Funding search · EIN 900959410 · Delray Beach, FL

The Selma and Irving Ettenberg 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.

194
grants reported
$1.8M
total given
2021–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Bryant University5 grants · $655,000
  • American Friends of Israel Elwyn5 grants · $103,750
  • Pef - Israel Endowment Funds4 grants · $80,000
  • Casa of Morris & Sussex Counties5 grants · $65,000
  • Helping Israel Fund5 grants · $57,500
  • Nova Southeastern University4 grants · $50,000
  • Ncjw Essex County Nj2 grants · $50,000
  • Bryant College - Hillel2 grants · $45,000
  • Sound Start Babies Foundation4 grants · $40,000
  • Jdrf4 grants · $31,680

Giving over time

$275,435
2021
$328,880
2022
$413,698
2023
$384,105
2024
$362,975
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 194 grants.

  • $150,000

    Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2025

    General purpose

  • $145,000

    Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2023

    General purpose

  • $125,000

    Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2024

    General purpose

  • $120,000

    Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2021

    General purpose

  • $115,000

    Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2022

    General purpose

  • $36,000

    Helping Israel Fund · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $35,000

    Bryant College - Hillel · Smithfield, RI · 2023

    General purpose

  • $31,750

    American Friends of Israel Elwyn · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Ncjw Essex County Nj · Roseland, NJ · 2025

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Boca Raton Regional Hopspital Fdn · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Ncjw Essex County Nj · Roseland, NJ · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Pef - Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2025

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Pef - Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Pef - Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Pef - Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose

  • $20,000

    Jarc Florida · Boca Raton, FL · 2021

    General purpose

  • $18,000

    American Friends of Israel Elwyn · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $18,000

    American Friends of Israel Elwyn · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $18,000

    American Friends of Israel Elwyn · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $18,000

    American Friends of Israel Elwyn · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Casa of Morris & Sussex Counties · Morristown, NJ · 2025

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Casa of Morris & Sussex Counties · Morristown, NJ · 2024

    General purpose

  • $15,000

    Casa of Morris & Sussex Counties · Morristown, NJ · 2023

    General purpose

  • $14,100

    Jdrf · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $13,600

    Alternative Education Foundation · Davie, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $12,500

    Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $12,500

    Boca Raton Regional Hospital Fdn · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,500

    Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $12,500

    Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $12,500

    Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021

    General purpose

  • $11,200

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $11,000

    The Pap Corps · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $11,000

    Adolph & Rose Levis Jcc · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Sound Start Babies Foundation · Mountain Lake, NJ · 2025

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    The Pap Corps · Boynton Beach, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Sound Start Babies Foundation · Mountain Lake, NJ · 2024

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    The Pap Corps · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Bryant College - Hillel · Smithfield, RI · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Casa of Morris & Sussex Counties · Morristown, NJ · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    In Jacobs Shoes · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

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

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Sd Marching Eagles Parent Assoc · Coral Springs, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Sound Start Babies Foundation · Mountain Lake, NJ · 2022

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Casa of Morris & Sussex Counties · Morristown, NJ · 2021

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Sound Start Babies Foundation · Mountain Lake, NJ · 2021

    General purpose

  • $8,980

    Jdrf · New York, NY · 2021

    General purpose

  • $8,850

    Temple Beth El of Boca Raton · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $8,600

    Chabad Lubavitch of West Davie · Davie, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $8,000

    Als Association - Florida Chapter · Tampa, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $8,000

    St Judes Children Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General purpose

  • $7,500

    Helping Israel Fund · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $7,300

    Alternative Education Foundation · Davie, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $7,000

    Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2025

    General purpose

  • $6,800

    Broward College Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $6,500

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Temple Shaarei Shalom · Boynton Beach, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    In Jacobs Shoes · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Temple Shaarei Shalom · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Temple Shaarei Shalom · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Temple Shaarei Shalom · Boynton Beach, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $6,000

    Temple Shaarei Shalom · Boynton Beach, FL · 2021

    General purpose

  • $5,500

    Big Red Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,500

    Purple Summer Theater Co · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,400

    Helping Israel Fund · Boca Raton, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,400

    Jacob S Aweig Foundation · Pompano Beach, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,400

    National Kidney Foundation · Ne York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,400

    Mejor Futuro · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Broward College Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Helping Israel Fund · Boca Raton, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    I Heart Dog Rescue · Warren, MI · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Jacob Ss Zweig Foundation · Pompano Beach, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Living Sky Foundation · Castleton, VA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Relic Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Sd Marching Eagles Parent Assoc · Coral Springs, FL · 2025

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Haddassah · Rockville Centre, NY · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Hobble Nation · Fountain Valley, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Living Sky Foundation · Castleton, VA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Make-a-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Sd Marching Eagles Parent Assoc · Coral Springs, FL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Alternative Education Foundation · Davie, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Crohn'S and Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Haddassah · Rockville Centre, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Hobble Nation · Fountain Valley, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Living Sky Foundation · Castleton, VA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Marjory Stoneman Douglas High - Broward Education Foundation · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

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

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Adolph & Rose Levis Jcc · Boca Raton, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Children'S Miracle Network · Miami, FL · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Jdrf · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Living Sky Foundation · Castleton, VA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Tlc Humane Society · Dahlonega, GA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Adolph & Rose Levis Jcc · Boca Raton, FL · 2021

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Hadassah · Rockville Ctr, NY · 2021

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Living Sky Foundation · Castleton, VA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Sd Marching Eagles Parent Assoc · Coral Springs, FL · 2021

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Sweet Dream Makers · Boca Raton, FL · 2021

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Tlc Humane Society · Dahlonega, GA · 2021

    General purpose

  • $4,000

    Sweet Dream Makers · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    General purpose

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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.