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Private foundation (trust)EIN 900403980Est. 2008-09

FERNHOLZ FOUNDATION

PRINCETON, NJ 08540

Total Assets

$20.8M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$795K

FY 2023

Grants Made

4

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$199K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$20K–$325K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$300K

Total Expenses

$797K

Qualifying Distributions

$796K

Distributable Amount

$956K

Min. Investment Return

$962K

Payout rate 83%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.83%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

4 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $20K through median $225K to maximum $325K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2017 to 2023. Peak $1.2M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

31 grants

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
$1.6M
6 grants
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MATH DEPARTMENT
$1M
4 grants
WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE
$1M
6 grants
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$1M
5 grants
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
$500K
2 grants
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
$400K
2 grants
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$250K
1 grant
WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE
$200K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

31 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
5
grants
$50–250K
24
grants
$250K–1M
2
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

New Jersey
$3.0M
51% of total
New York
$2.2M
37% of total
Massachusetts
$750K
13% of total

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