New York · Private foundation
Mayer Handler 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $43k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $503k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Mayer Handler Foundation 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; $24k 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 | 16 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $79k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $94k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $93k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $110k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $226k | 96% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chonen Vnosen | $106,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Keren Vezer Inc Keren Ezer | $53,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Gemilas Chasudim Keren Eluzer Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Chaim Vachesed | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chayim V Chesed | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beirach Moshe Skillman Inc | $12,426 | 3 | n/a |
| Chaim V Chesed | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohr Yisroel Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Rav Chased | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Adas Yereim | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chonen Vnosen | $106,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Keren Vezer Inc Keren Ezer | $53,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Gemilas Chasudim Keren Eluzer Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Chaim Vachesed | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chayim V Chesed | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beirach Moshe Skillman Inc | $12,426 | 3 | n/a |
| Chaim V Chesed | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohr Yisroel Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Rav Chased | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Adas Yereim | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sheri Torah Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Yl South 8 | $5,365 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Gedoleh Ohr Yisroel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elef Hamugien | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beth Pinchas | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yagdil Torah | $3,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Beth Joseph | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beer Yitzchok Ad | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Toldos Chaim | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Adas Lemberg | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Binyan Yerushlaim | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Ohr Hamaier Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ateres Shlomo | $1,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Oseh Choyil Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Ateres Naftali Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keren Melamdim Dsatmar Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Sharei Yeshives | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cong Achiezer Ky | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hatzolah of Williamsburg Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), not named here.
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: The Ojc Fund · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc · The Lexicon Foundation Inc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Asm Family Charitable Foundation Trust · Kanfei Yoneh Foundation · Nimlach Foundation · Blum Foundation · The Schwartz Charitable Foundation Inc · I&S Foundation · Bochner Foundation
How this is measured
About Mayer Handler Foundation
- How much does Mayer Handler Foundation give?
- Mayer Handler Foundation reported 16 itemized grants totaling $43,388, out of $46,268 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Mayer Handler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (41%), Human Services (2%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Mayer Handler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Chonen Vnosen ($106k), Keren Vezer Inc Keren Ezer ($53k), Gemilas Chasudim Keren Eluzer Inc ($25k).
- Does Mayer Handler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mayer Handler 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 Mayer Handler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation, Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Mayer Handler Foundation based?
- Mayer Handler Foundation is based in NY.
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