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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 04-6528085

Leonard & Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Providence, RI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 24 grants and $560,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $560,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $11,068,839
  • Tax year 2024

    $581,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $10,993,096
  • Tax year 2023

    $516,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $11,197,435
  • Tax year 2022

    $431,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $11,225,408
  • Tax year 2021

    $550,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $11,176,723
  • Tax year 2020

    $580,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $10,019,086
  • Tax year 2019

    $585,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $10,144,704
  • Tax year 2017

    $560,000

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $10,438,750

Grants paid in 2025

24 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Nativity Prep SchoolNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $50,000
  2. Family Futures Rapp Elem SchoolWashington, VA

    General funding

    $40,000
  3. Meeting StreetProvidence, RI

    General funding

    $30,000
  4. Our Sisters SchoolNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $30,000
  5. Buttonwood Park Zoological SocietyNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $25,000
  6. City Year DCWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  7. Global Learning Charter Public SchoolNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $25,000
  8. Kennedy Donovan CenterNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $25,000
  9. Levine School of MusicWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  10. Martha's TableWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  11. New Bedford Symphony OrchestraNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $25,000
  12. Sitar Arts CenterWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  13. Sweet Dream MakersBoca Raton, FL

    General funding

    $25,000
  14. Washington School for GirlsWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  15. Alma Del Mar Charter SchoolNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $20,000
  16. Hope and A HomeWashington, DC

    General funding

    $20,000
  17. New Bedford Economic Dev CouncilNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $20,000
  18. Rappahannock County Lions Club FundWashington, VA

    General funding

    $20,000
  19. Y W C AReston, VA

    General funding

    $20,000
  20. A Wider CircleKensington, MD

    General funding

    $15,000
  21. Boys and Girls ClubAtlanta, GA

    General funding

    $15,000
  22. Jubilee to CollegeWashington, DC

    General funding

    $15,000
  23. Judge Baker Childrens CenterRoxbury, MA

    General funding

    $10,000
  24. Rappahannock County Sheriff's OfficeWashington, VA

    General funding

    $5,000

Approved for future payment

8 grants

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Our Sisters SchoolNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $90,000
  2. Kennedy Donovan CenterNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $25,000
  3. Levine School of MusicWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  4. Martha's TableWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  5. Sitar Arts CenterWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  6. Univ of Mass Dartmouth Invest in MeNorth Dartmouth, MA

    General funding

    $25,000
  7. Washington School for GirlsWashington, DC

    General funding

    $25,000
  8. New Bedford Economic Dev CouncilNew Bedford, MA

    General funding

    $20,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $70,00030% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $50,00021% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $30,00013% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $25,00011% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $25,00011% of the total
  6. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,00011% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $10,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts9 grants $230,000
  2. District of Columbia7 grants $160,000
  3. Virginia4 grants $85,000
  4. Rhode Island1 grant $30,000
  5. Florida1 grant $25,000
  6. Georgia1 grant $15,000
  7. Maryland1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Todd EisenbergTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • George RobinsonTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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