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Keren Ish Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$764k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
67%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,600
Largest grant, FY2024
$363,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 113
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Keren Ish Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $313k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesEducationOther
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
FY2024still arriving34$764k62%
FY20236$422k67%
FY20227$240k57%
FY20213$172k67%
FY20204$28k0%
FY2019113$245k35%
FY2018101$292k39%
FY2017113$416kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.5MPhilanthropy$587kEducation$348kInternational$34kHuman Services$15kHealth$7kCrime & Legal$1kEnvironment$1kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pledger Charitable Ltd$498,00021%
Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas$210,0002n/a
Cong Heichel Duvid Inc$90,0001n/a
Zichron Avoseinei$60,0002n/a
Cong Toldos Refuel Kasho$59,0002n/a
Kahal Toldos Tzvi Dspinka$49,0002n/a
Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc$30,3003n/a
Kolell D Chasidei Belz$25,0001n/a
Tov Vchesed$21,5703n/a
Rav Chesed$21,5003n/a
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All grantees of Keren Ish Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pledger Charitable Ltd$498,00021%
Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas$210,0002n/a
Cong Heichel Duvid Inc$90,0001n/a
Zichron Avoseinei$60,0002n/a
Cong Toldos Refuel Kasho$59,0002n/a
Kahal Toldos Tzvi Dspinka$49,0002n/a
Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc$30,3003n/a
Kolell D Chasidei Belz$25,0001n/a
Tov Vchesed$21,5703n/a
Rav Chesed$21,5003n/a
Gemach Chesed Avreichem Inc$20,0001n/a
Yeshiva Meor Enaim$14,0003n/a
Yeshivas Nehardue Inc$13,6002n/a
Cong Bais Chana$12,8602n/a
Kollel Yetev-Lev of Jerusalem$10,5003n/a
Gemach Keren Hillel Inc$10,0002n/a
Congregation Bais Moshe of Koruv Inc$10,0001n/a
Vayoel Moshe Corp$10,0002n/a
Congregation Gomel Chesed$10,0001n/a
Mikvah Ramou$9,3001n/a
Bnos Yerushlayim$8,30024%
Chayim V Chesed$7,82030%
Cong Shaar Naftula$7,5001n/a
Bais Chuna$7,1801n/a
Congregation Givas Pinchus D Kapish$7,0001n/a
Kol Simcha$7,0001n/a
Congregation Tiv Leivov Inc$6,8602n/a
Mosdos Buhush Inc$6,1003n/a
Bayis Lepleitos - Ateres Bonos Inc$6,00030%
Cong Bnei Aryah Inc$6,0001n/a
Cong Tiferes Moshe Inc$5,1001n/a
Elef Hamugien$5,0001n/a
Khal Adas Paye$4,7604n/a
Congregation Zichron Refoel Inc$4,0003n/a
Kollel Sharei Tzion Lmetzyonim$3,6001n/a
Yetev-Lev D Jerusalem Inc$3,6001n/a
Keren Yagdil Torah$3,0803n/a
Cong Meor Eiynayim Inc$3,0002n/a
Mosdos Ramou$3,0003n/a
Hisachdus Avreichem of Yetev Lev$3,0003n/a
Congregation Atzei Chaim Siget$2,8703n/a
Livnaiyisroel$2,5001n/a
Emet Veshalom Inc$2,4002n/a
Congregation Yl South 8$2,2802n/a
Congregation Yismach Moshe Kj$2,0001n/a
United Mosdos Torah Veyirah Yerusholyim Inc$1,7001n/a
Cong Divrei Eliezer$1,7002n/a
Cong Zichron Naftuli Inc$1,5003n/a
Malbish Zvi Dkrula$1,5001n/a
Bnos Chayil$1,5001n/a
Chevra Tzedoka V Chesed$1,0803n/a
Congregation Zichron Moshe Inc$1,0603n/a
Bais Yakov Hayushun Inc$1,0002n/a
Mosdos Satmar Bp Inc$1,0001n/a
Congregation Beer Hachesed$1,0001n/a
O a E Pinsk Karlin Inc$1,00010%
Yeshiva Imrei Yosef$1,0001n/a
Ohr Chodosh Inc$1,00011%
Mosdos Satmar of Bloomingburg$7802n/a
Haichel Yeshaye Inc$7202n/a
Mosdos Yetev Lev of Antwerp Inc$5001n/a
Cong Noam Elimelech Lizensk$5001n/a
Bais Chinuch Lbonois Inc$5001n/a
Beis Yosef Chaim Inc$50010%
Talmud Torah Beth Yechiel$5001n/a
Kollel Tiferes Yaakov Yosef$5001n/a
Toras Moshe Institute$5001n/a
Kapayim Inc$50010%
Imrei Yehuda Sekelhid$5001n/a
Nevei Hachesed$5001n/a
Mifal Chesed Inc$4503n/a
Ladies Bikur Cholim Dsatmor$3601n/a
Lubavitch of West Palm Beach Inc$3601n/a
Eim Beyisroel Inc$3601n/a
Bikur Cholim of West Palm Beach Inc$36025%
Bais Moshe Vaharon$3602n/a
Bais Dovid$3601n/a
Keren Torah Vchesed$3601n/a
Congregation Chasadim Tovim Inc$3601n/a
Cong Sharei Ezra Inc$3602n/a
Mifal Ezra Zichron Yehide$3601n/a
Belz Institutions of Lakewood Inc$2001n/a
Talmud Torah Tzfat Inc$18010%
Keren Vezer Inc Keren Ezer$1801n/a
Cong Kehal Adas Nasaud$1801n/a
Achiezer Community Resource Center Inc$18010%
Kolel Asike Shmatasa$1801n/a
Congregation Toldos Yehuda Inc$1801n/a
Chasdei Rivka$1001n/a
The Jewish Center for Special Education$1001n/a
Regional Bikur Cholim$1001n/a
Yeshivas Ohr Hatorah Inc$7210%
Chasdei Tovim Meoros Inc$541n/a

Plus 129 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Keren Ish Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPledger Charitable Ltd: $498,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBnos Yerushlayim: $8,300 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetChayim V Chesed: $7,820 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBayis Lepleitos - Ateres Bonos Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetO a E Pinsk Karlin Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOhr Chodosh Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBeis Yosef Chaim Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKapayim Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBikur Cholim of West Palm Beach Inc: $360 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetTalmud Torah Tzfat Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAchiezer Community Resource Center Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYeshivas Ohr Hatorah Inc: $72 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 12.

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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 Ojc FundNY80.6× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · The Lexicon Foundation Inc · Chayim V Chesed · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · I&S Foundation · Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc · Strulovich Family Foundation Trust · Nimlach Foundation · S&E Foundation · Blum Foundation · Hf Foundation · A&E Hauer Family Foundation

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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How do I get to Keren Ish Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Keren Ish Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Keren Ish Foundation

How much does Keren Ish Foundation give?
Keren Ish Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $763,652 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 113 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Keren Ish Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (13%).
Who are Keren Ish Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pledger Charitable Ltd ($498k), Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas ($210k), Cong Heichel Duvid Inc ($90k).
Does Keren Ish Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Keren Ish Foundation 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 Keren Ish Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, The Lexicon Foundation Inc, Chayim V Chesed.
Where is Keren Ish Foundation based?
Keren Ish Foundation is based in NY.

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 223 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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