New York · Private foundation
Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $64k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,850
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $45k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $64k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $52k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $79k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $82k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $108k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $121k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ichud Mosdos Hachinuch in Brooklyn | $249,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Yeshiva and Mesivta Toras Chaim of Greater New York at South Shore | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Shore Hebrew Academy | $18,930 | 3 | 0% |
| Shulamith School for Girls Inc | $7,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Always Our Kids Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tzur Foundation Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Fifth Avenue Synagogue | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kesher Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Vaani Tefillah Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ichud Mosdos Hachinuch in Brooklyn | $249,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Yeshiva and Mesivta Toras Chaim of Greater New York at South Shore | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Shore Hebrew Academy | $18,930 | 3 | 0% |
| Shulamith School for Girls Inc | $7,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Always Our Kids Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tzur Foundation Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Fifth Avenue Synagogue | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kesher Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Vaani Tefillah Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Bet El Yeshiva | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Meor Hatorah Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kolel Asike Shmatasa | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ohr Yehuda Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($259k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Caroline & Joseph S Gruss Life Monument Funds Inc · The Ojc Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation
- How much does Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation give?
- Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $64,110 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (72%), Education (4%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ichud Mosdos Hachinuch in Brooklyn ($249k), Yeshiva and Mesivta Toras Chaim of Greater New York at South Shore ($40k), North Shore Hebrew Academy ($19k).
- Does Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Abraham & Florence Mendel 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Caroline & Joseph S Gruss Life Monument Funds Inc, The Ojc Fund.
- Where is Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation based?
- Abraham & Florence Mendel Foundation is based in NY.
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