California · Private foundation
Hager 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.
- $544k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 53
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $63,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 72
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations Hager Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $345k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
InternationalReligionHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 51 | $544k | 61% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $659k | 69% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $648k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 58 | $660k | 34% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $1.0M | 39% |
| FY2020 | 72 | $1.6M | 39% |
| FY2019 | 71 | $1.8M | 55% |
| FY2018 | 64 | $1.5M | 73% |
85% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Religion$3.5MInternational$2.3MCrime & Legal$1.5MHuman Services$679kHealth$321kPhilanthropy$286kEducation$277kArts & Culture$105kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MD
DC
GA
FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israeli-American Council | $568,000 | 7 | 1% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $374,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohr Eliyahu Academy | $363,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Fund of Israel | $274,560 | 9 | 0% |
| American Friends of Sulam Inc | $255,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Nefesh Yehudie Inc | $205,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Od Yosef Chai Inc | $145,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Peylim Lev Lachim | $110,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends of Darchei Rochel Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Congregation Bais Gavriel | $103,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israeli-American Council | $568,000 | 7 | 1% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $374,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohr Eliyahu Academy | $363,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Fund of Israel | $274,560 | 9 | 0% |
| American Friends of Sulam Inc | $255,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Nefesh Yehudie Inc | $205,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Od Yosef Chai Inc | $145,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Peylim Lev Lachim | $110,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends of Darchei Rochel Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Congregation Bais Gavriel | $103,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem Inc | $94,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Aleph Institute Inc | $85,441 | 5 | 0% |
| Bikur Cholim | $77,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Zichron Shneur Chesed Fund | $76,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Elnet | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $63,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Stand by Me Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles | $55,000 | 3 | 2% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $52,390 | 5 | n/a |
| Netzach Educational Network Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Lev Chabad Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merkaz Hatorah Community Kollel | $49,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of Yeshiva Tehilas Shlomo Inc | $43,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles | $40,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Friends of Nahal Haredi | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Chabad of Bakersfield Inc | $37,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Minchas Asher Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ezer Mizion | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel | $33,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Beit Midrash Derech Chaim Inc | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Lubavitch | $32,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Magen Am USA Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Colel Chabad | $29,500 | 2 | n/a |
| San Fernando Valley Hebrew High School Valley Torah High School | $29,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Aish Tamid of Los Angeles | $28,600 | 5 | 2% |
| Charityex Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Ezrat Israel Inc | $26,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Binyamin Fund Inc DBA The Heart of Israel | $23,613 | 3 | 5% |
| One Israel Fund Ltd | $22,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Magen Fund Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Friends of Derech Emunah | $20,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Mosdos Viznitz | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Ayelet Hashachar | $18,600 | 3 | 2% |
| Tzohar Israel Foundation | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ezra Lemarpeh | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Zavat Chalav Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kupat Ha'Ir | $18,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Rct Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bnei David Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Chabad of Escondido | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Geder Avos Jewish Heritage Group Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ray Of Hope Mentoring Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 9% |
| American Friends of Maagalim Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Congregation Kehal Imrei Shaul | $12,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Keren Achiezer Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Agudat Refua Vchaim | $10,400 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Panim El Panim Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Torah Live Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Israel Technology Partnership Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Center - Chabad Namibia Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Kollel Yechiel Yehuda | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tvunot Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life's Door Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| American Friends of Eretz Hemdah | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Merona Leadership Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Agudath Israel of California INC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Torah Vchesed | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Morasha Olami Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Laniado Development Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kipas Ahavas Shulem | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Friends of Cuban Jewery Inc | $8,200 | 3 | n/a |
| The Perutz Etz Jacob Hebrew Academy | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Gitel Foundation | $7,200 | 2 | 5% |
| Ahavat Yisroel Humanity Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heritage Retreats Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shavei Hevron Institutions Inc | $6,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Techayeinu | $6,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Torah Community Fund Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bais Chana Heritage School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mikvah Society of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Unit 669 Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tova Uvrucha Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Torah Schools for Israel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jerusalem Fellowships Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Balkan Jewish Communities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Aish Hatorah - Western Region Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hemdat Shmuel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| US Friends of Yad Ezrah Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle of Atlanta Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mothers of Crown Heights Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Moshe Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Momentum Unlimited Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shekel Hakodesh | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiryat Shemona Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Community Kollel Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Beis Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hatzolah of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aish Global Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Malibu | $4,577 | 2 | n/a |
| Be a Friend Corp | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chasdei Sara Laya Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 3% |
| Friends of K Gat Inc | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin | $3,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Chabad of Hebron Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Zanzibar Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ne Eman Foundation USA | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emek Hebrew Day School | $2,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Misameach Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| A Chassidisher Derher INC | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Migdal OHR | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adas Torah | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Tzedaka Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ohr Halacha Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| America Gives Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Center - Chabad Kenya Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jewish Community of Korea Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Tzedakah Fund | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Hashviis Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Gur Aryeh Institute | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Kolel Torah Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Chochmas Hatorah Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Midtown Manhattan Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Derech Chaim | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Japan Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mikvah USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Medical Fund Corp | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Mumbai Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivath Torath Emeth Academy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Coast Vaad Hachesed | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Israel of North Beverly Hills | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Nachzik Chazak Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohel Avraham | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 123 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hager Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 84 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 84.
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.
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA70.2× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Ojc Fund · Goldner Family Foundation Inc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Chavi F Hertz Foundation Inc · Ryzman Foundation Inc · The Elishis Family Foundation · Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation · The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Jmg 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.
About Hager Foundation
- How much does Hager Foundation give?
- Hager Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $544,490 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 72 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hager Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (33%), International (22%), Crime & Legal (15%).
- Who are Hager Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Israeli-American Council ($568k), American Friends of Yad Eliezer ($374k), Ohr Eliyahu Academy ($363k).
- Does Hager Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hager 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 Hager Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Communal Fund, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore.
- Where is Hager Foundation based?
- Hager Foundation is based in CA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home