The Francine A. LeFrak Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 27-1752212 · since 2010falfoundation.org·Rwanda, United States·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$517k

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$2,000 to $100k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$35,000

Typical grant (median)

10 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals, so a cold application will not be considered; its grants tend to come through relationships with people connected to its board, so a warm introduction is the route in.
Its stated mission is to give women access to training, education and financial fluency, through work in financial literacy, business, computers and technology, and artisanal skills, and its stated priorities are Rwanda and the United States, so check that your work fits these before reaching out.
A typical grant falls between $2,000 and $100,000, with a median of $35,000, which makes a request in that range a realistic size, though the largest grant was $1,000,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
In its latest filing, 81% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so continuing relationships carry real weight, and a new applicant should lead with programme quality and its ability to track impact.

Overview

The Francine A. LeFrak Foundation is a US private foundation based in Wilmington, DE.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Foundation says its mission is to provide access to training, education and financial fluency so women can be economically secure and flourish. It partners with like-minded organisations doing the closest, most careful work on the ground, and describes its work as focused on marginalised people, including those living in extreme poverty, survivors of the Rwandan genocide and people who have been in the justice system. Its programmes build skills in financial literacy, business, computers and technology, and artisanal work, and provide emergency micro-grants to remove barriers to women's success. It invests in people, on-the-ground organisations and physical spaces, partnering on training and education. Grantees are selected for the opportunities they provide, programme quality, ability to track impact and alignment with the Foundation's mission.

Themes

Education
Workforce development
Financial fluency
Artisanal skills
Emergency micro-grants

Geographic Focus

Priority: Rwanda; United States.

How to apply

The Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals; grants tend to stem from relationships its board members have built with nonprofit organisations.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 81% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 32 grants to organisations were $35,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

The Foundation selects grantees for the opportunities they provide, the quality of their programmes, their ability to track impact and alignment with its mission.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

New York78%

Arkansas8%

California8%

New Jersey4%

Florida<1%

Massachusetts<1%

The largest single recipient received 42% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 81% of grant dollars went to organisations The Francine A. LeFrak Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.

Grants

10 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $35,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 10 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$2.5k–$5k10%

$5k–$10k0%

$10k–$25k10%

$25k–$50k40%

$50k–$100k10%

$100k–$250k30%

Median $35,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Milken Institute · General & Unrestricted
$100,0002024 tax year
Grace Institute · General & Unrestricted
$100,0002024 tax year
Leap Inc · Francine A LeFrak Foundation Tools of the Trade Fund
$100,0002024 tax year
Bedlam · the Production 'Music City' fund
$75,0002024 tax year
Bridge2Rwanda · the LeFrak-Friedberg Scholars Program
$35,0002024 tax year
Bridge2Rwanda · The LeFrak-Friedberg Africa Scholars Program
$35,0002024 tax year
Leap Inc · General & Unrestricted
$34,0002024 tax year
Museum of Arts and Design · Barbie: A Cultural Icon Exhibition
$25,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Jennifer Jordan McCall — Director
Francine A LeFrak — Director, President
Tamara Laine — Secretary, Director
Sheila Klehm — Director
Stephanie Guild — Director
Jay Goldberg — Director
Eric Friedberg — Director, Vice President
Blair Feldman — Director, Treasurer

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$895,664	$330,000	$14,201,809	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$2,144,945	$1,577,400	$17,116,846	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$1,206,868	$517,484	$23,246,367	Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.