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Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc

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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$250,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 9
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$56M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving10$2.3M60%
FY20243$780k0%
FY20232$530k0%
FY20221$30k0%
FY20212$280k0%
FY20207$968k57%
FY20195$511k40%
FY20189$2.3M56%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.4MReligion$2.3MHealth$2.1MInternational$1.5MArts & Culture$1.2MPhilanthropy$727kRecreation & Sports$116kYouth Development$75kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rabbinical College of America$1,050,00035%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$1,007,20013%
Yeshiva University$1,006,00020%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$1,000,0004n/a
Birthright Israel Foundation$525,00020%
Nli USA Inc$300,0001n/a
American Friends Of Or National Missions$250,0001n/a
International March of the Living I$200,00011%
Kean University Foundation Inc$180,00060%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$180,00030%
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rabbinical College of America$1,050,00035%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$1,007,20013%
Yeshiva University$1,006,00020%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$1,000,0004n/a
Birthright Israel Foundation$525,00020%
Nli USA Inc$300,0001n/a
American Friends Of Or National Missions$250,0001n/a
International March of the Living I$200,00011%
Kean University Foundation Inc$180,00060%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$180,00030%
Community Synagogue of East Brunswick Inc$100,0002n/a
Trinitas Foundation$100,00012%
Teach for America Inc$100,00010%
The reThink Israel Initiative Inc$75,00014%
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$70,00030%
Central Fund of Israel$50,00010%
The Miryam Institute Inc$50,0001n/a
The Philanthropy Roundtable$40,00010%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$35,00010%
Jerusalem Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Israel Emergency Alliance$25,00010%
Young Scholars Institute Inc$25,0001n/a
Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Chabad Academy Inc$10,0001n/a
Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Fresh Air Fund$10,00010%
70 Faces Media Inc$10,00010%
Jewish Educational Center$10,0001n/a
Holocaust Resource Foundation$10,000110%
Georgetown University$5,00010%
Appeal of Conscience Foundation$5,0001n/a
United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston$5,0001n/a
The Allen-Stevenson School$3,00010%
Holocaust Museum Houston$2,50010%
Chabad House - Lubavitch Inc$2,5001n/a
The Benjamin Ferencz Institute for Ethics Human Rights and the Holocaust$1,8001n/a
Gottesman Rtw Academy$1,80010%
Is 89 Parents Teachers Association$1,00011%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$80010%

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRabbinical College of America: $1,050,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $1,007,200 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetYeshiva University: $1,006,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $525,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational March of the Living I: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKean University Foundation Inc: $180,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $180,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrinitas Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe reThink Israel Initiative Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetConnecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Philanthropy Roundtable: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJerusalem Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPhiladelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJackie Robinson Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget70 Faces Media Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHolocaust Resource Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetGeorgetown University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Allen-Stevenson School: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Museum Houston: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGottesman Rtw Academy: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIs 89 Parents Teachers Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 27.

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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 Wilf Family FoundationNJ24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Wilf Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Law Foundation Inc · The Z S & M Wilf Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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.

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About Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc

How much does Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc give?
Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $2,280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Religion (20%), Health (19%).
Who are Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rabbinical College of America ($1.1M), American Society for Yad Vashem Inc ($1.0M), Yeshiva University ($1.0M).
Does Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf 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 Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Wilf Family Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Law Foundation Inc.
Where is Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc based?
Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf Foundation Inc is based in NJ.

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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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