Data / Foundation grants / The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation
The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation: 58 grants to organizations, $2.8 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation, a private foundation in Rockville, MD, paid 58 grants to organizations totaling $2,815,684 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $889,340 to Maharishi International University in Fairfield, IA for unrestricted funds.
SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads every private foundation's Form 990-PF as the IRS publishes it, and this page is that reading. Ask for the foundations that fund your cause in your state, with the amounts and purposes, and new grants arrive in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as the returns are filed.
- EIN
- 454116761
- Based in
- Rockville, MD
- Assets
- $49,078,950
- Grants paid
- $2,815,684
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202503219349101830. It reported $2,815,684 in grants paid; 58 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharishi International University | Fairfield, IA | Unrestricted funds | Education | $889,340 | apps.irs.gov |
| Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation | Fairfield, IA | Unrestricted funds | Religion-related | $677,128 | apps.irs.gov |
| Africa College Fund | Fairfield, IA | Unrestricted funds | International, foreign affairs and national security | $262,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| David Lynch Foundation | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | $122,525 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mganl Mother Divine Program | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $98,162 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maharishi Purusha Program | Romney, WV | Unrestricted funds | $71,080 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maharishi Foundation International | Maharishi Vedic City, IA | Unrestricted funds | Human services | $67,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $66,666 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | Unrestricted funds | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Resource Defense Council | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Washington | North Bethesda, MD | Unrestricted funds | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $33,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse | Rockville, MD | Unrestricted funds | Human services | $33,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| Raam Raj Foundation | Fairfield, IA | Unrestricted funds | International, foreign affairs and national security | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Everglades Foundation | Palmetto Bay, FL | Unrestricted funds | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Cancer Research | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | Medical research | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Girl Scouts Council of the Nation's Capital | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | Manhattan Beach, CA | Unrestricted funds | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sylvia Earle Alliance | Napa, CA | Unrestricted funds | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maharishi School | Fairfield, IA | Unrestricted funds | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One Earth Philanthropy | Culver City, CA | Unrestricted funds | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | Boulder, CO | Unrestricted funds | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| DC Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Daughters for Earth | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Forest Trends Association | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Heifetz International Music Institute | Staunton, VA | Unrestricted funds | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington D C | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | Unrestricted funds | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Antidefamation League | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Conservation International | Arlington, VA | Unrestricted funds | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Audubon Paragon | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rainforest Trust | Warrenton, VA | Unrestricted funds | International, foreign affairs and national security | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save A Child's Heart Foundation | Potomac, MD | Unrestricted funds | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Student Conservation Association | Arlington, VA | Unrestricted funds | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Annapolis, MD | Unrestricted funds | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Heifer International | Littler Rock, AR | Unrestricted funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rachel's Network | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salzburg Festival Society Inc | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Waterislife Global Inc | Broken Arrow, OK | Unrestricted funds | Environment | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Help Me See | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Responsible Technology | Fairfield, IA | Unrestricted funds | Science and technology | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alzheimer's Association | McLean, VA | Unrestricted funds | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aclu Foundation | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | $2,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Musical Heart | Takoma Park, MD | Unrestricted funds | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Building Bridges Across the River | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Care Inc | Atlanta, GA | Unrestricted funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Feed the Children | Oklahoma City, OK | Unrestricted funds | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Innovation Africa | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Smile Train | New York, NY | Unrestricted funds | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | Human services | $1,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cambodian Children's Fund | Santa Monica, CA | Unrestricted funds | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorectal Cancer Alliance | Washington, DC | Unrestricted funds | Health care | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lotus House | Miami, FL | Unrestricted funds | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Save the Children Federation | Fairfield, CT | Unrestricted funds | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sundari Foundation Inc | Miami Beach, FL | Unrestricted funds | Housing and shelter | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $889,340 |
| Religion-related | $677,128 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $318,500 |
| Human services | $105,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 |
| Environment | $45,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $33,333 |
| Medical research | $25,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Iowa | $1,949,968 |
| District of Columbia | $335,495 |
| New York | $158,275 |
| Maryland | $81,666 |
| West Virginia | $71,080 |
| California | $66,500 |
| Illinois | $50,000 |
| Virginia | $45,500 |
Also on SpecStream
- Who funds education in Iowa
- Who funds religion-related in Iowa
- Who funds international, foreign affairs and national security in Iowa
- Who funds human services in Iowa
- Who funds arts, culture and humanities in Illinois
- Who funds human services in Maryland
Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.