The Taffae Family Foundation concentrates its giving on a small number of sizable gifts focused on cultural/historical institutions and higher education. Most dollars support the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s general purposes (Holocaust remembrance, Jewish human-rights and museum work) and repeat grants to a college (Ithaca College), indicating a blend of Jewish cultural philanthropy and direct support for tertiary education.
Highly concentrated: a very small portfolio (6 grants) with the majority of dollars going to two repeat grantees; few, relatively large grants rather than many small gifts.
A $200,000 general-purpose grant to the Simon Wiesenthal Center is the clearest signal in Taffae Family Foundation’s recent giving: the foundation backs institutions with cultural, historical, and educational missions through a small number of relatively large awards. Its recent records show repeated support for the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, alongside multiple grants to Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, for college annual fund and board expenditures. That pattern points to institutional support rather than broad public grantmaking. The foundation’s larger grants are paired with smaller awards to a handful of other nonprofits, including schools, a museum, and a hearing and communication organization. Recent grants also include support for Yeshiva Ohr Hameir, Grier School, Providence College, and the Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, which reinforces the mix of Jewish institutional support, higher education, and arts or historical organizations. The latest 990 year on file is 2025, and the foundation gave $706,840 in annual grants against $4,261,519 in assets.
Higher education is a clear part of the foundation’s giving. Ithaca College received $120,000 in 2024, $93,666 in 2025, and $50,000 in 2023, all described as support for the college annual fund and board expenditures. That repeated pattern suggests ongoing institutional backing rather than a one-time award. The foundation also funds Jewish educational and cultural institutions. Yeshiva Ohr Hameir in Peekskill, New York, received $2,500 in 2025 for general purposes. In the arts and historical category, the Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art in Ithaca received $500 in 2023. Smaller grants also went to the Center for Hearing and Communication in New York and to Grier School in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, both for general purposes.
The typical grant size is $1,000 at the 25th percentile, $3,750 at the median, and $94,105 at the 75th percentile, showing a distribution with a few much larger awards and many smaller ones. Recent records show recurring support to the same recipients across multiple years, especially the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Ithaca College. The foundation’s active grant programs describe support for tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations, with general operating, project support, capacity-building, education, and capital projects all eligible. It also accepts unsolicited requests through its LOI-first and general grantmaking programs.
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$66K
Most grants fall between $1K and $94K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$94K
About 38% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Simon Wiesenthal Center, Ithaca College
Grantmaking is national, and all recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients. New York appears most often among recipient locations, including Ithaca, New York; New York, New York; Peekskill, New York; Port Chester, New York; and Rye Brook, New York. California also appears repeatedly through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Other recipient locations include Tyrone, Pennsylvania; Lakewood, Ohio; and Providence, Rhode Island. Thirty-one percent of grants go to recipients in California.
The foundation supports tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations through general operating, project support, capacity-building, education, and capital projects. Its recent grants include colleges, a museum, a hearing and communication organization, and Jewish educational institutions.
Yes. The active grant programs include General Grantmaking (LOI first) and other general grant programs marked as accepting unsolicited requests.
The typical grant size is $1,000 at the 25th percentile, $3,750 at the median, and $94,105 at the 75th percentile. That spread indicates a mix of smaller awards and much larger institutional grants.
Recent grants show support for Holocaust remembrance and Jewish human-rights education, higher education institutional support, and arts or historical institutions. The recent record also includes gifts to a hearing and communication organization and to schools.
Yes. The Simon Wiesenthal Center appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Ithaca College appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That recurring pattern suggests ongoing institutional support.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONTECITO RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION | MONTECITO, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | SUPPORTING THE OAK WOODLANDS REVITALIZATION PROJECT |
| MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE JERUSALEM | DENVER, CO | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION | NEW YORK, NY | $3,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| ITHACA COLLEGE | ITHACA, NY | $93,666 | 2025 | COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND AND BOARD EXPENDITURES |
| CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| YESHIVA OHR HAMEIR | PEEKSKILL, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| ITHACA COLLEGE | ITHACA, NY | $120,000 | 2024 | COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND AND BOARD EXPENDITURES |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $95,422 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| DREAM STREET FOUNDATION | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | LOS ANGELES, CA | $126,862 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| ITHACA COLLEGE | ITHACA, NY | $50,000 | 2023 | COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND AND BOARD EXPENDITURES |
| GRIER SCHOOL | TYRONE, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| STEER FOR STUDENT ATHLETES | PORT CHESTER, NY | $2,390 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| DREAM STREET FOUNDATION | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $1,500 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| UP2 FOUNDATION | LAKEWOOD, OH | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| PROVIDENCE COLLEGE | PROVIDENCE, RI | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY | RYE BROOK, NY | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
| HERBERT F JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART | ITHACA, NY | $500 | 2023 | GENERAL PURPOSES |
SUPPORTING THE OAK WOODLANDS REVITALIZATION PROJECT
MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE JERUSALEM
$5,000GENERAL PURPOSES
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
$1,000GENERAL PURPOSES
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
$1,000GENERAL PURPOSES
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
GENERAL PURPOSES
YESHIVA OHR HAMEIR
$2,500GENERAL PURPOSES
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
$95,422GENERAL PURPOSES
DREAM STREET FOUNDATION
$1,000GENERAL PURPOSES
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
$126,862GENERAL PURPOSES
GRIER SCHOOL
$5,000GENERAL PURPOSES
DREAM STREET FOUNDATION
$1,500GENERAL PURPOSES
UP2 FOUNDATION
$1,000GENERAL PURPOSES
HERBERT F JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART
$500GENERAL PURPOSES