· Private foundation
Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $400k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VALLEY BETH SHALOM | $250,000 |
| BUILDERS OF JEWISH EDUCATION | $150,000 |
| ILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| ALPHA EPSILON PI FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| HESCHEL DAY SCHOOL WEST | $50,000 |
| HILLEL 818 | $50,000 |
| MESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IRILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +70%
- AJABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL DAY SCHOOL5× · 2017–2021 · $500k · revenue +37%
- DTDE TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL4× · 2020–2023 · $475k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- DTDE TOLEDONEW COMM JEW HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $250k
- HUHEBREW UNION COLLEGE - JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGIONone grant, 2021 · $100k
- SCSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +26%
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.
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.
To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…
San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.
Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…
Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…
Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…
The abraham joshua heschel school is an independent jewish day school which includes students from a wide range of jewish backgrounds, practices and beliefs. (see schedule o for continuation)
At akiva, we pursue excellence, foster critical inquiry, and inspire informed jewish living. we believe in, promote, and expect academic excellence in our general studies and jewish studies curriculum. our educational program incorporates…
Hillel of silicon valley provides a welcoming, supportive environmentto enrich students' college experience and enable them to connect with the jewish community and israel.
The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…
Awaken. build. connect. tehiyah day school is a jewish community school committed to: awakening intellectual curiosity and a strong sense of jewish identity; building a culture of thoughtfulness ad ethical behavior; connecting learners to…
Yavneh day school provides strong academic excellence in general and judaic studies within a strong community where each child is celebrated and challenged.
To provide education in general and judiac studies
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ILAN RAMON DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds DE TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds HILLEL 818 ↗
- Who funds ALPHA EPSILON PI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds MESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds ATZUM INC ↗
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 Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Bob & Nita Hirsch Family Foundation · Alpert & Alpert Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Group · Simha and Sara Lainer Family Foundation · Smotrich Family Foundation · Jacoby Family Foundation · Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc · The Milstein Family Foundation · Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ellie and Mark Lainer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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