Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $287k
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $157,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $336k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 17 | $287k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $333k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $424k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $400k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $467k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $548k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $483k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown Jewish Centre | $163,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy | $115,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Philadelphia Orchestra Association | $110,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $87,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lower Merion Synagogue | $28,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Samuel D Cozen Memorial Fund | $25,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Institute for Jewish & Community Research DBA Bechol Lashon | $19,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Chabad Lubavitch of the Main Line Inc | $18,000 | 7 | n/a |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Erlbaum Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Saramar Charitable Fund · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Katz Family Charitable Trust · The Snider Foundation · Georgejack & Joan Shuster Foundation Inc C/O Gail Norry · The Kestenbaum Family Foundation · Rittenhouse Foundation · The Specter Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation
- How much does Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation give?
- Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $287,200 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (35%), Education (26%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Germantown Jewish Centre ($163k), Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy ($115k), Philadelphia Orchestra Association ($111k).
- Does Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erlbaum Family Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, The Saramar Charitable Fund.
- Where is Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation based?
- Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation is based in PA.
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