California · Private foundation
Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $147k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $8,600
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $73,039
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $175k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $147k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $350k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $505k | 74% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $303k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $258k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $86k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tikvah-Etta and Lazear Israel Center for the Developmentally Disabled | $64,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Congregation Levy Yitz Chak | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bikur Cholim | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Jewish Center | $14,190 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel | $11,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Los Angeles | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Ahavath Shalom Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magen Am USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tikvah-Etta and Lazear Israel Center for the Developmentally Disabled | $64,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Congregation Levy Yitz Chak | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bikur Cholim | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad Jewish Center | $14,190 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel | $11,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Los Angeles | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Ahavath Shalom Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magen Am USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Avigdors Helping Hand Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tzur Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Breslov Lakewood Inc | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Aleph Institute Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Coast Vaad Hachesed | $6,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Beis Medrash of Hancock Park | $5,770 | 1 | n/a |
| The Wild Horse Foundation Inc | $5,463 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Torah V Chesed | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Misaskim Corp | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Kollel Yechiel Yehuda | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc
- How much does Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc give?
- Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $147,409 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Religion (38%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Tikvah-Etta and Lazear Israel Center for the Developmentally Disabled ($64k), Congregation Levy Yitz Chak ($30k), Bikur Cholim ($21k).
- Does Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc 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 Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Communal Fund, Hager Foundation.
- Where is Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc based?
- Joel Bess Charity Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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