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The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc

Preselected recipients only Princeton, New Jersey · EIN 223510720

The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Princeton, New Jersey. In tax year 2025 it gave $667,635 in 197 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $48,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $582,565 the year before.

2% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$661,465201$10.1 million
2024$582,565198$11.0 million
2025$667,635197$11.4 million

How to apply

The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 30 states, the most to New Jersey.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey47$344,100
District of Columbia34$112,600
New York42$81,055
California8$20,250
Pennsylvania7$16,780
Wisconsin5$14,750
Kansas4$14,400
Massachusetts7$10,750
North Carolina1$10,000
Virginia11$9,400

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 197 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Princeton Jewish Center
Princeton, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$48,000
Jewish Family & Children's Service
Princeton, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$42,500
Amer Friends of Magen David Adom
Washington, DC
General donation to support organization's activities.$34,750
Jewish Federation of Prinmercerbucks
Princeton, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$30,000
Greenwood House
Ewing, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$27,500
Homefront
Lawrenceville, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$25,500
Adath Israel Congregation
Lawrenceville, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$20,600
Jewish Federation of Prinmercerbucks
Lawrenceville, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$20,000
Princeton Healthcare System FDTN
Plainsboro, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$20,000
Dorot
Ny, NY
General donation to support organization's activities.$17,000
Community Foodbank of NJ
Hillside, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$15,000
Weston A Price Foundation
Washington, DC
General donation to support organization's activities.$13,500
Feeding America
Washington, DC
General donation to support organization's activities.$13,000
JCC of Princeton Mercer Bucks
East Windsor, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$12,500
Food Freedom Foundation
Fairview, NC
General donation to support organization's activities.$10,000
Food of Choice
Wichita, KS
General donation to support organization's activities.$10,000
Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$10,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Los Angeles, CA
General donation to support organization's activities.$10,000
Masorti FDTN for Conservative Judaism
Ny, NY
General donation to support organization's activities.$9,000
Task - Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
Trenton, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$6,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC
General donation to support organization's activities.$6,000
Cornucopia Institute
Viroqua, WI
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
Nacoej
Milwaukee, WI
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
Organic Eye
Washington, DC
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
Partnership for the Homeless
Ny, NY
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad
Princeton, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
Rodale Institute
Kutztown, PA
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
So Brunswick Human Intervention Tr Fund
Monmouth JCT, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
Zaka Tel Aviv
Jackson Township, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$5,000
Rescue Mission
Trenton, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$4,500
Greater Trenton Cemetery Project
Lawrenceville, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,750
Hillel (Foundation for Jewish Campus Life)
Washington, DC
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,750
American Society for Yad Vashem
Milwaukee, WI
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,500
Hadassah
Washington, DC
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,500
Rutgers Foundation
New Brunswick, NJ
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,500
St Jude's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,500
Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, MA
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,500
Jewish National Fund
Rockville Centre, NY
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,250
Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery, AL
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,250
Abrams Hebrew Academy
Yardley, PA
General donation to support organization's activities.$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc give?

$667,635 in tax year 2025, across 197 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Deborah S Freedman (Executive Secretary) and Barry J Freedman (Treasurer).

What does The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, youth programs and food and hunger.

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