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Leslie J Raffel Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-4230133 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$4.3M
Grants reported
16
Typical grant
$150.9K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: LESLIE J RAFFEL FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
20259$3.4M
20247$803.4K

Where Leslie J Raffel Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Indiana$3.3MNew York$930.3KIllinois$6.5K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Indiana University Foundation

BLOOMINGTON, IN

$2MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

To establish an endowed chair in the institute for the study of contemporary antisemitism

Indiana University Foundation

BLOOMINGTON, IN

$500KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

To establish an endowed chair in the institute for the study of contemporary antisemitism

Purdue for Life Foundation

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN

$368.9KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Gateway Building Project

All Stars Project

NEW YORK, NY

$305.5KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Chicago development school for youth program

American Friends of the Hebrew Univ

NEW YORK, NY

$250KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

To provide funds for bio design lab

Showing 5 of the 16 largest grants (16 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Leslie J Raffel Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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