New York · Private foundation
Freeman 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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $360
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $553k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Freeman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 17 | $36k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $33k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $36k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $27k | 65% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emunas Bais Yaakov | $18,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Derech Chaim | $15,200 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends of Nishmas Yisroel Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Kahal Shaarei Tefillah | $4,320 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Khal Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zichron Chaim Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Masores Hachinuch Inc | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Zichron Tzvi Elimelech | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Ramat Schlomo | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emunas Bais Yaakov | $18,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Derech Chaim | $15,200 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends of Nishmas Yisroel Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Kahal Shaarei Tefillah | $4,320 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Khal Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zichron Chaim Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Masores Hachinuch Inc | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Zichron Tzvi Elimelech | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Ramat Schlomo | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mirrer Yeshiva Central Institute | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe | $720 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov Shiras Miriam | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivas D Var Jerusalem | $540 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Yeshiva Ohr Hameir | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Moreshes Bais Yaakov Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Birchas Yitzchok | $244 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva of Spring Valley Inc | $230 | 3 | n/a |
| Rockland Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Shalom Torah Centers | $100 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Mikdash Dovid Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Mesifta Ohel Torah Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Nachlei Torah Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
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 · Jewish Communal Fund · The Jmg Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Toras Chesed Inc · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Donors Fund Inc · Murray & Sydell Rosenberg Foundationinc · Regina Goldwasser Foundation · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Reyim Ahuvim Foundation
How this is measured
About Freeman Foundation
- How much does Freeman Foundation give?
- Freeman Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $35,688 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Freeman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (82%), Human Services (7%), Education (6%).
- Who are Freeman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Emunas Bais Yaakov ($19k), Yeshiva Derech Chaim ($15k), American Friends of Nishmas Yisroel Inc ($5k).
- Does Freeman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Freeman 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 Freeman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, The Jmg Foundation.
- Where is Freeman Foundation based?
- Freeman Foundation is based in NY.
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