New Jersey · Private foundation
Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund
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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $12k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $32k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $72k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $47k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $50k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $35k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $46k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Ohel Moshe | $182,600 | 5 | 87% |
| Kolel Shary Limud | $39,550 | 9 | n/a |
| Keren Torah Vchesed | $23,500 | 4 | 20% |
| Kollel Bais Yisroel Inc | $19,500 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Nishmas Yisroel Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $12,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Ezrat Israel Inc | $6,800 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Mosdos Hakerem Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Yeshivas Novominsk | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohr Somayach International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Ohel Moshe | $182,600 | 5 | 87% |
| Kolel Shary Limud | $39,550 | 9 | n/a |
| Keren Torah Vchesed | $23,500 | 4 | 20% |
| Kollel Bais Yisroel Inc | $19,500 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Nishmas Yisroel Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $12,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Ezrat Israel Inc | $6,800 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Mosdos Hakerem Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Yeshivas Novominsk | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohr Somayach International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Schwartz Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivath Shearith Hapletah | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivath Torah Vodaath | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Hatzedaka Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gemach Zichron Moshe Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bikur Cholim of Manhattan Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Witness | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Misaskim Corp | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($191k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Mahir & Helene Reiss Foundation · George & Adele Klein Family Foundation · Terumah Foundation Inc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund
- How much does Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund give?
- Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund reported 5 grants totaling $12,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (94%), Education (3%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Friends of Ohel Moshe ($183k), Kolel Shary Limud ($40k), Keren Torah Vchesed ($24k).
- Does Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund 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 D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Mahir & Helene Reiss Foundation.
- Where is Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund based?
- Joseph D and Chaya Cohen Torah Fund is based in NJ.
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