New York · Private foundation
Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2026
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 28
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $449k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 45% of the organizations Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 34 | $24k | 62% |
| FY2025 | 22 | $19k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $16k | 76% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $33k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Joseph | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $10,652 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshivat Noam | $7,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Renewal of Life Inc | $4,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Torah Ohr Inc | $3,525 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch on Campus- Princeton | $2,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Kol Hanearim Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebrew Academy of Long Beach | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Joseph | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $10,652 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshivat Noam | $7,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Renewal of Life Inc | $4,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Torah Ohr Inc | $3,525 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch on Campus- Princeton | $2,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Kol Hanearim Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebrew Academy of Long Beach | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Athletes for Israel Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Kolel Chafetz Hashem | $1,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Women's International Zionist Organization | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America | $1,060 | 2 | n/a |
| Ohr Menachem | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garden of Dreams Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hatzolah Emergency Air Response Team Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Colel Chabad | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Rinat Yisrael | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Khal Sokolov | $720 | 2 | n/a |
| Kehilat Zwehil Inc | $720 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch Center | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| One Israel Fund Ltd | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Zaka North Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Zera Shimshon | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Shalshelet Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Masbia of Flatbush | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shine Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tomche Shabbos of Boro Park Flatbush and Midwood Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Ateret Cohanim Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle Chabad Lubavitch Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hayeladim Shelanu - Our Children Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Torah Communications Network Inc | $360 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad of Flushing Inc | $352 | 2 | n/a |
| Share of New Square Inc Dba Chesed 247 | $334 | 3 | 0% |
| Zionist Organization of America | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Adi Israel Foundation Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Kollel of Elizabeth Congregation Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Bnei Yehuda Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Ladies Bikur Cholim Dsatmor | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohel Avraham Lieber Lieberman | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Khal Mevakshei Hashem Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Peylim Lev Lachim | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilf Support Network | $161 | 3 | n/a |
| American Society for Yad Vashem Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Charity Chaye Olam Institutions of Jerusalem Inc | $126 | 2 | n/a |
| Feed Israel Foundation | $122 | 3 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Deena Motechin Jacobs Gemilas Chesed Fund | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Nancy Morgenstern Memorial Fund | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Maagalim Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | $86 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc | $72 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc | $36 | 1 | n/a |
| United Tiberias Institutions Relief Society Inc | $18 | 1 | 0% |
| Childrens Village of Jerusalem Inc | $18 | 1 | n/a |
| General Israel Orphan Home for Girls | $18 | 1 | 0% |
| AARP Foundation | $12 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 · The Ojc Fund · Fjc · F G Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · House of Gross Foundation Inc · The Nathan and Marilyn Silberman Fdn · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc · The Irving I Moskowitz Foundation · Alyad Foundation Inc · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore
How this is measured
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About Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc give?
- Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $24,971 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Health (14%), International (12%).
- Who are Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Congregation Beth Joseph ($15k), Chai Lifeline Inc ($11k), Friends of United Hatzalah Inc ($7k).
- Does Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family 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 J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, Fjc.
- Where is Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc based?
- Chaim J & Fay R Fortgang Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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