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Ays Tzedakah Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$4.1MCrime & Legal$1.1MPhilanthropy$899kInternational$377kEducation$225kHealth$60kArts & Culture$54kCommunity Improvement$41kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECJ$2,250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $129k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $38k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $5k → 11%YAD CHAYA: $11k → 14%YAD CHAYA: $5k → 14%YAD CHAYA: $5k → 14%QUALITAS OF LIFE FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%BONEI OLAM: $691 → 17%BONEI OLAM: $597 → 17%CHAYIMARUCHIM: $1k → 20%ZAKA SEARCH AND RESCUE: $1k → 20%BETH OLOTH: $30k → 20%BETH OLOTH: $13k → 20%BETH OLOTH: $13k → 20%BETH OLOTH: $2k → 20%BETH OLOTH: $2k → 20%BETH OLOTH: $2k → 20%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

IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 91 repeat orgs$541k to everyone else

91 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 90 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

91
116

Total granted

$7.6M
$541k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+45%

Still filing today

43%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • BJ
    BETH JACOB HIGH SCHOOL OF DENVER
    6× · 2018–2023 · $144k · revenue +15%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA DMIR INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $112k · revenue +72%
  • BO
    BETH OLOTH
    6× · 2018–2023 · $61k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • TO
    TORAH ORE SEMINARYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $105k · revenue +45%
  • MA
    MINCHAS ASHER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +153%
  • LD
    LANAIDO DEVELOPMENT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $36k
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.

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Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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3
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
4
Ohr Olam Corp

publish religious books

Religion
5
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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6
Sherit Isroel
—
7
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
8
University of Judaism Foundation
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9
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
10
American Friends of Yeshivat Nachalat Yossef

The organization will provide financial assistance to educational institutions that promote the observance of the jewish religion, its laws and traditions, and sacred texts, including yeshivat nachalat yossef, located in jerusalem, israel.

Religion
11
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
12
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Jerusalem Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dancing Deer 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

77 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 77 of the 209 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/77
Grantees still filing
50/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

(AMERICAN) FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HANEGEV: $1,206,600 · Other(AMERICAN) FRIENDS OF YESHIVAT HANEGEVSECJ: $1,145,751 · OtherSECJIndividual grant recipient: $519,330 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYESHIVA TORAS CHAIM: $450,900 · OtherYESHIVA TORAS CHAIMIndividual grant recipient: $370,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCONGREGATION SUPPORTERS OF TORAH INC: $368,860 · OtherCONGREGATION SUPPORTERS OF TORAH INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF EZER MIZION: $209,500 · Other+133 more: $1,823,676 · Other+133 moreDANCING DEER FOUNDATION: $568,362 · PhilanthropyDANCING D…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLLEL OHR YOSE: $43,550 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN …THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUSTIFI INC: $32,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $6,920 · PhilanthropyTHE JERUSALEM FUND INC: $292,537 · ReligionCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,720 · ReligionMINCHAS ASHER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIRCHAS MORDECHAI: $45,500 · ReligionPROJECT INSPIRE INC: $40,660 · ReligionFRIENDS OF THE SINAI TRUST: $30,000 · ReligionLev Experience: $26,450 · Religion+14 more: $46,400 · ReligionBETH JACOB HIGH SCHOOL OF DENVER: $143,775 · EducationTORAH ORE SEMINARY: $105,000 · EducationKEREN YEHOSHUA V'YISROEL: $55,920 · EducationTHE DESTINY FOUNDATION: $53,500 · EducationKESHET OF THE ROCKIES: $44,100 · Education+6 more: $24,500 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA DMIR INC: $111,700 · InternationalFRIENDS OF BIKUR CHOLIM EZRAT ACHIM: $19,800 · InternationalLEV MODIIN: $17,820 · InternationalYESHIVAS NACHLAS BNEI SHIMON: $16,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YA'ADIR TORAH: $12,500 · InternationalYAD EZRA V'SHULAMIT: $8,300 · International+5 more: $14,100 · InternationalBETH OLOTH: $60,875 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $42,850 · Human ServicesYAD CHAYA INC: $21,310 · Human Services+4 more: $4,288 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $15,600 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA KOL BONAYICH INC: $10,525 · HealthFRIENDS WITH DIABETES INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,700 · Health+1 more: $250 · Health
Other$6,095,217Philanthropy$651,332Religion$582,267Education$426,795International$200,220Human Services$129,323Health$30,075

