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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-7258430

Caplan Family Foundation Trust

A private foundation in Greenwich, CT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 14 grants and $305,750 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $305,750

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $478,968

  • Tax year 2023

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $829,446

  • Tax year 2022

    $211,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $778,392

  • Tax year 2021

    $249,600

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $982,196

  • Tax year 2020

    $153,700

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $985,579

  • Tax year 2019

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $781,181

  • Tax year 2018

    $266,250

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $395,266

Grants paid in 2024

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fordham UniversityWest Harrison, NY

    General purpose

    $100,000
  2. Orthodox Jewish Cong of AmericaNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $50,000
  3. Tikva OrgWest Caldwell, NJ

    General purpose

    $50,000
  4. Merit Spread FoundationNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $25,000
  5. Fordham UniversityWest Harrison, NY

    General purpose

    $20,000
  6. Tikva OrgWest Caldwell, NJ

    General purpose

    $15,000
  7. Glasswing Int'lNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $10,000
  8. JCC DubaiDubai, United Arab Emirates

    General purpose

    $10,000
  9. Tikva OrgWest Caldwell, NJ

    General purpose

    $10,000
  10. Warriors of LightHighland Beach, FL

    General purpose

    $7,000
  11. Read Ahead IncNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $5,000
  12. Auschwitz Jewish CenterNew York, NY

    General purpose

    $2,500
  13. Pan Mass Challenge IncNeedham, MA

    General purpose

    $750
  14. Prison Ministries IncElizabethport, NJ

    General purpose

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $30,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York7 grants $212,500
  2. New Jersey4 grants $75,500
  3. Florida1 grant $7,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $750

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Gordon CaplanPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Amy CaplanVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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