The Raphael Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered and a better route is to make a connection first.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $3,000 and $250,000, with a median of $15,000, so a request of that order is a realistic starting point, though that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
- A third of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to groups it had also funded in the previous filing, so renewed support is part of its pattern and a current or former grantee may be well placed.
- The filing states no geographic focus or subject-area programme, so fit is hard to judge from the filings, and an organisation that would apply without any connection to the foundation should not expect a response.
Overview
The Raphael Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Miami, FL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings show a varied set of organisation grants rather than a stated subject-area programme. Recipients include a university, youth and arts groups, cancer research and hospital organisations, and organisations providing food and housing support. Most grant rows list general and unrestricted support, while other recorded purposes include charitable events and project-related gifts for a media lab, an amphitheatre and engineering. The filings do not state a single funding field or grant-area restriction. They record contributions to organisations in several states, but do not present those recipient locations as an eligibility rule.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania, California and New Jersey.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 33% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 28 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
1 other state: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 43% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 33% of grant dollars went to organisations The Raphael Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 24 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $15,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Academy in Manayunk · POWER Amphitheater$250,0002024 tax year
- Creative Visions Foundation · Regenerative Media Lab$250,0002024 tax year
- Brown University · the School of Engineering/the Futures Fund$50,0002024 tax year
- Its Bigger Than Us · General & Unrestricted$50,0002024 tax year
- Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout · General & Unrestricted$45,0002024 tax year
- We Grow LA · Black Santa initiative in partnership with Baron Davis$25,0002024 tax year
- Marys Place By The Sea Inc · General & Unrestricted$25,0002024 tax year
- Music for Movements · General & Unrestricted$20,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Nancy Rein Raphael — Director
- Ilysa Raphael — Director, Secretary
- Asher Raphael — Director, President
- Cassidy Neal — Director
- Kyle Mazade — Director
- Jonathan Diskin — Director, Treasurer
- Vanessa Braxton-Veloski — Director
- Ross Borneman — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $10,000 | $0 | $3,001,102 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $376,109 | $304,000 | $13,604,513 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $994,281 | $854,000 | $25,520,571 | 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.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Miami, FL