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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-1787347

Faye Kaplan Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Cleveland, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 58 grants and $45,350 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

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

    $45,350

    Grants listed
    58
    Assets, end of year
    $420,004
  • Tax year 2024

    $43,272

    Grants listed
    45
    Assets, end of year
    $407,579
  • Tax year 2023

    $39,040

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $415,483
  • Tax year 2022

    $35,064

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $389,207
  • Tax year 2021

    $34,137

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $402,743
  • Tax year 2020

    $35,517

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $417,911
  • Tax year 2019

    $34,720

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $569,363
  • Tax year 2018

    $35,105

    Grants listed
    48
    Assets, end of year
    $575,912

Grants paid in 2025

58 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. JDN Early Childhood CenterCleveland Heights, OH

    General

    $8,000
  2. Jewish Federation of ClevelandCleveland, OH

    General

    $5,000
  3. Cleveland HTS High Sch FDNCleveland, OH

    General

    $3,500
  4. Individual

    General

    $3,500
  5. Mandel Jewish Community CenterBeachwood, OH

    General

    $3,000
  6. Individual

    General

    $2,000
  7. Youth Opportunities UnlimitedCleveland, OH

    General

    $2,000
  8. Individual

    General

    $1,800
  9. Individual

    General

    $1,800
  10. Adoption Network ClevelandCleveland, OH

    General

    $1,650
  11. Jewish Family Service AssociationPepper Pike, OH

    General

    $1,100
  12. National Council of Jewish WomenCleveland, OH

    General

    $1,000
  13. Rise Up Fight MinistriesKent, OH

    General

    $1,000
  14. Individual

    General

    $1,000
  15. Individual

    General

    $500
  16. Lake Erie InkCleveland HTS, OH

    General

    $500
  17. Fund for the Future of Heights LibrCleveland, OH

    General

    $500
  18. Seeds of LiteracyCleveland, OH

    General

    $500
  19. A Place 4 Me CollaborativeCleveland, OH

    General support

    $500
  20. Community of HopeCleveland, OH

    General

    $500
  21. Building Heights IncCleveland HTS, OH

    General

    $500
  22. The Diversity CenterBeachwood, OH

    General

    $500
  23. Individual

    General

    $500
  24. City MissionCleveland, OH

    General

    $400
  25. Futureheights IncCleveland, OH

    General

    $300
  26. Reaching HeightsStrongsville, OH

    General

    $300
  27. Individual

    General

    $250
  28. Congregation Mishkan orBeachwood, OH

    General

    $200
  29. Individual

    General

    $200
  30. Individual

    General

    $100
  31. Childrens Defense FundWashington, DC

    General

    $100
  32. Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OH

    General

    $100
  33. Individual

    General

    $100
  34. Hunger Network of Greater ClevelandCleveland, OH

    General

    $100
  35. Maltz Museum of Jewish HeritageBeachwood, OH

    General

    $100
  36. National Park FoundationWashington, DC

    General

    $100
  37. Individual

    General

    $100
  38. Individual

    General

    $100
  39. United Jewish CemeteriesCleveland, OH

    General

    $100
  40. Individual

    General

    $100
  41. Cleveland Institute of Art CinemathCleveland, OH

    General

    $100
  42. Cleveland Public TheatreCleveland, OH

    General

    $100
  43. Nature Center of Shaker LakesCleveland, OH

    General

    $100
  44. Challenger CenterWashington, DC

    General

    $100
  45. Individual

    General

    $100
  46. Individual

    General

    $100
  47. International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY

    General

    $100
  48. Individual

    General

    $100
  49. Individual

    General

    $100
  50. Athens County Humane SocietyAthens, OH

    General

    $100
  51. Columbia University Medical CenterNew York, NY

    General

    $100
  52. Cops 4 Kids with AutismCopley, OH

    General

    $100
  53. The Gathering PlaceBeachwood, OH

    General

    $100
  54. Kent State Univ College of ArchitecKent, OH

    General

    $100
  55. Individual

    General

    $100
  56. Ross County Humane SocietyChillicothe, OH

    General

    $100
  57. Individual

    General

    $100
  58. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    General

    $50

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services5 grants $5,75037% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,00032% of the total
  3. Youth development3 grants $1,50010% of the total
  4. Community development1 grant $1,0006% of the total
  5. Education2 grants $8005% of the total
  6. Arts and culture4 grants $6004% of the total
  7. 6 other causes8 grants $7505% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio32 grants $32,150
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $300
  3. New York2 grants $200
  4. Texas1 grant $50

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Sherri AppletonPRESIDENT AND TREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
  • Marty ResnikVICE PRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Lydia ResnikSECRETARY Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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