Klipper Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 37-6549440 · since 2013·Massachusetts, New York·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$346k

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$1,000 to $34,500

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$6,000

Typical grant (median)

29 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 Klipper Family Foundation is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal.
Build a connection with someone who already knows the foundation and ask whether an approach would be welcome before you write anything.
If your work fits its stated themes of support for Jewish people, hunger relief, literacy, or child and family mental health, a modest request suits its typical grant band of $1,000 to $34,500, where the median grant is $5,000, though its largest grant was $95,000.
Since 90% of its grant dollars in its latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, the relationship will likely matter more than the proposal itself.

Overview

Klipper Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Woodbury, NY.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and web pages about the foundation (northshorechildguidance.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Klipper Family Foundation describes its mission as supporting the Jewish people, alleviating hunger, promoting literacy and providing mental health services to children and their families. It presents this as a broad, family- and community-centred purpose: a profile says the foundation gives to many causes and that the mission puts family and community first. The returns record grants to Jewish community and education organisations, child and family services, food-relief charities, health organisations, animal and wildlife organisations, and community and cultural groups. Its filed application information says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations.

Themes

Support for Jewish people
Hunger relief
Literacy
Child and family mental health

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and Massachusetts.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 90% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 87 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.

Grant dollars by state

New York76%

Massachusetts16%

Maryland3%

District of Columbia2%

New Jersey1%

Connecticut1%

2 other states: <1%

The largest single recipient received 16% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2025, 90% of grant dollars went to organisations Klipper Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
13% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

29 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $6,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 29 grants in tax year 2025 by size

Under $1k3%

$1k–$2.5k24%

$2.5k–$5k17%

$5k–$10k14%

$10k–$25k24%

$25k–$50k14%

$50k–$100k3%

Median $6,000 (tax year 2025)

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

Uja Federation · Donation
$50,0002025 tax year
Jewish National Fund · Donation
$41,0002025 tax year
PJ Library · Donation
$36,0002025 tax year
Usdan · Donation
$25,0002025 tax year
Birthright Israel Foundation · Donation
$25,0002025 tax year
North Shore Child-Family Guide · Donation
$24,5002025 tax year
Jewish Education Project · Donation
$20,0002025 tax year
Hillel The Foundation For Jewish · Donation
$18,0002025 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Rosemarie Klipper — Trustee
Mitchell S Klipper — Settlor

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$267,044	$260,275	$7,477,735	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$394,626	$390,840	$13,849,003	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$350,322	$345,600	$15,430,195	Filing for 2025 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.