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Grant Recommendation Fund

GRANT RECOMMENDATION FUND was formed in 2018 in the state of new york as a donor advised fund to assist donors in distributing charity.

$4.2M
Granted FY2018
104
Grants FY2018
5
States reached
$172k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2018 · 104 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 104 grants below total $2,387,964, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,220,279 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,832,315 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k27 grants · $195k
  • $10k–50k65 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
$13,584
Median grant
5
States reached
$460k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YESHIVA KEREN ORAH$171,900
CONGREGATION KOLLEL TIFERES SHLOMO$121,200
MOADIM UZMANIM$120,000
YESHIVA GEDOLAH ZICHRON MOSHE$101,000
CONGREGATION YESHIVA YAD MOSHE$85,000
ZICHRON MENACHEM$84,800
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER INC$78,860
CONGREGATION AHAVAS TZDOKAH VCHESED$65,600
TIFERETH BNAI ZION$60,100
FO YESHIVA TEHILAS SHLOMO$60,000
YESHIVAT NACHLAT HALVIIM$50,000
UNITED CHARITY INSTITUTIONS OF$50,000
CONGREGATION FOREST GLEN INC$48,600
CONGREGATION ZICHRONE BINYAMIN$43,600
CONGREGATION ANSHI FALLSBURG$40,600
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER INC: $79k → 20%UNITED CHARITY INSTITUTIONS OF: $50k → 20%GEMACH OF JACKSON: $9k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Grants abroad, by region: $1.2M on the FY2018 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Region not stated$1.2M · 100% · 2 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its field

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.

1
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

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3
Kollel Nefesh Hachaim Inc
Education
4
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
5
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
6
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Ohr Yisrael Yeshiva Inc

Ohr Yisrael is a religious institution that provides religious services and instruction to Rabbis and community members.

Religion
8
Yeshiva Beit Rafael

Religious & charitable- to provide funds to enable the study of torah.

Philanthropy
9
Yeshivas D'var Torah Inc

Organization raises funds which are disbursed to religious schools of higher education and talmudic research

