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Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
50
Grants FY2024
54
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$750,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 54
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$14M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $711k 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
ReligionArts & CultureEducationInternationalPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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 arriving47$2.0M9%
FY202354$2.4M37%
FY202240$1.9M3%
FY202140$1.7M35%
FY202034$1.3M47%
FY201944$1.4M61%
FY201826$1.3M65%
FY201727$1.3Mn/a
84% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$4.7MCivil Rights$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.8MEducation$996kInternational$980kArts & Culture$830kPublic Benefit$655kCommunity Improvement$445kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL

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
A More Perfect Union$825,0003n/a
Honeymoon Israel Foundation Inc$606,25072%
Upstart Bay Area$430,00055%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$350,48560%
Hazon Inc$339,22042%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$326,93031%
Resetting the Table Inc$290,00052%
Institute for the Next Jewish Future Injf$235,000557%
M2 the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education$223,00048%
Mechon Hadar$214,0003n/a
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All grantees of Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
A More Perfect Union$825,0003n/a
Honeymoon Israel Foundation Inc$606,25072%
Upstart Bay Area$430,00055%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$350,48560%
Hazon Inc$339,22042%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$326,93031%
Resetting the Table Inc$290,00052%
Institute for the Next Jewish Future Injf$235,000557%
M2 the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education$223,00048%
Mechon Hadar$214,0003n/a
Pardes Incorporated$200,0004n/a
Join for Justice Inc$180,00054%
Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc$175,00053%
Sh'Ma Institute$173,711289%
Impact Cubed$170,00064%
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$165,00045%
The Jewish Studio Project$160,00047%
The Inheiritance Project Ltd$158,830435%
Jewish Scholastic Press Association$157,500447%
The One America Movement$150,00033%
Keshet Inc$138,00071%
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College$136,0007n/a
At the Well Project Inc$125,60035%
Svara$125,00033%
Onetable Inc$125,00031%
Union for Reform Judaism$115,0003n/a
Wilderness Torah$102,50044%
Chautauqua Foundation Inc$100,00011%
The Ayin Institute Inc$100,000212%
Theatre Dybbuk$90,000310%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$89,6402n/a
Board of Jewish Education Inc$85,00031%
Jews United for Justice Inc$83,00041%
Center for American Progress$82,00040%
T'Ruah$80,00032%
Let It Ripple Inc$70,0001n/a
Bamidbar$60,00027%
Moving Traditions$60,00012%
Jewish Enrichment Center$60,0002n/a
Jewish Women International$60,00022%
Sefaria Inc$57,85023%
Moishe House$57,00020%
Council of American Jewish Museums Inc$53,000217%
Hebrew College$50,18030%
Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Educ Cent Inc$50,0001n/a
Mitzva Matzos$50,0001n/a
Bimbam$50,000213%
Kavod vNichum$50,000215%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$50,00011%
Storahtelling Lab Shul Inc$50,00013%
Jewish Council for Public Affairs Inc$50,00012%
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc$45,00011%
Sacred Spaces$45,00022%
Asylum Arts Inc$30,00015%
Ayeka Ltd$30,00017%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$30,00020%
The Witness Institute$30,00019%
Mayberg Family Charitable Foundation$25,00011%
Natan Foundation$20,00011%
Jewish Funders Network$20,00010%
American Jewish Historical Society$20,00011%
Dimensions Educational Consulting$15,00012%
Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation$15,0001n/a
Center for Creative Change$10,00011%
Jewish Farm School$2,50011%
Dorot Inc$18010%
Knoxville Jewish Alliance Inc$18010%
Gmiluth Chasodim (The Hebrew Free Loan Association)$1801n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHoneymoon Israel Foundation Inc: $606,250 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetUpstart Bay Area: $430,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $350,485 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHazon Inc: $339,220 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetThe Shalom Hartman Institute of North America: $326,930 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetResetting the Table Inc: $290,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetInstitute for the Next Jewish Future Injf: $235,000 over 5y, 57% of budgetM2 the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education: $223,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetJoin for Justice Inc: $180,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetInstitute for Jewish Spirituality Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetSh'Ma Institute: $173,711 over 2y, 89% of budgetImpact Cubed: $170,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetPhilanthropy for Active Civic Engagement: $165,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetThe Jewish Studio Project: $160,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetThe Inheiritance Project Ltd: $158,830 over 4y, 35% of budgetJewish Scholastic Press Association: $157,500 over 4y, 47% of budgetThe One America Movement: $150,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetKeshet Inc: $138,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAt the Well Project Inc: $125,600 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetSvara: $125,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetOnetable Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWilderness Torah: $102,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetChautauqua Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Ayin Institute Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTheatre Dybbuk: $90,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetBoard of Jewish Education Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJews United for Justice Inc: $83,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCenter for American Progress: $82,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetT'Ruah: $80,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetBamidbar: $60,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetMoving Traditions: $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJewish Women International: $60,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSefaria Inc: $57,850 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetMoishe House: $57,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCouncil of American Jewish Museums Inc: $53,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHebrew College: $50,180 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBimbam: $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetKavod vNichum: $50,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetFoundation for Jewish Camp Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetStorahtelling Lab Shul Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetJewish Council for Public Affairs Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSacred Spaces: $45,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetAsylum Arts Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetAyeka Ltd: $30,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Witness Institute: $30,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetMayberg Family Charitable Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 56.

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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 Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph FoundationCA60.9× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Covenant Foundation · Fjc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · Upstart Bay Area · Circle of Service Foundation · The Righteous Persons 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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About Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah

How much does Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah give?
Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah reported 50 grants totaling $2,986,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Civil Rights (13%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: A More Perfect Union ($825k), Honeymoon Israel Foundation Inc ($606k), Upstart Bay Area ($430k).
Does Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation, Covenant Foundation, Fjc.
Where is Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah based?
Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah is based in OH.

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 132 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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