· Private foundation
Henry & Louise Mermelstein Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Shvu Return Inc. | $20,000 |
| Shidduch Chicago Inc, | $10,000 |
| Tzur Foundation | $6,500 |
| Tomchei Shabbos of BP | $5,000 |
| CATV | $3,000 |
| Keren Chasanim of Saad L'Talmid | $3,000 |
| Kollel Avi Ezri Elad | $3,000 |
| Torah Center of Chestnut Ridge | $3,000 |
| Cong. Ahavas Tzedakah V'Chesed | $1,500 |
| American Friends of Ramat Bais Shemesh | $1,200 |
| Friends of Zichron Meir | $1,000 |
| Torah Center of America | $1,000 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Yosef Aryeh | $1,000 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Patterson | $500 |
| Botoshon | $360 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFriends of Brisker Yeshiva2× · 2022–2023 · $150k
- NANovominsk Alumnai Fund2× · 2022–2023 · $31k
- KAKollel Avi Ezri Elad3× · 2022–2024 · $11k
Funded once
- YTYeshiva Tiferes Chaim Aryehone grant, 2022 · $300k
- YTYeshivas Tiferes Chaim Aryehone grant, 2023 · $300k
- CACong. Adas Yaakov Novominskone grant, 2023 · $28k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2022–2024.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2022 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 50 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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