Funding search · EIN 133383860 · Dix Hills, NY

The Rona Jaffe Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

247
grants reported
$6.9M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. 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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Top recipients

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  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center3 grants · $600,000
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center3 grants · $560,000
  • New York Public Library3 grants · $235,000
  • Island Harvest3 grants · $200,000
  • Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $180,000
  • Vermont Foodbank3 grants · $165,000
  • Planned Parenthood of New York City3 grants · $150,000
  • Equality Now3 grants · $145,000
  • Groove With Me3 grants · $130,000
  • Friends of School in the Square3 grants · $120,000

Giving over time

$2.4M
2021
$2.3M
2022
$2.3M
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 247 grants.

  • $200,000

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Endowed chair

  • $200,000

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Endowed chair

  • $200,000

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2021

    Endowed chair

  • $190,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations & visible ink program

  • $190,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations & visible ink program

  • $180,000

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations & visible ink program

  • $85,000

    New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2023

    Summer reading program & cullman center

  • $75,000

    New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022

    Summer reading program & cullman center

  • $75,000

    Island Harvest · Melville, NY · 2021

    General operations, backpack program and building campaign

  • $75,000

    New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2021

    Summer reading program & cullman center

  • $65,000

    Island Harvest · Melville, NY · 2023

    General operations and backpack program

  • $65,000

    Groove With Me · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $65,000

    Vermont Foodbank · South Barre, VT · 2022

    General operations and flood recovery

  • $60,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $60,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $60,000

    Island Harvest · Melville, NY · 2022

    General operations and backpack program

  • $60,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Equality Now · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood of New York City · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Vermont Foodbank · South Barre, VT · 2023

    General operations and flood recovery

  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood of New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Equality Now · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood of New York City · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Vermont Foodbank · South Barre, VT · 2021

    General operations

  • $45,000

    Equality Now · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Friends of School in the Square · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Art Start · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Friends of School in the Square · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Friends of School in the Square · Scarsdale, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $37,500

    Fine Arts Work Center · Provincetown, MA · 2023

    General operations

  • $37,500

    Fine Arts Work Center · Provincetown, MA · 2022

    General operations

  • $37,500

    Fine Arts Work Center · Provincetown, MA · 2021

    General operations

  • $35,000

    826 Nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Birthday Wishes · Natick, MA · 2023

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Groove With Me · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Retreat Farm · Brattleboro, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $35,000

    The Dome Project · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $35,000

    826 Nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Retreat Farm · Brattleboro, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $35,000

    The Dome Project · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $35,000

    826 Nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Children'S Literacy Foundation · Waterbury Center, VT · 2021

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Retreat Farm · Brattleboro, VT · 2021

    General operations

  • $35,000

    The Dome Project · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,500

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Creative writing fellowship

  • $30,500

    New York University · New York, NY · 2022

    Creative writing fellowship

  • $30,500

    New York University · New York, NY · 2021

    Creative writing fellowship

  • $30,000

    Art Start · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Creative writing fellowship

  • $30,000

    Children'S Literacy Foundation · Waterbury Center, VT · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Family Legal Care · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Legal Outreach · Long Island City, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Manhattan Theater Club · New York, NY · 2023

    Mtc education program

  • $30,000

    The Telling Room · Portland, ME · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    University of Iowa Center for Advancement · Iowa City, IA · 2023

    Support of iowa writers' workshop

  • $30,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Creative writing fellowship

  • $30,000

    Children'S Literacy Foundation · Waterbury Center, VT · 2022

    General operations

  • $30,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Family Legal Care · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Legal Outreach · Long Island City, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Manhattan Theater Club · New York, NY · 2022

    Mtc education program

  • $30,000

    University of Iowa Center for Advancement · Iowa City, IA · 2022

    Support of iowa writers' workshop

  • $30,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Art Start · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Brainbehavior Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Brooklyn College Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    Creative writing fellowship

  • $30,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Family Legal Care · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Groove With Me · New York, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Legal Outreach · Long Island City, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Manhattan Theater Club · New York, NY · 2021

    Mtc education program

  • $30,000

    University of Iowa Center for Advancement · Iowa City, IA · 2021

    Support of iowa writers' workshop

  • $25,000

    Brooklyn Community Housing and Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Civitella Ranieri Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Girls Incorporated of New York City · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Girls Write Now · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    It Gets Better · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Long Island Cares · Hauppauge, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    New Heights Youth · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Project Morry · White Plains, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Reach Out and Read of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Theater Development Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Open doors program

  • $25,000

    Warren Wilson College · Asheville, NC · 2023

    Mfa program for writers

  • $25,000

    Brooklyn Community Housing and Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Civitella Ranieri Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Food Bank for New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Girls Incorporated of New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Girls Write Now · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    It Gets Better · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operations

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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.