California · Private foundation
Emil & Gail Kestenbaum 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 91% of the organizations Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $53k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $105k | 91% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $34k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $140k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $97k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $16k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad of the Valley Inc | $99,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Hillel Hebrew Academy | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of North Beverly Hills | $25,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Emek Hebrew Day School | $25,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Nahal Haredi | $10,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Israel of North Beverly Hills | $7,841 | 2 | n/a |
| Marlborough School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharewell | $4,900 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $2,800 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad of the Valley Inc | $99,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Hillel Hebrew Academy | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of North Beverly Hills | $25,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Emek Hebrew Day School | $25,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Nahal Haredi | $10,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Israel of North Beverly Hills | $7,841 | 2 | n/a |
| Marlborough School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharewell | $4,900 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $2,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of North Hollywood | $1,360 | 2 | n/a |
| National Council of Young Israel | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc | $540 | 1 | 0% |
| Beverly Hills Jewish Community | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Jewish Awareness | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Yad Menachem Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Southwest Beverly Hills | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Baby2baby | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($285k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation 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 Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · Goldberger Family Foundation · The Alon and Rosana Miller Foundation · Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation · The Rav-Noy Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
Compare Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation with peer funders
About Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation
- How much does Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation give?
- Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $53,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (58%), Education (29%), International (4%).
- Who are Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chabad of the Valley Inc ($100k), Hillel Hebrew Academy ($53k), Chabad of North Beverly Hills ($26k).
- Does Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family 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 Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Communal Fund, Goldberger Family Foundation.
- Where is Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation based?
- Emil & Gail Kestenbaum Family Foundation is based in CA.
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