California · Private foundation
Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten 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.
- $290k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 77%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,905
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $135,961
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 77% of the organizations Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $290k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $229k | 77% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $22k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $38k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $1.1M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $555k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gindi Maimonides Academy | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Chana UK Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $106,365 | 4 | n/a |
| Am Yisrael Chai Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Destiny Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Operation Benjamin Inc | $89,216 | 3 | 13% |
| The Gesher Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $31,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Seforim Blog Inc | $30,800 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gindi Maimonides Academy | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Chana UK Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Council of Young Israel | $106,365 | 4 | n/a |
| Am Yisrael Chai Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Destiny Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Operation Benjamin Inc | $89,216 | 3 | 13% |
| The Gesher Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $31,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Seforim Blog Inc | $30,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Yismach Moshe Institute | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tikvah Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Beit Orot Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles | $13,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Congregation Agudath Israel | $11,800 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Nishmat Inc | $11,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Beis Midrash of Queens | $10,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Yula High School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mikvah Society of Los Angeles | $6,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Shearith Israel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Fernando Valley Hebrew High School Valley Torah High School | $4,750 | 6 | n/a |
| Sharsheret Inc | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Rabbinical College of America | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Tifereth Zvi | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lahser Road Mikvah | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Circle | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Rinat Yisrael | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Hide and Seek Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Kindness | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohr Eliyahu Academy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $180 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($938k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Communal Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jay Morris Foundation Inc · Fjc · Davmarn Foundation · Jack and Gitta Nagel Foundation · Ryzman Foundation Inc · The Elishis Family Foundation · Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma
How this is measured
Compare Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation with peer funders
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About Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation
- How much does Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation give?
- Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $290,082 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (39%), Religion (34%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gindi Maimonides Academy ($250k), Friends of Chana UK Inc ($200k), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($150k).
- Does Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten 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 Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Jewish Federation Council of Greater La.
- Where is Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation based?
- Louis Kesten & Esther Kesten Foundation is based in CA.
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