The Applebaum Foundation Inc

Invitation Only

New York, New York · EIN 59-1002714 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2024)$10.1M

Organizations funded36

Typical grant$158,000

Total assets$211.5M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $100,000 and $300,000.

From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Health5
Education4
Arts & Culture2
Human Services2

Where it gives

22% of grants went outside New York.

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Uja-Federation of New York	New York, NY	Special purpose	$1,500,000
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research	New York, NY	Research	$1,000,000
Jewish Communal Fund of New York	New York, NY	Donor advised fund	$975,000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute	Brookline, MA	Research	$500,000
Parkinson's Foundation	New York, NY	Special purpose	$500,000
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee	New York, NY	Special purpose	$500,000
Weill Cornell Medicine	New York, NY	Research	$357,047
American Committee for the Weizman Institute of Science	New York, NY	Research	$300,000
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University	New York, NY	Research	$300,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York, NY	Research	$300,000
St Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis, TN	Research	$300,000
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	Coral Gables, FL	Research	$300,000
Israel Healthcare Foundation	New York, NY	Research	$267,851
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	Research	$250,000
Uja-Federation of New York	New York, NY	Special purpose	$250,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	Research	$200,000
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty	New York, NY	Special purpose	$200,000
Upwardly Global	New York, NY	Special purpose	$175,000
American Technion Society	New York, NY	Research	$158,000
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University	Stanford, CA	Research	$150,000
Catholic Charities Community Services	New York, NY	Special purpose	$150,000
Constructive Dialogue Institute	New York, NY	General operating support	$150,000
Reut USA	Woodland Hills, CA	Special purpose	$150,000
Weill Cornell Medicine	New York, NY	Research	$150,000
West Side Center for Community Life Inc Dba West Side Campaign Against Hun	New York, NY	Special purpose	$150,000
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	Coral Gables, FL	Research	$135,995
The Hadar Institute	New York, NY	General operating support	$125,000
End Sepsis	New York, NY	General operating support	$100,000
The Afya Foundation	Yonkers, NY	General operating support	$100,000
Feeding Westchester	Elmsford, NY	Special purpose	$75,000
National Council of Jewish Women New York Section	New York, NY	Special purpose	$65,000
Hebrew Free Loan Society	New York, NY	General operating support	$60,000
Hebrew Free Burial Association	New York, NY	Special purpose	$52,675
Hillel International	Washington, DC	Special purpose	$50,000
National Yiddish Book Center	Amherst, MA	Special purpose	$50,000
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah	Bronx, NY	General operating support	$40,000

Grants approved for future payment

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee	New York, NY	Special purpose	$1,000,000
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research	New York, NY	Research	$1,000,000
Weill Cornell Medicine	New York, NY	Research	$629,449
American Committee for the Weizman Institute of Science	New York, NY	Research	$600,000
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center	New York, NY	Research	$500,000
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research	New York, NY	Research	$500,000
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty	New York, NY	Special purpose	$475,000
The Afya Foundation	Yonkers, NY	General operating support	$350,000
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University	New York, NY	Research	$300,000
Reut USA	Woodland Hills, CA	Special purpose	$300,000
St Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis, TN	Research	$300,000
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	Coral Gables, FL	Research	$300,000
Brain Tumor Foundation	New York, NY	Research	$250,000
Lucile Packard Foundation for Childrens Health	Palo Alto, CA	Research	$250,000
Uja-Federation of New York	New York, NY	Special purpose	$250,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	Research	$200,000
New York University Grossman School of Medicine	Th Floor, NY	Special purpose	$200,000
Israel Healthcare Foundation	New York, NY	Research	$188,969
Jewish Communal Fund of New York	New York, NY	Donor advised fund	$157,500
Weill Cornell Medicine	New York, NY	Research	$150,000
National Council of Jewish Women New York Section	New York, NY	Special purpose	$130,000
Unversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine	Coral Gables, FL	Research	$128,010
Hebrew Free Loan Society	New York, NY	Special purpose	$120,000
End Sepsis	New York, NY	General operating support	$100,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind	Warrington, PA	General operating support	$100,000
Feeding Westchester	Elmsford, NY	Special purpose	$75,000
Hillel International	Washington, DC	Special purpose	$50,000

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$10,086,568	63
2023	$11,278,022	73

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 13, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533179349102163
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 59-1002714
Profile updated Nov 6, 2026

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