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Private foundation (trust)EIN 223500313Est. 1997-05

THE TEPPER FOUNDATION

SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078

Total Assets

$1.6B

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$87.0M

FY 2023

Grants Made

148

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$588K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$9K–$28.3M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$125.5M

Total Expenses

$91.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$91.1M

Distributable Amount

$69.5M

Min. Investment Return

$69.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

148 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $9K through median $200K to maximum $28.3M, 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 $87.0M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

BLUE MERIDIAN
$122.9M
6 grants
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
$22.6M
6 grants
THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
$10.2M
1 grant
FEEDING AMERICA
$7.9M
6 grants
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE
$6.0M
4 grants
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBERG LIBRARY
$5.6M
3 grants
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
$4.2M
4 grants
Single Stop USA
$4.2M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
17
grants
$10–50K
114
grants
$50–250K
236
grants
$250K–1M
89
grants
$1–5M
38
grants
$5M+
6
grants

Geographic Focus

21 states

New York
$176.0M
59% of total
New Jersey
$32.2M
11% of total
Pennsylvania
$29.1M
10% of total
District of Columbia
$14.6M
5% of total
North Carolina
$12.3M
4% of total
Illinois
$10.7M
4% of total
Massachusetts
$5.2M
2% of total
California
$4.4M
1% of total
Texas
$3.9M
1% of total
Virginia
$3.5M
1% of total

+11 more states

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