New York · Private foundation
Aviva & Marvin Sussman 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.
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 39 | $62k | 59% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $46k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $65k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $47k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $48k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $52k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $66k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $56k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Square Synagogue Inc | $84,412 | 9 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $59,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach | $50,785 | 9 | n/a |
| Madraigos Inc | $42,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary | $12,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc | $10,805 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of Migdal OHR | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Jewish Outreach Program In | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Friends of Bimad Alon Moreh Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 80 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Fjc · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Ojc Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Hyman & Ann Arbesfeld Foundation Inc · Jeannette and H Peter Kriendler Char Trust · Royal Heritage Foundation Inc · Cd Foundation · The Chestnut Foundation · Terumah Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation
- How much does Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation give?
- Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $62,416 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Education (17%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lincoln Square Synagogue Inc ($84k), Yeshiva University ($60k), Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach ($51k).
- Does Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aviva & Marvin Sussman 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 Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ.
- Where is Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation based?
- Aviva & Marvin Sussman Foundation is based in NY.
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