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Jay Morris Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$524k
Granted FY2024still arriving
67
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.7MPhilanthropy$406kEducation$219kHealth$118kInternational$72kHuman Services$51kCivil Rights$25kArts & Culture$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k52 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $267k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $175k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$96k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHR ELIYAHU ACADEMY$75,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
WEST COAST KOLLEL$50,000
JEWISH FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY$39,250
KOLLEL-LOS ANGELES$39,000
CHABAD TREATMENT CENTER$35,500
MESORAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION$28,100
BONEI OLAM$25,380
CHABAD OF NORTH BEVERLY HILLS$21,250
SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE$18,000
CONGREGATION THE WOODS INC$15,000
BEVERLY HILLS JEWISH COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE$14,800
CHABAD SUNSET STRIP$10,400
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ICHH-INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE HAR HAZEITIM$10,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ATIME: $500 → 20%ATIME: $500 → 20%ATIME: $500 → 20%ATIME: $500 → 20%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZERB'EZRI: $1k → 11%BONEI OLAM: $25k → 20%BONEI OLAM: $18k → 20%BONEI OLAM: $18k → 20%BONEI OLAM: $18k → 20%BONEI OLAM: $18k → 20%ATIME: $180 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $500 → 20%BONEI OLAM: $180 → 20%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $2k → 14%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $2k → 14%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $1k → 14%YESHIVAS BEIS DOVID: $180 → 20%GLOBAL KINDNESS: $523 → 14%BAIS CHESED LA: $500 → 14%KEREN ACHIEZER: $500 → 14%KEREN ACHIEZER: $500 → 14%MARBEH TZEDAKA: $2k → 14%MARBEH TZEDAKA: $198 → 14%MARBEH TZEDAKA: $100 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 87 repeat orgs$474k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

87 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 51 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

87
97

Total granted

$2.1M
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+28%

Still filing today

26%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GO
    GATEWAYS ORGANIZATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $226k · revenue +22%
  • MH
    MESORAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $112k · revenue +71%
  • BO
    Bonei Olam Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $98k · revenue +195%

Funded once

  • MS
    MIKVAH SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • TF
    TZUR FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $36k · revenue +63%
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.

04Its 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
Sherit Isroel
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3
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
4
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Chabad Lametayel Inc

encourage and facilitate the observance of traditional orthodox Jewish practices around the world.

—
6
The Nochim & Rivka Zeldes Foundation
—
7
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
8
Zicron Eliyahu Inc
—
9
Ohr Olam Corp

publish religious books

Religion
10
Chevras Shabbos Kodesh Podcast Fellowship
Religion
11
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
12
Gemilas Chesed Kramer Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mesorah Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Tzedakah Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

54 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. 54 of the 217 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
35/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OHR ELIYAHU ACADEMY: $419,934 · OtherOHR ELIYAHU ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $203,650 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMIKVAH SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES: $100,000 · OtherCHABAD OF SUNSET STRIP: $80,020 · OtherCHABAD OF NORTH BEVERLY HILLS: $77,438 · OtherAMIT: $71,000 · Other+155 more: $977,523 · Other+155 moreGATEWAYS ORGANIZATION INC: $226,100 · ReligionGATEWAYS ORGANIZA…Kollel - Los Angeles: $119,060 · ReligionKollel - Los Ange…TZUR FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 · ReligionTZUR FOUNDATION I…+11 more: $16,874 · ReligionMESORAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $112,459 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,873 · Arts & CultureBonei Olam Inc: $98,460 · Human ServicesGLOBAL KINDNESS: $5,106 · Human Services+6 more: $6,658 · Human ServicesYESHIVA DAY SCHOOL OF LAS VEGAS: $12,200 · EducationBNOS BRACHA INC: $11,500 · EducationMESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $10,000 · EducationBais Yaakov School For Girls: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationBIKUR CHOLIM: $9,680 · HealthCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,500 · HealthGIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $540 · HealthONE ISRAEL FUND LTD: $2,540 · InternationalYAD EZRA V'SHULAMIT: $2,450 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 · InternationalEZER MIZION: $680 · International
Other$1,929,565Religion$398,034Arts & Culture$116,332Human Services$110,224Education$36,700Health$11,720International$9,670

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGATEWAYS ORGANIZATION INC: $226,100 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetKollel - Los Angeles: $119,060 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMESORAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $112,459 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $98,460 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTZUR FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTZEDAKAH FUND: $31,900 over 5y, 37% of budgetYESHIVA DAY SCHOOL OF LAS VEGAS: $12,200 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBNOS BRACHA INC: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $10,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL KINDNESS: $5,106 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCHABAD ON CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $3,693 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYad L Talmid: $3,388 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetONE ISRAEL FUND LTD: $2,540 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYAD EZRA V'SHULAMIT: $2,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $2,180 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBais Yaakov School For Girls: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHAAREI CHESED OF LA: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARBEH TZEDAKAH: $1,798 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KOLLEL TEFILLAT MOSHE NFP: $1,095 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NEWS SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeren Achiezer Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA: $680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEZER MIZION: $680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $540 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAIS CHESED LA: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KUPAT HA'IR: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChayenu Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALVIN S MINTZES HATZALAH OF BALTIMORE INC: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGENESIS 123 FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLev Hachnasat Orchim Inc DBA Lev LA: $190 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBNEI AKIVA OF LOS ANGELES: $186 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAS BEIS DOVID INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Coast Vaad Hachesed: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHATZOLAH OF LOS ANGELES: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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 GATEWAYS ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Kollel - Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds MESORAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bonei Olam Inc ↗
  • Who funds TZUR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TZEDAKAH FUND ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA DAY SCHOOL OF LAS VEGAS ↗
  • Who funds BNOS BRACHA INC ↗

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 AngelesCA69.3× affinity39 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 · Goldner Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Chavi F Hertz Foundation Inc · Ryzman Foundation Inc · The Rav-Noy Family Foundation Inc · Hager Foundation · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Rohcs Family Foundation Inc · The Alon and Rosana Miller Foundation · Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation · The Ojc Fund

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 Jay Morris Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jay Morris Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Bnos Bracha Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Mesorah Heritage Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Jay Morris Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Jay Morris Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 217 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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