FundersNew York

Naomi and Toby Luella Plotsker Stampfer

Brooklyn, NY · EIN 26-3416748. Reported 121 grants totalling $4,828,799 to 75 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$4,828,799granted, 2021-2024
75organizations funded
54%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,267,088assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Naomi and Toby Luella Plotsker Stampfer did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $52,822; the smallest was $500 and the largest $275,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
12 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
42 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
17 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
23 grants
$100,000 and Up
15 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Central Fund of IsraelCedarhurst, NY$533,105332023
American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJ$446,484332023
Congregation Ezras AchimBrooklyn, NY$366,000442024
Ohel Children's Family ServicesBrooklyn, NY$221,129332023
Yeshiva Ohr Yitzchok IncBrooklyn, NY$221,129332023
Bonei Olam IncBrooklyn, NY$202,129332023
Kids of CourageCedarhurst, NY$197,129332023
My Extended FamilyBrooklyn, NY$181,693332023
A-TimeBrooklyn, NY$179,114332023
RenewalBrooklyn, NY$177,822222023
Metropolitan Council on Jewish PovertyNew York, NY$169,016332023
Sister to SisterBrooklyn, NY$165,847332023
Chai 4 EverLakewood, NJ$157,822332024
Chai LifelineNew York, NY$155,460332023
Nefesh AcademyBrooklyn, NY$130,847332023
Our Place in Ny IncNew York, NY$97,000222022
Flatbush Satmar Bikur CholimBrooklyn, NY$88,452332023
The Mazel InstituteBrighton, MA$84,297222023
Eizer L'shabbosBrooklyn, NY$74,790222023
Hatzalah of Union CountyElizabeth, NJ$65,847222023
Eizer LshabbosBrooklyn, NY$52,000112021
Bris Avrohom CenterHillside, NJ$50,000112021
Congregation Shaarei ZionBrooklyn, NY$48,452222023
Colel ChabadBrooklyn, NY$45,564332023
Chasdai LevBrooklyn, NY$40,000112021
Mosdos Shaarei ZionBrooklyn, NY$40,000112021
Agudath Taharath Mishpachah of the East Side IncNew York, NY$36,000112021
My Keren Hashluchim IncBrooklyn, NY$36,000112022
Rofeh Cholim Cancer SocietyBrooklyn, NY$34,754222023
Chabad of Ocean DriveHollywood, FL$34,395222023
MagenuBrooklyn, NY$30,000112021
The Federation of Jewish Communities of the CisBrooklyn, NY$29,508222023
Cong Yeshivas LomzaBrooklyn, NY$29,226332023
Rav Moshe Feinstein FoundationSpring Valley, NY$26,000112022
Shaarai Bracha CongregationHillside, NJ$26,000112021
Chabad of Union CityScotch Plains, NJ$22,395222023
Keren Zichron TziporaLakewood, NJ$21,129112023
Camp HascBrooklyn, NY$18,000112021
Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of FlatbushBrooklyn, NY$18,000112022
Cong Erse Lutowiska Machzike HadassNew York, NY$16,400112022
Kehilas Union 3611Brooklyn, NY$15,847112023
American Friends of Chabad Lubavitch of FinlandMorristown, NJ$13,803222023
Yeshiva Torah OreJerusalem$12,677112023
Cim C'chessedJerusalem$10,564112023
Agudath Israel of AmericaNew York, NY$10,000112022
American Friends of Here Next Year IncSpring Valley, NY$10,000112022
American Friends of Jewish Community of VladivostokBrooklyn, NY$10,000112022
American Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeNew York, NY$10,000112022
American Zionist MovementBrooklyn, NY$10,000112022
B'nai 'b'rith InternationalWashington, DC$10,000112022
Chabad Lubavitch of PolandBrooklyn, NY$10,000112022
ChabadorgBrooklyn, NY$10,000112022
Isra AidPalo Alto, CA$10,000112022
Jgrads Nyc IncNew York, NY$10,000112022
Masbia of Boro ParkBrooklyn, NY$10,000112022
Misaskim CorpBrooklyn, NY$10,000112021
Ou Ukraine FundNew York, NY$10,000112022
Project Kesher UkraineNew York, NY$10,000112022
South Florida Jewish Cemetery Cong Chevra KadishaLake Worth, FL$10,000112021
Tikva Children's HomeWest Caldwell, NJ$10,000112022
Uja Federation of NyNew York, NY$10,000112022
Flatbush HatzolohBrooklyn, NY$8,452112023
Chevra GemachBrooklyn, NY$5,282112023
Foundation for Jewish BroadcastingNew York, NY$5,000112022
Tikva Children's Home of Odessa UkraineWest Caldwell, NY$4,226112023
Congregation Igud AvreichimBrooklyn, NY$2,600112024
Friends of Yad SarahNew York, NY$2,113112023
Rabbinical Seminary of AmericaFlushing, NY$2,000112024
Congregation Bnai Shlomo ZalmanBrooklyn, NY$1,800112024
Bais Medrash Bais YeshayaBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
Congregation Adath JacobBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
Congregation Sharei EliezerBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
Kehal Tefila L'moshe D'bostonBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
Kollel Bnei TorahBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
Knesseth Bais AvigdorBrooklyn, NY$500112024

28 of 75 (37%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
15 grants
Religion
14 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Civil Rights
3 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202129$1,662,500$50,000
202246$2,273,400$26,500
202335$715,999$15,847
202411$176,900$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 80% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$3.8M
New Jersey
$813K
Massachusetts
$84K
Florida
$44K
District of Columbia
$10K
California
$10K

Find more foundations like Naomi and Toby Luella Plotsker Stampfer

We email you newly filed foundations whose giving matches your state and cause, as the IRS publishes them. Free.

No spam, unsubscribe in one click. We never sell or share your address.

Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund23 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund22 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc20 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program17 shared recipientsThe Ojc Fund16 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Related guides

Foundations funding human services in New YorkEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding religion in New YorkEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding international affairs in New YorkEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding human services in New JerseyEvery funder in this group, ranked

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Naomi and Toby Luella Plotsker Stampfer's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3048 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11210. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 26-3416748 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.