David & Janet Polak Foundation
EIN 454797578 Private Foundation
Possibly inactive.
Last 990-PF filing on record is from 2023
(3 years ago). Verify before investing time in an application.
Total Given 2020–2023
$10.3M
283 grants · $2.6M avg/year
based on 4 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$10K
typical small grants · $5K–$46K
grant size
67%
deep partner · 70/104 multi-year
repeat
$80.9M
Assets (2023)
104
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No. Preselected Only
Phone
(800) 839-1754
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.8M | $77.9M | $3.2M | 59 |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $84.0M | $3.4M | 72 |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $80.7M | $5.2M | 72 |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $80.9M | $4.9M | 80 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 283 grants on record
Minimum
$500
25th Pctl
$5K
Median
$10K
Average
$36K
75th Pctl
$46K
Maximum
$1.0M
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
1.4% of US grants
· Rank #7 of 17 states
$50K across
4 grants
1 of 254 counties
Top 1 counties
- 1 Bexar
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (283 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | the David & Janet Polak Family Distance learning studio fund | 2020 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $800,000 | Israel's National Artificial Intelligence Resilience Laboratory | 2022 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance - Standwithus | LOS Angeles, CA | $200,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2020 |
| American Society for Technion-Israel INST of Tech | New York, NY | $200,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2021 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance - Standwithus | LOS Angeles, CA | $200,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2021 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance - Standwithus | LOS Angeles, CA | $200,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2022 |
| Standwithus | LOS Angeles, CA | $200,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| Barak Ballet | Santa Monica, CA | $200,000 | TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE A LIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE ENTITLED MEMORYHOUSE | 2023 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | Israel's National Artificial Intelligence Resilience Laboratory | 2023 |
| Friends of Elnet | Skokie, IL | $150,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation Council of Greater LOS Angeles | LOS Angeles, CA | $140,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2022 |
| The Jewish Institute for National Security of AMER | Washington, DC | $134,820 | The Fight Against the Conditioning of Military Aid to israel project | 2020 |
| Jewish Federation Council of Greater LOS Angeles | LOS Angeles, CA | $110,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | W Hollywood, CA | $100,000 | the Polak Family Fellowship fund in Precision Healthcare, board of governors innovation center | 2020 |
| Prager University Foundation | Sherman OAKS, CA | $100,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2020 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | Support of Part Two - Phase Two of the Ben-Gurion Digital Archives Transformation Project | 2021 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | Support of Part Two - Phase One of the Ben-Gurion Digital Archives Transformation Project collections) of the... | 2021 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | W Hollywood, CA | $100,000 | the Polak Family Fellowship in Precision Healthcare, supporting the Board of Governors Innovation Center | 2021 |
| Friends of Elnet | Skokie, IL | $100,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2021 |
| The Jewish Institute for National Security of AMER | Washington, DC | $100,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2021 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | W Hollywood, CA | $100,000 | Board of Governors Innovation Center | 2022 |
| Friends of Elnet | Skokie, IL | $100,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2022 |
| The Jewish Institute for National Security of AMER | Washington, DC | $100,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2022 |
| American Society for Technion | New York, NY | $100,000 | General & Unrestricted | 2023 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | Ben-Gurion Digital Archives Transformation - Phase 4 | 2023 |
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