California · Private foundation
Kornwasser Charitable Foundation
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.
- $199k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- 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, 29% of the organizations Kornwasser Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 15 | $199k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $382k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $404k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $549k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $571k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $379k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $269k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 47 | $482k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council of Young Israel | $522,900 | 7 | n/a |
| Gemilos Chasodim Chasdei Moshe | $453,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $267,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Amidei Zion of Bobov Inc | $145,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Shekel Hakodesh | $145,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | $140,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $137,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles | $101,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Kollel - Los Angeles | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boca Jewish Center | $73,920 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council of Young Israel | $522,900 | 7 | n/a |
| Gemilos Chasodim Chasdei Moshe | $453,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $267,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Amidei Zion of Bobov Inc | $145,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Shekel Hakodesh | $145,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | $140,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $137,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles | $101,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Kollel - Los Angeles | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boca Jewish Center | $73,920 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore Inc | $36,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emek Hebrew Day School | $28,600 | 5 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Shaalvim Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Laniado Development Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Siksha Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Machne Bnos Square | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mikvah Yisroel | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Kollel Yechiel Yehuda | $14,400 | 4 | n/a |
| The Perutz Etz Jacob Hebrew Academy | $14,000 | 3 | 2% |
| West Coast Vaad Hachesed | $13,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hatzolah of Los Angeles | $10,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Bais Chesed La | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Torah Institute of Lakewood Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kedushat Zion | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Content Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinuch Yehudi Inc | $6,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Yeshiva of North Jersey | $6,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph School | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov School For Girls | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Torah | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharsheret Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc | $3,160 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Israel of North Beverly Hills | $2,600 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Imrei Emes I | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eirgun Baruch U Marpeh | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Emes | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Kahal Chasidism Shearis Yaakov | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aleph Institute Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Tzedakah Fund | $1,800 | 1 | 5% |
| Bobover Yeshivah Bnei Zion | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Torah and Nature Foundation | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Westwood Kehila | $1,720 | 3 | n/a |
| Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah Inc | $1,280 | 1 | 0% |
| Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beit Hayeled Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merkaz Hakolilim Dshikyn Square | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Toras Chesed Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivath Torah Vodaath | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($771k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kornwasser Charitable 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: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ojc Fund · Goldner Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Chavi F Hertz Foundation Inc · Hager Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jack and Gitta Nagel Foundation · Jay Morris Foundation Inc · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · The Alon and Rosana Miller Foundation · Rohcs Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Kornwasser Charitable Foundation
- How much does Kornwasser Charitable Foundation give?
- Kornwasser Charitable Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $198,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Kornwasser Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (57%), Arts & Culture (9%), Health (5%).
- Who are Kornwasser Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Council of Young Israel ($523k), Gemilos Chasodim Chasdei Moshe ($453k), Friends of United Hatzalah Inc ($268k).
- Does Kornwasser Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kornwasser Charitable 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 Kornwasser Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Ojc Fund, Goldner Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kornwasser Charitable Foundation based?
- Kornwasser Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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