New York · Private foundation
Desha Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $9k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,860
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,920
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 51
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $183k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Desha Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $9k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $28k | 77% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $315k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 51 | $31k | 92% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cong Khal Torath Chaim Inc | $102,186 | 2 | n/a |
| Kolel Viznitz | $5,645 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Borov Inc | $4,343 | 1 | n/a |
| Nechomas Yisroel | $1,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Areivim USA | $1,540 | 4 | n/a |
| Tomchei Tzedaka Corp | $1,186 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hesed Fund | $1,003 | 1 | 40% |
| Refuah Helpline Incdba Refuah Resources | $519 | 1 | 0% |
| Kars 4 Kids Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cong Ldaas Inc | $285 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cong Khal Torath Chaim Inc | $102,186 | 2 | n/a |
| Kolel Viznitz | $5,645 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Borov Inc | $4,343 | 1 | n/a |
| Nechomas Yisroel | $1,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Areivim USA | $1,540 | 4 | n/a |
| Tomchei Tzedaka Corp | $1,186 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hesed Fund | $1,003 | 1 | 40% |
| Refuah Helpline Incdba Refuah Resources | $519 | 1 | 0% |
| Kars 4 Kids Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cong Ldaas Inc | $285 | 1 | n/a |
| Viznitz Institutions Inc | $210 | 1 | n/a |
| Bayis Lepleitos - Ateres Bonos Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Cong Tov Umeitiv | $144 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Bnos Ahavas Israel | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme | $96 | 1 | 0% |
| Mosdos Monticello Inc | $72 | 1 | n/a |
| Avnei Choshen | $72 | 1 | n/a |
| Reb Shayalas Kitchen | $64 | 1 | 0% |
| Khal Torath Chaim of Rockland | $36 | 1 | n/a |
| Oorah Inc | $30 | 1 | 0% |
| Khal Chasidei Viznitz | $12 | 1 | n/a |
| Kipas Chasanim | $10 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Hadfusa of Breslev | $5 | 1 | n/a |
| Catskills Hatzalah Inc | $5 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 121 recipients with no EIN on record ($304k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Desha Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Ojc Fund · The Foundation for Hope · Jewish Communal Fund · Rav L'Hoishia Foundation · Shulem Weiss Foundation · Chaim V'Shulem Foundation Inc · Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation · R' Shaya Ben Moshe Foundation · Mkz Charity Foundation Inc · Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc · Eisenberg Family Foundation Inc · S&E Foundation
How this is measured
About Desha Foundation
- How much does Desha Foundation give?
- Desha Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $9,187 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Desha Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (70%), Philanthropy (8%), Education (0%).
- Who are Desha Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Cong Khal Torath Chaim Inc ($102k), Kolel Viznitz ($6k), Congregation Borov Inc ($4k).
- Does Desha Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Desha 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 Desha Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, The Foundation for Hope, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is Desha Foundation based?
- Desha Foundation is based in NY.
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