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Private foundation (trust)EIN 136134569Est. 1963-08

Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation co Sara Suchman

Brattleboro, VT 05301

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$311K

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$12K

FY 2023

Grants Made

7

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$2K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$750–$3K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$5K

Total Expenses

$14K

Qualifying Distributions

$12K

Distributable Amount

$16K

Min. Investment Return

$16K

Undistributed Income

$16K

Payout rate 77%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.77%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

7 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $750 through median $1K to maximum $3K, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $33K in 2018. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

42 grants

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4 grants
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Human Kindness Foundation
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Palestinian Children's Relief Fund
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2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

42 grants

<$10K
42
grants
$10–50K
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

New York
$35K
30% of total
Massachusetts
$26K
22% of total
North Carolina
$13K
11% of total
Vermont
$12K
11% of total
Maryland
$11K
10% of total
Ohio
$7K
6% of total
Alabama
$5K
4% of total
Virginia
$4K
3% of total
Connecticut
$2K
2% of total
Tennessee
$1K
1% of total

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