Grants awarded
Who does Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation fund?
Debra and Kenneth Caplan Foundation has awarded $5.7 million across 245 grants to 150 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in international. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $1,500 and $18,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$5.7M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
150
Grants
245
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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| T Trustees for Harvard University | $640K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| U University of Michigan | $633K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Michigan House Officers Association | $501K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| U United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth | $302K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Greenlight Fund INC
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$298K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| T Trustees of Newark Academy | $237K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn | $201K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Brown University | $200K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pencils of Promise Incorporated
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$155K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Regents of the University of Michigan | $152K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| J Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ | $136K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ
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$131K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| J Jewish Communal Fund | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Brown University of Providence
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | RI | |
| C Chabad of College Hill INC | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greenlight Fund INC | $100K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| 1 18 Corp | $97K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
Village Academies Network INC
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$95K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$90K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Charities Aid Foundation America
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$84K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | VA | |
| H Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $62K | 4 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporati | $50K | 6 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
Prep for Prep
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$40K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$40K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| 1 18 Corp | $36K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $36K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M March to the Top - Africa | $35K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| C Casa for Children of Essex County INC | $35K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$35K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| F Family Legal Care INC | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| M Melanoma Research Foundation | $30K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation INC
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$30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Maui Food Bank INC
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | HI | |
| N New Jersey Tutoring Corps INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Their Stories Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Oasis Haven for Women & Children INC
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| R Regents of the University of Michigan | $24K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| C Coregiving Co | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| J Jewish Family Service of Metrowest NJ a New Jersey | $20K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center | $18K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Nagen Project INC | $18K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chabad of College Hill INC | $18K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | RI | |
| G Good Grief INC | $16K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders New York | $15K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Michael Wolk Heart Foundation INC | $15K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S Spark Youth Nyc INC | $15K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewi | $15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tamid Israel Investment Group Ltd | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| J Jewish Vocational Service of Metro West | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Associati | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Coregiving Co | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Sundara Fund INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| V Volunteers of America INC | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
City Harvest INC
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Reading Partners
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
The Help Group Child and Family Center
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Riseboro Community Partnership INC
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Child Mind Institute INC
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| L Lisa B Fishman Foundation INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Communities in Schools of Nevada
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NV | |
Gabriel Project Mumbai
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| M Mount Sinai Children's Center Foundation INC | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| R Rwj Barnabas Health INC | $8K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Citizens Committee for New York City INC | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Citymeals-On-Wheels | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Comfort Zone Camp INC
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$8K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Brainup INC
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$7K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S San Francisco Aids Foundation | $7K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
American Friends of Libi INC
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City INC
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| M Michael Wolk Heart Foundation INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New York Cares INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| B Breast Cancer Research Foundation INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Ali Forney Center
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| B Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Anti-Defamation League
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Phipps Neighborhoods INC
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| E Encourage Kids Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| L Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Online Giving Foundation INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity International INC | $4K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Cure Breast Cancer Foundation INC
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$4K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| J Jewish National Fund-USA INC | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated | $4K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
San Francisco Aids Foundation
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$3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA |
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