New York · Private foundation
Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $139k
- Granted FY2021
- 17
- Grants FY2021
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $7.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 71% of the organizations Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 17 | $139k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $879k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $139k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $591k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $268k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avihem Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cong of Echo Ridge | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nechomas Yisroel | $20,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Cong Zichron Avos | $20,344 | 2 | n/a |
| Keren Yisroel | $19,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Machna Shalva | $13,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Merkaz Tomchei Torah | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Toras Chemed Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Farm Settlement Inc | $5,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Tomchei Shabos | $4,771 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avihem Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cong of Echo Ridge | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nechomas Yisroel | $20,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Cong Zichron Avos | $20,344 | 2 | n/a |
| Keren Yisroel | $19,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Machna Shalva | $13,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Merkaz Tomchei Torah | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Toras Chemed Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Farm Settlement Inc | $5,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Tomchei Shabos | $4,771 | 1 | n/a |
| Chaim V Chesed | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Kollel Avreichim Dsatmar Monsey | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Toras Chesed Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cong Pinas Yikras | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel | $2,160 | 2 | n/a |
| Cong Khal Mayer Joseph | $2,089 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Community Kollel Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cong Eretz Hachaim | $550 | 1 | n/a |
| Zichron Menachem | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
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: The Ojc Fund · Greenzweig Family Foundation · The Basch Family Foundation · R' Shaya Ben Moshe Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Erwin & Ruth Zafir Foundation Inc · I&S Foundation · Strulovich Family Foundation Trust · Ani Mamin Foundation · Moses and Miriam Vogel Charitable Foundation Tr · S&E Foundation · M & R Horowitz Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc
- How much does Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc give?
- Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $139,189 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (77%), International (3%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Avihem Inc ($36k), Cong of Echo Ridge ($25k), Nechomas Yisroel ($20k).
- Does Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc 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 Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Greenzweig Family Foundation, The Basch Family Foundation.
- Where is Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc based?
- Chaim and Leah Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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