Philanthropy
10
Ziv Israel Association
—
11
Ohr Olam Corp

publish religious books

Religion
12
Yeshiva Chayei Olam

Yeshiva chayei olam inc., was established for the purpose of having an orthodox jewish high school. the school teaches talumdic studies, talmudic jurasprudence, orthodox jewish ethics and the old testament. in addition, the school provides…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yeshiva Ruach Chaim Inc; the most unlike its peers is Moadim Uzmanim. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 102 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/38
Grantees still filing
30/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YESHIVA KEREN ORAH: $171,900 · OtherYESHIVA KEREN ORAHCONGREGATION KNESSES BAIS LEVI INC: $131,200 · OtherCONGREGATION KNESSES BAIS LEVI INCYESHIVA GEDOLAH ZICHRON MOSHE: $101,000 · OtherYESHIVA GEDOLAH ZICHRON MOSHECONGREGATION YESHIVA YAD MOISHE: $85,000 · OtherZICHRON MENACHEM INC: $84,800 · OtherCONGREGATION AHAVAS TZDOKAH VCHESED INC: $65,600 · OtherTIFERATH BRAI ZION INC: $60,100 · Other+64 more: $951,294 · Other+64 moreMoadim Uzmanim: $120,000 · PhilanthropyMoadim Uzm…FRIENDS OF YESHIVA TEHILAS SHLOMO INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF…KEREN HAYESHIVOT TRUST: $12,600 · PhilanthropyKEREN HAYE…ROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBIRCHAS OHR HACHAIM INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyYESHIVAS OHR V'DAAS: $31,000 · ReligionYESHIVAS …YESHIVA WOLOZIN BNEI BRAK ISRAEL INC: $26,000 · ReligionYESHIVA W…ANIYEI YERUSHALAYIM INC: $21,600 · ReligionANIYEI YE…LEV BEREL INC: $20,500 · ReligionLEV BEREL…YESHIVA IMREI BINA INC: $20,000 · ReligionYESHIVA I…Torah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc: $18,000 · ReligionTorah Cen…MACHON HARAV SHACH INC: $18,000 · ReligionMACHON HA…YESHIVA RUACH CHAIM INC: $10,400 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF CHASDEI LEV: $10,000 · ReligionRUACH CHAIM INC: $9,800 · ReligionZICHRON ELIYAHU INC: $7,960 · Religion+1 more: $6,000 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $78,860 · Human ServicesUnited Charity of Jerusalem: $50,000 · Human ServicesGEMACH OF JACKSON INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesYESHIVAT NACHLAT HALVIIM TRUST: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAIS MEDRASH TAHAROS: $23,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLEL SHAAREI SIMCHA: $18,000 · InternationalKEREN TORAH VCHESED: $10,000 · InternationalTORAH RELIEF SOCIETY INC EZRAS TORAH FUND: $8,750 · InternationalFriends of Tiferet Tzion Inc: $18,000 · EducationYESHIVA HEICHAL HATORAH INC: $15,100 · EducationTORAH ORE SEMINARY: $10,800 · EducationYESHIVA SHAAR HATALMUD: $7,200 · EducationAmerican Friends of The Rabbinical College Kol Torah Inc: $7,000 · EducationQUALITY OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF SHILOM NEUMAN: $10,000 · Health
Other$1,650,894Philanthropy$222,600Religion$199,260Human Services$137,360International$109,750Education$58,100Health$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMoadim Uzmanim: $120,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $78,860 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF YESHIVA TEHILAS SHLOMO INC: $70,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetUnited Charity of Jerusalem: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetYESHIVA WOLOZIN BNEI BRAK ISRAEL INC: $26,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAIS MEDRASH TAHAROS: $23,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetANIYEI YERUSHALAYIM INC: $21,600 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetLEV BEREL INC: $20,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYESHIVA IMREI BINA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLEL SHAAREI SIMCHA: $18,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTorah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALUMNI OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KNESSETH ISRAEL OF SLABODKA KOWNA: $18,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Tiferet Tzion Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYESHIVA HEICHAL HATORAH INC: $15,100 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKEREN HAYESHIVOT TRUST: $12,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTORAH ORE SEMINARY: $10,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYESHIVA RUACH CHAIM INC: $10,400 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQUALITY OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF SHILOM NEUMAN: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTOMCHE SHABBOS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRINAS BAIS YAAKOV INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTORAH INSTITUTE OF LAKEWOOD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF CHASDEI LEV: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetKEREN TORAH VCHESED: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBIRCHAS OHR HACHAIM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetRUACH CHAIM INC: $9,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTORAH RELIEF SOCIETY INC EZRAS TORAH FUND: $8,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGEMACH OF JACKSON INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYESHIVA SHAAR HATALMUD: $7,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of The Rabbinical College Kol Torah Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKUPATH EZRAH OF ROCKLAND COUNTY INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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 Moadim Uzmanim ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF YESHIVA TEHILAS SHLOMO INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAT NACHLAT HALVIIM TRUST ↗
  • Who funds United Charity of Jerusalem ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAS OHR V'DAAS ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA WOLOZIN BNEI BRAK ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAIS MEDRASH TAHAROS ↗
  • Who funds ANIYEI YERUSHALAYIM INC ↗
  • Who funds LEV BEREL INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA IMREI BINA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLEL SHAAREI SIMCHA ↗
  • Who funds Torah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc ↗
  • Who funds MACHON HARAV SHACH INC ↗
  • Who funds ALUMNI OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KNESSETH ISRAEL OF SLABODKA KOWNA ↗

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.

The Ojc FundJack Adjmi Family Fou…Jewish Communal FundNational Society for …Donors Fund IncJewish Community Foun…The Jmg FoundationThe Jimmy and Berta K…Associated Jewish Cha…Marbeh Shalom Foundat…Zichron Chaim Charity…The Ohr Hakotel Found…
The Ojc FundNY91.4× affinity86 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Donors Fund Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Jmg Foundation · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Marbeh Shalom Foundation Inc · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · The Ohr Hakotel Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Grant Recommendation Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grant Recommendation Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 110%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Yeshiva Shaar Hatalmud: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 102 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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