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Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Providence, Rhode Island · EIN 046528085

Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Providence, Rhode Island. In tax year 2024 it gave $581,000 in 25 grants; the typical grant was $25,000 and the largest $55,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $516,000 the year before.

24% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$516,00024$12.4 million
2024$581,00025$13.1 million

How to apply

ContactTodd Eisenberg Trustee
C/O Cbiz One Citizens Plaza 9th FL, Providence, RI 02903
Phone or email(401) 626-3200
What to submitApplications should take the form of a written letter stating the cause and work performed by the organization,amount being requested and what the grant will be used for.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts10$236,000
District of Columbia9$230,000
Florida2$50,000
Virginia3$35,000
Rhode Island1$30,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 25 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Ma Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, DC
General funding$55,000
Kennedy Donovan Center
Foxboro, MA
General funding$50,000
Meeting Street
Providence, RI
General funding$30,000
Nativity Prep School
New Bedford, MA
General funding$30,000
The Women's Center
Cambridge, MA
General funding$30,000
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society
New Bedford, MA
General funding$25,000
City Year DC
Washington, DC
General funding$25,000
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Boca Raton, FL
General funding$25,000
Global Learning Charter Public School
New Bedford, MA
General funding$25,000
Levine School of Music
Washington, DC
General funding$25,000
Live It Learn It
Washington, DC
General funding$25,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
New Bedford, MA
General funding$25,000
Our Sisters School
New Bedford, MA
General funding$25,000
Sitar Arts Center
Washington, DC
General funding$25,000
Sweet Dream Makers
Boca Raton, FL
General funding$25,000
Washington School for Girls
Washington, DC
General funding$25,000
Horizons Greater Washington
Washington, DC
General funding$20,000
Hope and A Home
Washington, DC
General funding$15,000
Jubilee to College
Washington, DC
General funding$15,000
Rappahannock County Lions Club Fund
Washington, VA
General funding$15,000
Y W C A
Reston, VA
General funding$15,000
Child & Family Services
New Bedford, MA
General funding$10,000
Community Boating Center
New Bedford, MA
General funding$10,000
Judge Baker Childrens Center
Boston, MA
General funding$6,000
Rappahannock Pantry Inc
Washington, VA
General funding$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation give?

$581,000 in tax year 2024, across 25 grants, with a typical grant of $25,000.

Who runs Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Todd Eisenberg (Trustee) and George Robinson (Trustee).

What does Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and youth programs.

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