New York · Private foundation
Meor Hachaim 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.
- $149k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $134,119
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $134,119
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $36k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Meor Hachaim Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $149k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cong Mateh Ahron Inc | $134,119 | 1 | n/a |
| Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz of Boro Park Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pupa Yeshiva | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Kollel Beirach Moshe | $1,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Ohel Torah | $800 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), 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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Meor Hachaim Foundation
- How much does Meor Hachaim Foundation give?
- Meor Hachaim Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $149,119 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Meor Hachaim Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (66%), Arts & Culture (32%).
- Who are Meor Hachaim Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cong Mateh Ahron Inc ($134k), Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan ($40k), Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz of Boro Park Inc ($10k).
- Does Meor Hachaim Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Meor Hachaim 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 Meor Hachaim Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Meor Hachaim Foundation based?
- Meor Hachaim Foundation is based in NY.
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