Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation
The Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Wilmington, Delaware. Its 2025 grants supported a range of charitable organizations, including educational institutions, arts and community organizations, and religious organizations.
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation gave $63K across 31 grants in 2025 (avg $2K), mostly in California. 46% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $63,400
- -0.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 31
- +34.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,045
- -26.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $500
- Total assets
- $551,264
- +19.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 46% first-time grantees (11 of 24, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- California (79% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE 19809-1377
Phone: (800) 839-1754
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The UCLA Foundation ($36K across 3 grants). Together the top 10 received $58K.
Grant Size Distribution
97 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 97 grants of 97 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, California organizations received 79% of grant dollars. Massachusetts and Maine each received 8%, Maryland received 2%, and Virginia received 1%.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 31 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation open to new grantees?
46%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 11 of 24 grantees (46%) were first-time recipients. With only 24 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. First grants averaged $605; repeat grants $4K. How we count
Medians: $500 first-time, $500 repeat.
- 33% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving grew 128% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 219% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $17K (2019) to $75K (2021). In 2025 it made 31 grants totaling $63K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The UCLA Foundation Pasadena, CA | Suzan and Terry Kramer Family Scholarship Fund | $25,000 |
| The UCLA Foundation Pasadena, CA | Kramer Award for Technology and Society | $10,000 |
| Harvard Business School Boston, MA | Harvard Business Fund for Faculty and Research Fund | $5,000 |
| President and Trustees of Bates College Lewiston, ME | Bates Schuler Access Initiative Endowed Fund | $5,000 |
| Temple Sinai Oakland, CA | Annual Fund | $4,200 |
| Attitudinal Healing Connection Inc Oakland, CA | Charitable Event | $1,000 |
| Burlingame High School Alumni Association Burlingame, CA | new Burlingame High School Gym | $1,000 |
| Jewish Association for Death Education Columbia, MD | General & Unrestricted | $1,000 |
| Strive for Change Foundation Oakland, CA | General & Unrestricted | $1,000 |
| Temple Sinai Oakland, CA | end of year campaign outreach fund | $1,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $551,264 | $157,922 | $69,530 | $63,400 | 31 | $67,667 | $53,309 | $30,899 |
| 2024 | $462,872 | $211,463 | $69,321 | $63,793 | 23 | $68,686 | $134,031 | $22,948 |
| 2023 | $320,730 | $45,036 | $60,537 | $54,675 | 13 | $60,144 | $45,685 | $21,853 |
| 2022 | $336,231 | $26,470 | $33,936 | $27,850 | 9 | $33,213 | $28,255 | $23,285 |
| 2021 | $343,697 | $50,512 | $80,699 | $74,935 | 21 | $80,169 | $52,547 | $27,298 |
| 2020 | $373,884 | $25,504 | $47,496 | $41,665 | 19 | — | $37,620 | $23,410 |
| 2019 | $395,876 | $40,002 | $23,370 | $16,750 | 8 | — | $59,053 | $23,097 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $31K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants included support for scholarships and university programs, a college access initiative, arts programming, food assistance, and religious and community organizations. These examples describe the recipients’ work, not a stated mission of the foundation.
For example, Bates College describes its commitments as including academic rigor, individual dignity, and access to its programs and opportunities. Attitudinal Healing Connection says its arts programming cultivates creative, engaged, and successful children and youth. Berkeley Food Network says it works to expand food assistance services for food-insecure Berkeley residents.
Grantmaking
In 2025, the foundation reported 31 grants totaling $63,400. Grant amounts ranged from $150 to $25,000, with a median of $500. It reported 23 grants totaling $63,793 in 2024 and 13 grants totaling $54,675 in 2023.
Among the largest 2025 grants were $25,000 to The UCLA Foundation for the Suzan and Terry Kramer Family Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to the foundation for the Kramer Award for Technology and Society. Other notable grants included $5,000 to Harvard Business School for its Harvard Business Fund for Faculty and Research Fund; $5,000 to Bates College for the Bates Schuler Access Initiative Endowed Fund; and $4,200 to Temple Sinai for its Annual Fund.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Suzan Kramer as Vice President and Terry Kramer as President, Director, and Secretary.
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation is led by Terry Kramer, President, Director & Secretary on every filing since 2019; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Terry Kramer
President, Director & Secretary
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Suzan Kramer
Vice President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation
How much does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation give each year?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation gave $63K across 31 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $64K across 23 grants.
What is Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $500, and its average grant was $2,045, across 31 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation that year got $605 on average.
Where does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation give grants?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation gives mostly in California: 79% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Massachusetts (8%) and Maine (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Oakland, CA (6 grants), Pasadena, CA (3 grants), San Francisco, CA (3 grants) and Santa Monica, CA (2 grants).
Does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 52% of Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (16 of 31) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include The UCLA Foundation ($36,000 across 3 grants), Temple Sinai ($6,200 across 4 grants) and Harvard Business School ($5,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 74% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation reported $551K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $68K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $31K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants included support for scholarships and university programs, a college access initiative, arts programming, food assistance, and religious and community organizations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation?
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's EIN?
Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-1208157. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 25, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 8, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 2, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 2, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
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Grantable. (2026). Terry and Suzan Kramer Family Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 9, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/terry-and-suzan-kramer-family-foundation-morg_5f1309f43d0a4512b2f1c5526bf7105f
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