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Sundel-Strauss Family Foundation

Accepts applications Pawtucket, Rhode Island · EIN 237011406

Sundel-Strauss Family Foundation is a private foundation in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In tax year 2025 it gave $49,200 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $6,350 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $53,300 the year before.

0% 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$59,56012$638,927
2024$53,3008$664,015
2025$49,2006$675,067

How to apply

ContactSylvia S Strauss Sundel-Strauss
PO Box 2370, Pawtucket, RI 02861-0370
Phone or email(401) 723-2000
What to submitNo specific format or formal applications
DeadlinesNo deadlines
RestrictionsUnsolicited requests for funds will be accepted but not necessarily granted

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Sundel-Strauss Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida2$25,000
Rhode Island3$23,700
District of Columbia1$500

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Jewish Federation of Ri
Providence, RI
To support charitable mission$20,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL
To support charitable mission$15,000
Ballenisles Charitable Foundation
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
To support charitable mission$10,000
Temple Sinai
Cranston, RI
To support charitable mission$2,700
Camp Jori
Wakefield, RI
To support charitable mission$1,000
US Holocaust Museum
Washington, DC
To support charitable mission$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Sundel-Strauss Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No deadlines.

How much does Sundel-Strauss Family Foundation give?

$49,200 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $6,350.

Who runs Sundel-Strauss Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Sylvia Sundel Strauss (Director / T), Debra Strauss-Levine (Trustee) and David Strauss (Trustee).

What does Sundel-Strauss Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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