How much does Bzl Foundation give?

Bzl Foundation reported 59 itemized grants totaling $537,211, out of $1,398,815 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 213 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.

What does Bzl Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (8%), Environment (0%), Human Services (0%).

Who are Bzl Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Mosdos Viznitz ($328k), Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel ($45k), Notzer Chesed ($36k).

Does Bzl Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2021, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Bzl Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Bzl Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc, Chayim V Chesed.

Foundation Dossiers

New York · Private foundation

Bzl Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2021: 59
Itemized grants FY2021: 59
Organizations funded FY2021: 85%
First-time grantees FY2021

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Itemized, FY2021: $537k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021: $2,000
Largest grant, FY2021: $100,000
Organizations funded a year: 59 to 213; FY2017 to FY2021
Total assets, FY2021: $6k
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 85% of the organizations Bzl Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $375k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

ReligionOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2021	59	$537k	85%
FY2018	182	$842k	51%
FY2017	213	$995k	n/a

57% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.4MEnvironment$33kHuman Services$28kHealth$19kInternational$13kPhilanthropy$5kEducation$4kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Mosdos Viznitz	$328,200	2	n/a
Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel	$44,580	2	n/a
Notzer Chesed	$36,100	2	n/a
Shaar Ephraim	$33,333	2	n/a
Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz of Boro Park Inc	$25,560	2	n/a
Congregation Toldos Yitzchok	$19,250	2	n/a
Yeshivas Ohr V'Daas	$18,250	2	n/a
Congregation Viznitz Beit Shemesh Inc	$15,940	2	n/a
Chayim V Chesed	$14,300	2	0%
Bais Yaakov Chofetz Chaim of Pomona	$13,601	2	n/a

