New York · Private foundation
Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $821k
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
61% of Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2023
- $765k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $265k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $66k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillel at Baruch Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sar Shalom Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Misaskim Corp | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Hakirah Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kollel Zichron Yosef Dej | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.
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About Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation
- How much does Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation give?
- Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $764,600, out of $821,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (57%), Education (7%), Religion (1%).
- Who are Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Yeshiva University ($14k), Hillel at Baruch Inc ($10k), Sar Shalom Inc ($2k).
- Does Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation based?
- Abraham & Esther Hersh Foundation is based in NY.
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