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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-7121292

Ellen S Jaffe Foundation

A private foundation in Wellesley, MA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $87,300 paid in grants.

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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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $87,300

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,425,432

  • Tax year 2024

    $98,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,036,381

  • Tax year 2023

    $116,300

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $751,702

  • Tax year 2022

    $152,371

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $798,383

  • Tax year 2021

    $195,871

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $821,014

  • Tax year 2020

    $192,871

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $655,370

  • Tax year 2019

    $138,571

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $858,868

  • Tax year 2018

    $102,071

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $984,461

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Morselife Foundation IncWest Palm BCH, FL

    General purpose of the organization

    $35,000
  2. Museum of Fine Arts BostonBoston, MA

    General purpose of the organization

    $12,000
  3. Palm Beach Country Club FoundationPalm Beach, FL

    General purpose of the organization

    $10,000
  4. Baptist Health FoundationCoral Gables, FL

    General purpose of the organization

    $7,500
  5. Jewish Federation of Palm BeachWest Palm Beach, FL

    General purpose of the organization

    $6,000
  6. Breast Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NY

    General purpose of the organization

    $5,000
  7. Israel Tennis and Education CenterIsrael

    General purpose of the organization

    $5,000
  8. Glazer HallPalm Beach, FL

    General purpose of the organization

    $2,500
  9. Friends of the Israel Defense ForcesNew York, NY

    General purpose of the organization

    $1,800
  10. UJA Federation of New YorkNew York, NY

    General purpose of the organization

    $1,000
  11. Northwell Health FoundationNew Hyde Park, NY

    General purpose of the organization

    $1,000
  12. Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, MA

    General purpose of the organization

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $35,00064% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $12,00022% of the total
  3. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $5,0009% of the total
  4. International aid1 grant $1,8003% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida5 grants $61,000
  2. Massachusetts2 grants $12,500
  3. New York4 grants $8,800

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Ellen Shapiro-JaffeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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