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All grantees of Bzl Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Mosdos Viznitz	$328,200	2	n/a
Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel	$44,580	2	n/a
Notzer Chesed	$36,100	2	n/a
Shaar Ephraim	$33,333	2	n/a
Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz of Boro Park Inc	$25,560	2	n/a
Congregation Toldos Yitzchok	$19,250	2	n/a
Yeshivas Ohr V'Daas	$18,250	2	n/a
Congregation Viznitz Beit Shemesh Inc	$15,940	2	n/a
Chayim V Chesed	$14,300	2	0%
Bais Yaakov Chofetz Chaim of Pomona	$13,601	2	n/a
Keren Halbusha Inc	$10,500	2	9%
Yeshiva Ohr Torah	$9,840	2	n/a
Viznitz Institutions Inc	$8,620	2	n/a
Tova Uvrucha Inc	$8,600	1	n/a
Congregation Chonen Vnosen	$8,150	2	n/a
Congregation Bnei Yerushalayim	$7,800	2	n/a
Mosdos Yetev Lev of Antwerp Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Congregation Yishmach Moshe	$6,860	2	n/a
Congregation Mosdos Shopron Inc	$6,600	1	n/a
Beth Chaim Shlomo Dchust	$6,500	2	n/a
Chesed Lavraham	$6,250	2	n/a
Emet Veshalom Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Congregation Khal Chasidim Inc	$5,600	1	n/a
Mosdos Shomrei Emunim Inc	$5,001	2	1%
Cong Gemach Bnei Pinchos	$5,000	1	n/a
Gemach Mei Hadas	$5,000	1	n/a
Merkaz Jerusalem	$4,350	2	n/a
Congregation Beth Halevy Inc	$3,600	1	n/a
Mekimi	$3,600	2	1%
Bonei Olam Inc	$3,600	1	0%
A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange	$3,260	2	0%
Congregation Yesod Avoda	$2,400	1	n/a
Zichron Menachem Inc	$2,220	2	n/a
Israel Medical Fund Corp	$2,160	1	0%
Mosdot Botoshan Inc	$2,050	1	n/a
Congregation Panim Meiroth	$1,890	2	n/a
Chai Lifeline Inc	$1,800	2	0%
Jerusalem Open House	$1,800	1	n/a
Services for Children With Hidden Intelligence	$1,800	1	0%
Simchas Chaim Inc	$1,800	1	n/a
Congregation Ahavas Yisroel	$1,718	2	n/a
Congregation Beer Hachesed	$1,500	1	n/a
Kolel Boker Sanz	$1,500	1	n/a
Yeshiva Talpiot Inc	$1,000	1	n/a
Bnei Torah	$1,000	1	n/a
Mosdos Zvhille	$1,000	1	n/a
Congregation Zichron Menachem Inc	$1,000	1	n/a
Tora Research Academy	$1,000	1	n/a
Misaskim Corp	$1,000	1	0%
Kolel Rachmistrivka Monsey	$1,000	1	n/a
Congregation Beis Kosov	$1,000	1	n/a
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael Inc	$850	2	n/a
Sullivan County Eruv Corporation	$800	2	n/a
The Jewish Center for Special Education	$750	1	n/a
Congregation Zlochev	$600	1	n/a
Congregation Nachlas Moshe Inc	$540	2	n/a
Yeshiva Beth David	$501	1	n/a
Mesivta of Yeshivah Dmonsey	$500	1	n/a
Congregation Orchos Chaim Spinka	$500	1	n/a
Congregation Adas Yereim	$430	1	n/a
Ohr Torah Inc	$430	1	0%
Yeshiva Birchas Moshe Inc	$430	2	n/a
Congregation Yetev Lev	$398	2	n/a
Yeshiva Dmonsey	$380	1	n/a
Jewish Center	$360	1	n/a
Mikvah USA Inc	$360	1	n/a
Congregation Kahal Yirei Hashem Inc	$325	1	n/a
Yeshiva Noam Hatorah	$280	1	n/a
Congregation Ohr Yisroel Inc	$250	1	n/a
Yeshiva Meor Enaim	$250	1	n/a
Machon Bais Yaakov	$250	1	n/a
Tyy Beit Shemesh Inc	$250	1	n/a
Ahavas Yisroel Inc	$234	2	n/a
Congregation Chernobil Inc	$216	1	n/a
Ach Tov V Chesed	$200	1	n/a
Congregation Beth Jacob	$180	1	n/a
Kollel Chatzos	$180	1	n/a
Congregation Emek Tefilah	$180	1	n/a
Mekor Baruch	$180	1	n/a
Congregation Borov Inc	$180	1	n/a
Congregation Lev Hoari	$180	1	n/a
Congregation Mazah	$180	1	n/a
Yeshiva Lavreichim Metzuyanim Inc	$180	1	0%
Chaverim of Queens Inc	$180	1	n/a
Lomdei Torah	$150	1	n/a
Yeshiva Gedoleh Ohr Yisroel	$100	1	n/a
Yeshiva Shefa Chaim	$100	1	n/a
Congregation Kinyan Torah	$100	1	n/a
Bnei Yechiel	$100	1	n/a
Yeoded Inc	$100	1	n/a
American Friends of Ohev Yisrael	$100	1	n/a
Keren Menucha	$100	1	n/a
Yeshiva Kerem Shlomo	$100	1	n/a
Congregation Zichron Chaim	$100	1	n/a
Congregation Bnei Moshe	$100	1	n/a
Sharei Torah	$54	1	n/a
Congregation Bnei Yechiel	$36	1	n/a
Noam Shabbos Inc	$36	1	0%

Plus 257 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bzl Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 13.

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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 FundNY78.4× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Chayim V Chesed · Ani Mamin Foundation · Hf Foundation · Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation · Zichron Simcha Dsassov · The Lexicon Foundation Inc · B&M Steinmetz Foundation · Guardian Family Foundation Inc

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.

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About Bzl Foundation

How much does Bzl Foundation give?: Bzl Foundation reported 59 itemized grants totaling $537,211, out of $1,398,815 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 213 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Bzl Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (8%), Environment (0%), Human Services (0%).
Who are Bzl Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Mosdos Viznitz ($328k), Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel ($45k), Notzer Chesed ($36k).
Does Bzl Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2021, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bzl Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bzl Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc, Chayim V Chesed.
Where is Bzl Foundation based?: Bzl Foundation is based in NY.