The Jeffrey S Pechter Family Foundation concentrates significant support on film and media arts, especially organizations that produce or promote independent and inclusive filmmaking. Grants are targeted and sizable, often made repeatedly to the same organizations, with additional, smaller support for a philanthropy intermediary and occasional healthcare/medical causes. The foundation favors projects that combine arts programming with social inclusion and community impact.
Concentrated, high-value grants to a small set of repeat grantees in the arts/film sector, supplemented by a few targeted gifts to philanthropy intermediaries and health-related causes.
Jeffrey S Pechter Family Foundation Inc has built a grantmaking pattern around independent and inclusive film, with repeated support for Aspen Film, Zeno Mountain Farm, and Women Make Movies. The foundation’s larger awards are often unrestricted, and the same organizations appear in multiple years, which points to sustained backing rather than one-off project gifts. Recent grants also show a second lane of giving to philanthropy intermediaries and community-serving organizations, alongside occasional healthcare support. Film-related grants are the clearest thread. Aspen Film received $125,000 in 2024 and again in 2025, while Zeno Mountain Farm received $125,000 in 2024 and 2025, plus a $10,000 grant in 2023. Women Make Movies received $75,000 in 2023, and Film Independent received $30,000 in 2024 and $20,000 in 2025. The foundation also made a $150,000 unrestricted grant to Living Through Giving Foundation in 2023, showing that intermediary-based philanthropy is part of its giving. Support for Boca Regional Hospital Foundation and Mayo Clinic adds a smaller but recurring healthcare dimension to the portfolio.
Independent film and exhibition is a major theme. Aspen Film received $125,000 in 2024 and $125,000 in 2025, both unrestricted. Film Independent also received unrestricted support of $30,000 in 2024 and $20,000 in 2025. Women-led and women-focused film work appears in the grant to Women Make Movies, which received $75,000 in 2023. Inclusive arts and disability-focused programming also shows up through Zeno Mountain Farm, which received $125,000 in 2024, $125,000 in 2025, and $10,000 in 2023. Beyond film, the foundation gave $50,000 in 2023 to Boca Regional Hospital Foundation and $10,000 in 2025 to Mayo Clinic, indicating some healthcare support alongside its arts giving.
Jeffrey S Pechter Family Foundation Inc’s typical grant size sits at $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $15,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes larger outliers such as $125,000 and $150,000 unrestricted grants. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Aspen Film, Zeno Mountain Farm, Film Independent, Boca Regional Hospital Foundation, and Hoffman Institute Foundation, which suggests repeat support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a regular funder and does not make program-related investments or grants to individuals.
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$333K
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$50K
About 16% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Jeffrey S Pechter Family Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 25 | $1.1M | 92.6% |
| 2 | Hungary |
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Notable grantees: Zeno Mountain Farm, Aspen Film, Women Make Movies, Living Through Giving Foundation, Boca Regional Hospital Foundation
Most grants go to U.S. recipients, with the recent sample showing 25 grants in the United States, plus one each in Hungary and Romania. California appears often in the recipient list, including Los Angeles, Pasadena, Aspen, Venice, San Rafael, Agoura Hills, and Doral-linked grantees, though the top state by grant count is California rather than Florida. Florida recipients include Boca Raton, Jacksonville, and Doral, and the foundation gives 15% of grants to recipients in its HQ state. Named non-U.S. recipients include Fundatia Comunitara Bucuresti in Romania and Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship in Hungary.
The clearest pattern is support for independent and inclusive film and media arts. Recent grants include Aspen Film, Women Make Movies, Film Independent, and Zeno Mountain Farm, all funded with unrestricted support. The foundation also makes smaller grants to healthcare organizations and philanthropy intermediaries.
Yes. Several recipients appear in more than one year, including Aspen Film in 2024 and 2025, Zeno Mountain Farm in 2023, 2024, and 2025, Film Independent in 2024 and 2025, and Boca Regional Hospital Foundation in 2023 and 2024.
The typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $15,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also include larger unrestricted grants of $125,000 and $150,000.
California is the top state by grant count. The recipient list includes organizations in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Aspen, Venice, San Rafael, and Agoura Hills, while 15% of grants go to recipients in Florida, the foundation’s headquarters state.
No. Arts and film are the main theme, but the foundation also gave $50,000 to Boca Regional Hospital Foundation in 2023 and $10,000 to Mayo Clinic in 2025. It also supported Living Through Giving Foundation with a $150,000 grant in 2023.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 1 |
| $10K |
3.7% |
| 3 | Romania | 1 | $10K | 3.7% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM | LINCOLN, VT | $125,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ASPEN FILM | ASPEN, CA | $125,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| LIVING THROUGH GIVING FOUNDATION THE CHARLIE FUND PROJECT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FILM INDEPENDENT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MAYO CLINIC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM | LINCOLN, VT | $125,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ASPEN FILM | ASPEN, CA | $125,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY | BALTIMORE, MD | $50,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BOCA REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $30,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | PASADENA, CA | $30,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FILM INDEPENDENT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $30,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ASPEN ART MUSEUM | ASPEN, CO | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | SAN RAFAEL, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| WAVES FOR WATER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FISCAL SPONSORSHIP ALLIES | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| LIVING THROUGH GIVING FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BOCA REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $50,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| UCLA FOUNDATION | PASADENA, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ZERO LINE LOGISTICS | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE | VENICE, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM | LINCOLN, VT | $10,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FUNDATIA COMUNITARA BUCURESTI | BU | $10,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HUNGARIAN EVENGELICAL FELLOWSHIP | BU | $10,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CHURCH OF API THERAPY | AGOURA HILLS, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | SAN RAFAEL, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
| GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION | DORAL, FL | $5,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |
ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM
$125,000UNRESTRICTED
ASPEN FILM
$125,000UNRESTRICTED
LIVING THROUGH GIVING FOUNDATION THE CHARLIE FUND PROJECT
$50,000UNRESTRICTED
MAYO CLINIC
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM
$125,000UNRESTRICTED
BOCA REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$30,000UNRESTRICTED
UCLA FOUNDATION
$30,000UNRESTRICTED
WAVES FOR WATER
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
BOCA REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$50,000UNRESTRICTED
UCLA FOUNDATION
$50,000UNRESTRICTED
ZERO LINE LOGISTICS
$20,000UNRESTRICTED
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
FUNDATIA COMUNITARA BUCURESTI
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
HUNGARIAN EVENGELICAL FELLOWSHIP
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
CHURCH OF API THERAPY
$5,000UNRESTRICTED