New York · Private foundation
Masada 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2018
- 139
- Grants FY2018
- 108
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Masada Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Masada Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $15k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $360
- Organizations funded a year
- 95 to 108
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 4
- Total assets, FY2018
- $62M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 86% of the organizations Masada Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 108 | $15k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 95 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Aniyim Inc | $540 | 2 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $520 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $430 | 1 | n/a |
| Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashdod Mercaz Chinuch Inc | $298 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Torah Academy Inc | $266 | 2 | 0% |
| Darchai Menachem Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Kimpatorin Aid Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Keren Simchas Chosson Ve Kallah | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Aniyim Inc | $540 | 2 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $520 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $430 | 1 | n/a |
| Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashdod Mercaz Chinuch Inc | $298 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Torah Academy Inc | $266 | 2 | 0% |
| Darchai Menachem Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Kimpatorin Aid Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Keren Simchas Chosson Ve Kallah | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Yad Batya L Kallah | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Knesset Yehuda Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Torah Images Inc | $198 | 2 | n/a |
| A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Achiezer Community Resource Center Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Agudas Tov V'Chesed Inc | $156 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Life Society Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Place Inc | $150 | 1 | 1% |
| Darchei Torah Umussar | $120 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Long Island Torah Network | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Kulanu Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Share of New Square Inc Dba Chesed 247 | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Od Yosef Chai Inc | $90 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Zichron Gedalyahu Inc Dba Beis Medrash Nezer Gedalyahu | $72 | 1 | n/a |
| Refua | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Zichron Shlomo | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Arachim Inc | $36 | 1 | 50% |
| Otsar Family Services Inc | $36 | 1 | 0% |
| Kollel Toras Chaim | $36 | 1 | n/a |
| Count Me in Inc | $25 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 156 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Masada Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Gertrude and Morris Bienenfeld Charitable Foundation · The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Nathan and Marilyn Silberman Fdn · Ip Foundation · The Margules Foundation Inc · The Tzedaka Fund · Partners in Giving Inc · The Basch Family Foundation · The Jacob Moses Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Masada Foundation
- How much does Masada Foundation give?
- Masada Foundation reported 139 grants totaling $15,012 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 95 and 108 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Masada Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (100%), Religion (0%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are Masada Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Keren Aniyim Inc ($540), Chai Lifeline Inc ($520), Hebron Fund Inc ($450).
- Does Masada Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Masada 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 Masada Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Zichron Chaim Charity Fund, Gertrude and Morris Bienenfeld Charitable Foundation, The Ojc Fund.
- Where is Masada Foundation based?
- Masada Foundation is based in NY.
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