Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Brattleboro, VT · EIN 13-6134569 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Melvin and Sylvia Kafka Foundation Co Sara Suchman
30grants reported
$2,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$750smallest grant
$70Ktotal paid
10states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 30 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $5,500 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
51a Thayer Ridge RD
Brattleboro, VT 05301-4001
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hias Financial Support | Silver Spring, MD | $5,500 |
| Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request FinancialSupport | Brattleboro, VT | $4,780 |
| American Jewish World Service FinancialSupport | NY, NY | $3,500 |
| Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request FinancialSupport | Brattleboro, VT | $3,402 |
| National Immigrant Justice Center FinancialSupport | Chicago, IL | $3,250 |
| American Friends of Combatants for Peace Financial Support | NY, NY | $3,250 |
| Other Small Donations - Avail Upon Request FinancialSupport | Brattleboro, VT | $3,058 |
| Hias Financial Support | Silver Spring, MD | $3,000 |
| Palestinian Children's Relief Fund FinancialSupport | Kent, OH | $2,750 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights FinancialSupport | New York, NY | $2,250 |
| Carolina Abortion Fund FinancialSupport | Raleigh, NC | $2,250 |
| Southern Documentary Fund FinancialSupport | Burlington, NC | $2,250 |
| Doctors Without Borders Financial Support | New York, NY | $2,250 |
| Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust FinancialSupport | Roxbury, MA | $2,000 |
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State FinancialSupport | Washington, DC | $2,000 |
| Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust FinancialSupport | Roxbury, MA | $2,000 |
| Fractured Atlas FinancialSupport | Hartsdale, NY | $2,000 |
| Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust FinancialSupport | Roxbury, MA | $2,000 |
| Empowerment Inc FinancialSupport | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,000 |
| Palestinian Children's Relief Fund FinancialSupport | Kent, OH | $2,000 |
| NC Poor Peoples Campaign FinancialSupport | Goldsboro, NC | $2,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders FinancialSupport | Hagerstown, MD | $2,000 |
| Cosecha FinancialSupport | Potomac, MD | $2,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Financial Support | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights FinancialSupport | NY, NY | $1,375 |
| The American Bar Foundation Financial Support | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector Financial Support | West Hartford, CT | $1,000 |
| Highlander Center FinancialSupport | New Market, TN | $1,000 |
| NC Warn FinancialSupport | Durham, NC | $1,000 |
| Hias Financial Support | Silver Spring, MD | $750 |
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