New York · Private foundation
Esther & Louis Wertenteil 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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,054
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 24
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 14 | $11k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $12k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $22k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $10k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darkei Yoisuer Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Congregation Torah Ohr Inc | $1,008 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $460 | 5 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $260 | 5 | 0% |
| Torah Ohr Hebrew Academy | $231 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis | $162 | 3 | n/a |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $108 | 3 | 0% |
| Sharsheret Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darkei Yoisuer Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Congregation Torah Ohr Inc | $1,008 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $460 | 5 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $260 | 5 | 0% |
| Torah Ohr Hebrew Academy | $231 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis | $162 | 3 | n/a |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $108 | 3 | 0% |
| Sharsheret Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Lev Hoari | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Matzliach Organization Inc | $54 | 1 | n/a |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| United Charity of Jerusalem | $36 | 2 | 0% |
| Jasa Corporation | $20 | 1 | 0% |
| Jerusalem Orphan Home Inc | $18 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Childrens Cancer Foundation Inc | $18 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Yad Sarah Inc | $18 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Esther & Louis Wertenteil 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.
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How this is measured
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About Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation
- How much does Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation give?
- Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $10,741 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (92%), Health (3%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Darkei Yoisuer Center ($10k), Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas Inc ($8k), Congregation Torah Ohr Inc ($1k).
- Does Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Esther & Louis Wertenteil 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 Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation based?
- Esther & Louis Wertenteil Foundation is based in NY.
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