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDANCING DEER FOUNDATION: $568,362 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE JERUSALEM FUND INC: $292,537 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBETH JACOB HIGH SCHOOL OF DENVER: $143,775 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA DMIR INC: $111,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTORAH ORE SEMINARY: $105,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBETH OLOTH: $60,875 over 6y, 11% of budgetKEREN YEHOSHUA V'YISROEL: $55,920 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE DESTINY FOUNDATION: $53,500 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $50,720 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMINCHAS ASHER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIRCHAS MORDECHAI: $45,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTORAH SCHOOLS FOR ISRAEL: $44,396 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKESHET OF THE ROCKIES: $44,100 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLLEL OHR YOSE: $43,550 over 4y, 21% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $42,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT INSPIRE INC: $40,660 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUSTIFI INC: $32,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTZEDAKAH GEDOLA CHARITY FUND INC: $30,100 over 3y, 32% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SINAI TRUST: $30,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetLev Experience: $26,450 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetYAD CHAYA INC: $21,310 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIKUR CHOLIM EZRAT ACHIM: $19,800 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLEV MODIIN: $17,820 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetYESHIVAS NACHLAS BNEI SHIMON: $16,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD SARAH INC: $15,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $13,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Unity International Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YA'ADIR TORAH: $12,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOPENDOR MEDIA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYAD EZRA V'SHULAMIT: $8,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Content Inc: $5,540 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKEREN HASHVIIS INC: $5,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOLDOS YESHURUN INC: $5,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHLAVIM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE JERUSALEM FELLOWSHIPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEZRAT ACHIM FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Friends of Orchot Torah DRav Shteinman Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetZION ORPHANAGE INC: $3,600 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetISRAEL EMS FOUNDATION: $3,550 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetYAD L'ACHIM PEYLEI ISRAEL: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetORLANDO TORAH ACADEMY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,320 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEshel Publications Inc: $2,600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTAL HASHAMAYIM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS WITH DIABETES INTERNATIONAL: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKIDS OF COURAGE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDERECH ELOHIM FUND FOR JEWISH VALUES INC: $1,800 over 2y, 2.2% 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 DANCING DEER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JERUSALEM FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BETH JACOB HIGH SCHOOL OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA DMIR INC ↗
  • Who funds TORAH ORE SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds BETH OLOTH ↗
  • Who funds KEREN YEHOSHUA V'YISROEL ↗
  • Who funds THE DESTINY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MINCHAS ASHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BIRCHAS MORDECHAI ↗
  • Who funds TORAH SCHOOLS FOR ISRAEL ↗
  • Who funds KESHET OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLLEL OHR YOSE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT INSPIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JUSTIFI INC ↗
  • Who funds TZEDAKAH GEDOLA CHARITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SINAI TRUST ↗

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.

The Ojc FundJewish Communal FundThe Jmg FoundationJack Adjmi Family Fou…Associated Jewish Cha…Ahavas Avraham Founda…Dancing Deer Foundati…Zichron Chaim Charity…National Society for …The Sorala FoundationSchiff Family Foundat…The Jimmy and Berta K…
The Ojc FundNY49.2× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Jmg Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Ahavas Avraham Foundation · Dancing Deer Foundation · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · The Sorala Foundation · Schiff Family Foundation · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable 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 Ays Tzedakah Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ays Tzedakah Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 190%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mesorah Heritage Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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.

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 209 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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