New York · Private foundation
Joseph and Molly Bien 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.
- $138k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $88k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $47k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillels of Westchester Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 7% |
| America Gives Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lubavitch on the Palisades | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Kol Ami | $400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc
- How much does Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc give?
- Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $137,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (48%), Community Improvement (28%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Hadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc ($110k), Central Fund of Israel ($50k), Hillels of Westchester Inc ($40k).
- Does Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joseph and Molly Bien 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 Molly Bien Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc based?
- Joseph and Molly Bien Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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