New Jersey · Private foundation
Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc
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.
- $729k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k 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 | 9 | $729k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $327k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $310k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $283k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $233k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $131k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $221k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $65k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moriah School of Englewood | $618,134 | 7 | 1% |
| Aish Global Inc | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ahavath Torah | $264,391 | 8 | n/a |
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy | $122,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Bobbies Place Inc | $92,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Englewood Torah Center Inc | $81,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad House Bowery Inc | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ezrat Israel Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Jerusalem International YMCA | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Frisch School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moriah School of Englewood | $618,134 | 7 | 1% |
| Aish Global Inc | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ahavath Torah | $264,391 | 8 | n/a |
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy | $122,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Bobbies Place Inc | $92,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Englewood Torah Center Inc | $81,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad House Bowery Inc | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ezrat Israel Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Jerusalem International YMCA | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Frisch School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sharing Seats Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chevra Kadisha of Englewood | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($518k), 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Fjc · The Lee and Cheryl Lasher Family Foundation Inc · The Daniel E and Joyce G Straus Family Foundation · M D Katz Foundation Inc · Kolatch Family Foundation · David & Esther Muschel Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc
- How much does Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc give?
- Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $728,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Religion (22%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Moriah School of Englewood ($618k), Aish Global Inc ($500k), Congregation Ahavath Torah ($264k).
- Does Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc 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 Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc, The Lee and Cheryl Lasher Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc based?
- Meyer Orbach Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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