About Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
The Perlmutter Foundation concentrates its giving on Jewish legal education and organizations addressing antisemitism, with multi-million-dollar gifts to Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law and substantial support for an antisemitism-focused NGO. Grants are typically large, unrestricted or general operating awards directed to a small set of repeat grantees rather than a broad portfolio. The foundation’s awards suggest a strategic interest in strengthening Jewish higher-education and communal defense infrastructure.
Focus Areas
Jewish legal education — Yeshiva University, Cardozo School of LawCapacity-building/general operating support for organizations combating antisemitismSupport for Jewish higher-education institutions (university-wide and professional schools)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (charitable organizations)
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very few, large grants (multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million-dollar), repeat funding to the same core grantees, primarily general operating support rather than many small project grants.
Funding Style
general operating support
About Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation Inc. shows a clear pattern of large, repeated support for Jewish legal education and antisemitism response. Its biggest recent award went to Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law, followed by another seven-figure general operating grant in 2025, while the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism also received two major 2025 gifts. Those awards place legal training and communal defense at the center of the foundation’s recent activity. The foundation also maintains long-running ties to health and research institutions. NYU Langone Health appears in the recent grants list with multiple awards, including a six-figure gift and a smaller 2023 grant, and the Perlmutter name is attached to NYU Langone’s cancer center through longstanding philanthropic support. On the research side, the foundation funds the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Metabolomics Center at Technion, linking its giving to laboratory infrastructure and cancer metabolism research. Beyond those anchors, the grant record includes community support, humanitarian aid, and selected education, arts, and social-justice grants. The overall picture is of a foundation making directed gifts to a small set of charitable institutions rather than spreading support across a broad field.
What Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation Funds
Education and research are one of the foundation’s recurring lanes. It gave $250,000 to Cityserve Network in 2023 and has an active program supporting educational institutions and research centers in the United States and Israel, including Technion-related research infrastructure. Healthcare is another major area. NYU Langone Health received $152,500 in 2024 and $125,000 in 2025, and the foundation’s healthcare programs emphasize cancer research, clinical care, screening, and related outreach. A separate grant of $25,000 went to Baptist Health Foundation in 2025. The foundation also funds social justice and antisemitism-related work. Turning Point USA received $100,000 in 2025 and $50,000 in 2024, while the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism received $1,000,000 and $500,000 in 2025 for general operating support.
How Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around modest-to-midrange awards, with a p25 of $2,500, a median of $10,000, and a p75 of $50,000. The recent record also includes a few much larger gifts, indicating that the foundation uses selective major grants alongside smaller awards. Repeat recipients are common: several organizations appear in multiple years, including NYU Langone Health, Friends of Ir David Inc, Turning Point USA, and The Bruce & Marsha Moskowitz Foundation. The foundation gives through direct philanthropic grants and donations, and its active programs indicate that unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$20.8M
Total Assets
$73.7M
Total Revenue
$25M
Total Expenses
$22.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $50K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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