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Asher Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$866k
Granted FY2026still arriving
12
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$942kHealth$415kInternational$181kEducation$164kPhilanthropy$111kFood & Nutrition$103kHuman Services$39kArts & Culture$20kOther$0
02FY2026 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $46k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $302k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$36,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$59k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN COMMITTE FOR SAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER IN JERUSALEM$500,000
COLEL CHABAD$102,000
CHABAD HOUSE BOWERY$100,000
CONGREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN$50,275
CHABAD HOUSE AT HARVARD SQUARE$50,000
RAMAZ SCHOOL$36,000
NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY$10,000
CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL$6,800
CHABAD OF WINDSOR TERRACE$5,000
BELEV ECHAD$3,600
YOUNG ISRAEL OF BAL HARBOR-ABBOT$2,210
THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC$360
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–26, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL HEART2HEART INC: $1k → 13%Chris 180: $8k → 14%Shalom Task Force: $1k → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $20k → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $10k → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $7k → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $4k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 16 repeat orgs$993k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
25

Total granted

$1.9M
$493k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+6%

Still filing today

25%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
InternationalHuman ServicesReligionFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $255k · revenue +50%
  • BE
    BELEV ECHAD INC
    4× · 2023–2026 · $41k · revenue +15%
  • TD
    The Defiant Requiem Foundation
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • FM
    FARE MEALS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -53% · 40% of their budget
  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +6%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +75%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
2
Sherit Isroel
—
3
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
4
Zichron Chaim Avraham Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Zichron Chaim Meir Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
7
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
8
American Friends Tomchai Shabat Foundation
—
9
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
10
Chaim Maleh Foundation
Philanthropy
11
The Chasdei Shimon Foundation
Religion
12
The Shalom Ish Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Netiv Aryeh Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Sean Combs Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN COMMITTE FOR SAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER IN JERUSALEM: $500,000 · OtherAMERICAN COMMITTE FOR SAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER IN JERUSALEMCOLEL CHABAD: $403,000 · OtherCOLEL CHABADCHABAD HOUSE BOWERY INC: $320,000 · OtherCHABAD HOUSE BOWERY INCCongregation Shearith Israel: $240,320 · OtherCongregation Shearith IsraelRAMAZ SCHOOL: $150,100 · OtherRAMAZ SCHOOLCHABAD HOUSE OF HARVARD SQUARE INC: $150,000 · OtherCHABAD HOUSE OF HARVARD SQUARE INCCONGREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN: $139,275 · OtherCONGREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN+24 more: $298,075 · Other+24 moreAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $255,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMI…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $100,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIEN…+2 more: $10,360 · InternationalFARE MEALS INC: $100,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $3,125 · Food & NutritionNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthBELEV ECHAD INC: $40,800 · Human ServicesCHRIS 180 INC: $8,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesThe Defiant Requiem Foundation: $20,000 · Arts & CultureICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $15,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,000 · Education
Other$2,200,770International$365,360Food & Nutrition$103,125Health$100,000Human Services$50,800Arts & Culture$20,000Education$17,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $255,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFARE MEALS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBELEV ECHAD INC: $40,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Defiant Requiem Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY: $11,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SEAN COMBS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKOL HANEARIM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHRIS 180 INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $3,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHALOM TASK FORCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL HEART2HEART INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC ↗
  • Who funds FARE MEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC ↗
  • Who funds BELEV ECHAD INC ↗
  • Who funds The Defiant Requiem Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SEAN COMBS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KOL HANEARIM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRIS 180 INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM TASK FORCE INC ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundFjcMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY20.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Asher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Asher Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Asher Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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