Funding search · EIN 223500313 · Short Hills, NJ

The Tepper Foundation

Name: The Tepper Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

386
grants reported: $210.8M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $114,125
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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.

Where the money goes

Large intermediary funds and donor-advised vehicles absorbing most dollars
Jewish federations, campus Hillel, Holocaust and antisemitism organizations
Democracy protection, election administration, civic dialogue
Food security and hunger relief, especially New Jersey
Mental health and crisis services for youth and adults
Higher education in NJ, Pittsburgh, and Charlotte

Typical grant

Median grant is $114,125, with the middle half between $55,000 and $250,000. The very large checks go to pooled intermediaries and Jewish federated giving, with Blue Meridian at $28.3M and Jewish Federations of North America at $10.2M dwarfing everything else; direct grantees rarely clear $2M. With 386 grants to 297 recipients over three years, a meaningful share of names repeat annually.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Ask in the $100,000 to $250,000 band; that is where most direct organizational grants land.
Connect work to democracy infrastructure, food access, mental health, or Jewish communal life, their four recurring direct themes.
Lead with a New Jersey, Pittsburgh, or Charlotte footprint; those three geographies anchor place-based giving.
Request unrestricted operating money. Every grant on file is coded general support, not project restricted.

Worth knowing: Roughly a fifth of all dollars flow through Blue Meridian alone, and another large slice moves through donor-advised funds, community foundations, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, so much of the money is regranted rather than awarded directly. New Jersey holds 170 of 386 grants, and Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, and Charlotte appearances track the family's personal ties rather than any published geographic strategy.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Blue Meridian2 grants · $61.8M
Blue Meridian1 grant · $35.2M
The Jewish Federations of North America1 grant · $10.2M
Charlotte Mecklenberg Library2 grants · $3.8M
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management1 grant · $3.7M
Anti Defamation League2 grants · $3.0M
Jewish Community Fdn of Greater Mw Nj2 grants · $3.0M
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute2 grants · $2.4M
Center for Technology and Civic Life2 grants · $2.3M
Upstream USA2 grants · $2.2M

Giving over time

$58.5M

2021

$65.3M

2022

$87.0M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 386 grants.

$35.2M
Blue Meridian · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$33.6M
Blue Meridian · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$28.3M
Blue Meridian · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10.2M
The Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$3.7M
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Center for Technology and Civic Life · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2.0M
States United Democracy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Jewish Community Fdn of Greater Mw Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2022
General support
$1.9M
Charlotte Mecklenberg Library · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$1.9M
Charlotte Mecklenberg Library · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$1.9M
Charlotte Mecklenberg Library · Charlotte, NC · 2021
General Support
$1.6M
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1.5M
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1.5M
Jewish Federation of North America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1.5M
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$1.4M
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$1.4M
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General Support
$1.3M
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$1.3M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$1.3M
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.3M
American Jewish Join Dist Committee · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$1.2M
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1.2M
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.2M
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1.2M
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$1.2M
Community Foundation of Nj · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General support
$1.1M
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$1.1M
Upstream USA · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$1.1M
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$1.1M
American Friends Service Committee · Newark, NJ · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Jewish Community Fdn of Greater Mw Nj · Whippany, NJ · 2023
General support
$1.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1.0M
American Jewish Join Dist Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$950,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$850,000
Center for Countering Digital Hate · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$800,000
American Friends Service Center · Newark, NJ · 2021
General Support
$750,000
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$750,000
Hillel the Fdn for Jewish Campus Life · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General support
$750,000
Community Food Bank of Nj · Hillside, NJ · 2021
General Support
$735,000
American Friends Service Center · Newark, NJ · 2022
General support
$700,000
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
$650,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$600,000
Baylor Health Care System Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General support
$600,000
The College of New Jersey Foundation · Ewing, NJ · 2023
General support
$600,000
Upstream USA · Oakland, CA · 2021
General Support
$575,000
Policy Impact · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
$525,000
Community Food Bank of Nj · Hillside, NJ · 2023
General support
$500,000
Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500,000
The Jed Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$500,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Work Money Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$500,000
Community Food Bank of Nj · Hillside, NJ · 2022
General support
$500,000
Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$500,000
The Jed Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$500,000
Work Money Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$450,000
Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
General support
$450,000
Search for Common Ground · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$450,000
Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022
General support
$450,000
Hias · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$440,000
Nourish Nj · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General support
$425,000
Nj Council of County Colleges · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General support
$425,000
Refed · Long Island, NY · 2023
General support
$420,000
American Jewish Join Dist Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$417,366
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Support
$400,000
Grameen America · Jackson Heights, NY · 2023
General support
$400,000
Recovery Innovations · Chantilly, VA · 2023
General support
$400,000
T of L · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
$400,000
United Way of Northern Nj · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2023
General support
$400,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$400,000
Recovery Innovations · Chantilly, VA · 2022
General support
$400,000
United Way of Northern Nj · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2022
General support
$400,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2021
General Support
$400,000
United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2021
General Support
$375,000
Refed · Long Island, NY · 2021
General Support
$350,000
Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$350,000
National Council for Behavioral Health · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$350,000
New Jersey Tutoring Corps · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General support
$350,000
Grameen America · Jackson Heights, NY · 2022
General support
$350,000
Refed · Long Island, NY · 2022
General support
$350,000
Grameen America · Jackson Heights, NY · 2021
General Support
$340,000
Lunch Break · Red Bank, NJ · 2022
General support
$330,000
International Refugee Assistance · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$325,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$325,000
Lunch Break · Red Bank, NJ · 2021
General Support
$300,000
Hillel the Fdn for Jewish Campus Life · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General support
$300,000
International Refugee Assistance · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$300,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
General support
$300,000
The Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$300,000
International Refugee Assistance · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$300,000
The Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$300,000
The Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2021
General Support
$285,000
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$265,000
Nj Council of County Colleges · Trenton, NJ · 2022
General support
$250,000
American Forests · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General support
$250,000
Americas Grow a Row · Pittstown, NJ · 2023
General support
$250,000
Core Community Organized Relief Effort · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$250,000
Inseparable · Washington, DC · 2023
General support

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Who else funds this kind of work

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The Bessemer Giving Fund4,186 grants · $368.9M
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation13,555 grants · $2.27B

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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.