The JM Kaplan Fund Inc
Preselected recipients only
The JM Kaplan Fund Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $7.2 million in 275 grants; the typical grant was $6,000 and the largest $1.5 million. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$7.2 million
- Number of grants275
- Typical grant$6,000
- Largest grant$1.5 million
- Assets$144 million
- New grantees64%
Giving in 2024 was down from $7.4 million the year before.
64% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $7.4 million | 259 | $140 million |
| 2024 | $7.2 million | 275 | $144 million |
How to apply
The JM Kaplan Fund 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.
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What The JM Kaplan Fund Inc funds
Where it gives
Its US grants went to recipients in 32 states, the most to New York. It also paid $717,342 in 8 grants to recipients outside the US.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 119 | $3.4 million |
| District of Columbia | 25 | $1.3 million |
| California | 16 | $351,810 |
| Maryland | 35 | $290,000 |
| North Carolina | 5 | $192,347 |
| New Jersey | 4 | $157,500 |
| Illinois | 4 | $129,480 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | $102,500 |
| Alabama | 1 | $100,000 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $100,000 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Gonzalo Fonseca Foundation | Promoting knowledge and understanding of the artistic legacy of the late sculptor gonzalo fonseca | $1.5 million |
| European Climate Foundation | Pie americas programme | $250,000 |
| National Women's Health Network | Frontline reproductive freedom lab | $150,000 |
| Boulouki Itinerant Workshop for the Traditional Building Techniques | (a) delos: the farmhouse of markos. Phase 1 | $140,000 |
| The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (Tarii) | Nimrud rescue project: storage construction and plan development | $106,380 |
| Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium | Preserving the promise of empowerment | $100,000 |
| America Votes Education Fund | General operating support | $100,000 |
| Balkan Heritage Foundation | Conservation of the "theodosian palace" of stobi, republic of north macedonia | $100,000 |
| Center for Tech and Civic Life | General operating support for the resilient elections network | $100,000 |
| New Leaf Climate | Forest inputs resilience fund (fir fund) | $100,000 |
| Open Space Institute | Catalyzing land protection for climate change: science, capacity building, and resilient communities | $100,000 |
| The Hopewell Fund | General operating support for galvanize USA | $100,000 |
| The Hopewell Fund | Free election fund - general operating support | $100,000 |
| Turquoise Mountain Foundation | Repair, restoration and revitalisation of the western theatre at umm qais | $100,000 |
| Workmoney Foundation Inc | General operating support | $100,000 |
| Green-Wood Historic Fund | Green-wood education and welcome center capital campaign: center for research | $85,000 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | The pew charitable trusts leveraging coastal blue carbon ecosystems for climate benefits | $80,000 |
| Somos Votantes Education Fund | General operating support | $75,000 |
| State Leadership Project | Strategic victory fund student turnout projects | $75,000 |
| The Freedom Community Center | The freedom community center (fcc) is a black-led organization founded to dismantle systems of oppression that inflict trauma on black communities by building a movement of survivors of harm using three overlapping strategies, community building, transformative justice and organizing for change. | $75,000 |
| Nuns and Nonesneo Philanthropy FS | We support catholic sisters to invest their land and assets in regenerative land stewardship practices, reparations with black and indigenous people, and common ownership structures; while equipping them to lead the way for religious groups at-large to invest their land in a just transition. | $70,763 |
| Wikitongues | Wikitongues strengthens cultural sovereignty, ancestral knowledge, and cross-cultural dialogue by safeguarding endangered languages, increasing global access to critical linguistic resources, and directly supporting language revitalization movements in the united states and beyond. | $70,672 |
| Black Women Build Baltimore | Baltimore is a home ownership and wealth building initiative that trains black women in carpentry, electrical, and plumbing by restoring vacant and deteriorated houses in west baltimore; once completed, the women have the opportunity to by the home on which they worked. | $67,500 |
| NYU Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center | Archaeological conservation training & symposium at ifa, nyu | $65,000 |
| Regenerate Shingal Ev | A site for the whole community: completing the restoration of sheikh mand temple complex to preserve living traditions of shingali ezidism | $65,000 |
| Heard | Creating a space of belonging, healing, resources, cultural/linguistic understanding, and empathy for deaf/disabled formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones who have been socially/linguistically deprived and harmed by the medical-carceral industrial complex. | $61,929 |
| Ecole Franaise D'athnes | Caius ofellius ferus statue an innovative and ambitious restoration project at delos | $60,000 |
| The River Fund New York | General operating support | $54,705 |
| Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (Alba) | General operating support | $50,000 |
| American Forests | The ninth american forest congress: setting the course for climate & equity in u.s. Forestry | $50,000 |
| Archi Media Trust | Ur conservation project | $50,000 |
| Cambium Carbon | Cambium carbons reforestation hub model upcycles fallen trees to new use, generating revenue to support forest restoration. By creating end markets for urban wood products (eg. Lumber, bioenergy, compost) we catalyze a system of re-use that cuts carbon, fuels replanting, and supports local economies. Salvaged wood displaces | $50,000 |
| Coop Dayton | We are organizing community- and worker-owned cooperatives that center black workers, expand democratic participation, and rebuild our neighborhoods in a deeply divested rustbelt city. | $50,000 |
| Eleanor Now | Eleanor series | $50,000 |
| Empowerment Avenue | Empower incarcerated artists and writers and eventually system-impacted filmmakers to participate in conversations happening in public spaces through their talents, while also networking, building careers, earning an income, and growing public will for prison reform | $50,000 |
| Equis Institute | Youtube moonshot | $50,000 |
| Fish in the Fields DBA Resource Renewal Institute | Empower fish in the fields a project that introduces fish to fallow flooded rice fields harnesses natures own systems to dramatically reduce methane emissions | $50,000 |
| Glynwood | General operating support | $50,000 |
| I Be Black Girl | Create community ecosystems of black birth workers who support black pregnant people throughout their pregnancy and birthing journeys | $50,000 |
| Land Core | General operating support | $50,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Peter Davidson
- J Matthew Davidson
- Brad Davidson
- Elizabeth Davidson Pickering
- Caio Fonseca
- Isabel Fonseca
- Quina Fonseca
- Julia Bator
Questions people ask
Does The JM Kaplan Fund Inc accept grant applications?
No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.
How much does The JM Kaplan Fund Inc give?
$7.2 million in tax year 2024, across 275 grants, with a typical grant of $6,000.
Who runs The JM Kaplan Fund Inc?
Its 2024 filing lists Peter Davidson (Chairman), J Matthew Davidson (Trustee), Brad Davidson (Trustee) and Elizabeth Davidson Pickering (Trustee) among 8 officers and trustees.
What does The JM Kaplan Fund Inc fund?
Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, environment and conservation and education.