifer International · Littler Rock, AR · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$5,000
Rachel'S Network · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$5,000
Salzburg Festival Society · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted funds
$5,000
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted funds

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