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Mns Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$342k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
—
States reached
$135k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.5MEducation$77kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kPhilanthropy$28kArts & Culture$3kYouth Development$2kFood & Nutrition$1kHuman Services$78Other$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $235,940, the rows itemized in this filing. The $341,820 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $105,880 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k9 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $135k
$4,000
Median grant
—
States reached
$14k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tomchei Tora BEretz Yisrael$134,540
EOM$32,000
KHZY$22,500
The Donors Fund$16,250
OJC$10,500
Tzur Foundation$6,150
Sorala Foundation$4,000
Mesivta Ohr Chaim Meir$3,500
Meon High School$3,000
Talmudical Acadamey of Phila$1,860
Yeshiva Gedolah Be'er Hatorah$600
Relief$500
MTJ$360
Tomchei Shabbos of Lakewood$180
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 14% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TALMUDICAL ACADAMEY OF PHILA: $3k → 22%BAIS RACHEL OF MONSEY: $3k → 14%OHR NAFTALI: $7k → 14%BAIS YAAKOV COUNCIL: $3k → 16%CONG KESSER TORAH: $5k → 20%EMEK HATORAH: $10k → 6%VARIOUS - SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $258k → 11%MESIVTA TIFERES TAZ: $5k → 12%OHR NAFTALI: $3k → 14%EMEK HATORAH: $7k → 6%VARIOUS - SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $187k → 11%MESIVTA TZVI ARYEH ZEMMEL: $5k → 12%GEMACH TORAS IMECHA: $41k → 11%KSAV SOFER: $33k → 20%GEMACH TORAS IMECHA: $40k → 11%YESHIVA OF GREATER MONSEY: $7k → 14%YESHIVA OHR YISROEL: $6k → 20%CONG BAIS MOSHE: $32k → 11%MESIVTA AHAVAS HATORAH: $5k → 14%YEHSIVA OHR YISROEL: $5k → 20%KHZY: $30k → 11%YESHIVA BAIS HACHINUCH: $3k → 14%EIN OD MILVADO ZICHRON BINYAMIN: $25k → 11%EIN OD MILVADO ZICHRON BINYAMIN: $24k → 11%BAIS HATALMUD: $5k → 20%CONG ZICHRON YAAKOV YESHAYA: $23k → 11%IGUD MOSDOS GUR: $11k → 20%KHZY: $20k → 11%THE DONORS FUND: $15k → 11%THE DONORS FUND: $14k → 11%OROS BAIS YAAKOV: $13k → 11%TASHBAR: $11k → 11%LAKEWOOD CHEDER: $9k → 11%CONG AHAVAS CHESED: $8k → 11%LAKEWOOD CHEDER: $8k → 11%TIFERES YISROEL: $8k → 11%YESHIVA BETH ISRAEL: $8k → 20%OROS BAIS YAAKOV: $7k → 11%YESHIVA CHEMDAS HATORAH: $6k → 11%KHAL CHASSIDIM: $6k → 11%TASHBAR: $6k → 11%TIFERES BAIS YAAKOV: $5k → 11%BNOS YAAKOV: $5k → 11%YESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $4k → 11%BNOS ORCHOS CHAIM: $4k → 11%YESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $3k → 11%BAIS HACHINUCH: $3k → 11%SCHI: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 53 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

53 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 43 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
69

Total granted

$1.2M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+51%

Still filing today

25%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23
EducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    CONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV OF LAKEWOOD
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +60%
  • LC
    LAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $17k · revenue +48%
  • MA
    Mesivta Ahavas Hatorah
    2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • KS
    Ksav Sofer Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
  • CG
    Cong. Gates of Mercy
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • TY
    TIFERES YISROEL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +932%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Yeshivat Or Hachaim of Lakewood Inc

Parochial elementary school with a focus on sephardic tradition.

Education
2
Yeshivas Ohr Hatorah Inc

Operation of a parochial elementary school, providing education services to students

Education
3
Meoros Bais Yaakov Inc

Operation of a parochial grade school in lakewood, new jersey.

Education
4
Yeshiva Nesivos Hatorah Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary school aged children.

Education
5
Cheder Toras Zev

Cheder toras zev operates a parochial grade school in lakewood, new jersey.

Education
6
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Inc

The organization operates a religious/parochial high school and college in lakewood, nj.

Unclassified
7
Yeshivat Yagdil Torah Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary school aged children.

Education
8
Yeshiva Toras Chaim of Greater Miami Inc

To operate a religious school for high school and post high school students.

Education
9
Cheder Shiras Hatorah Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary school aged children.

Education
10
Mesivta Ohr Yisroel Inc

Parochial secondary school.

Education
11
Bais Yaakov Girls High School of Minneapolis

Providing jewish and secular education for high school aged girls.

Education
12
Masores Bnos Yisroel Inc

Masores bnos yisroel is a religious elementary school providing quality education for the children of lakewood nj.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mesivta Meromei Tzvi Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ksav Sofer Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 127 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Tomchei Tora B'Eretz Yisrael: $433,755 · OtherTomchei Tora B'Eretz YisraelKHZY: $127,500 · OtherKHZYEOM: $87,000 · OtherEOMIndividual grant recipient: $80,050 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEIN OD MILVADO ZICHRON BINYAMIN: $49,350 · OtherThe Donors Fund: $47,750 · OtherOJC: $42,000 · Other+98 more: $375,855 · Other+98 moreCONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV OF LAKEWOOD: $20,000 · EducationLAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC: $16,600 · EducationMesivta Ahavas Hatorah: $7,400 · EducationTIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $7,000 · EducationYESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $6,950 · EducationBNOS ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $5,000 · EducationBAIS SHAINDEL: $3,350 · EducationBEIS HACHINUCH INC: $3,000 · EducationSERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE: $3,000 · Education+9 more: $17,375 · EducationKsav Sofer Inc: $33,000 · PhilanthropyDONORS FUND INC: $28,476 · PhilanthropyTIFERES YISROEL INC: $7,500 · PhilanthropyTOMCHEI SHABBOS D'LAKEWOOD INC: $1,300 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,243,260Education$89,675Philanthropy$68,976Food & Nutrition$1,300

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONORS FUND INC: $28,476 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV OF LAKEWOOD: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC: $16,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMesivta Ahavas Hatorah: $7,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $6,950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBNOS ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAIS SHAINDEL: $3,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH HIDDEN INTELLIGENCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBNOS BRACHA INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAIS TOVA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMESORAS HATORAH INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMESIVTA OF NORTH JERSEY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBET YAAKOV OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTALMUD TORAH BAIS AVROHOM INC: $1,425 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTOMCHEI SHABBOS D'LAKEWOOD INC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMESIVTA MEROMEI TZVI INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetATERES TZIPORA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBNOS MELECH OF LAKEWOOD INC: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF DARCHEI HASHLEIMUS INC: $769 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALUMNI OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KNESSETH ISRAEL OF SLABODKA KOWNA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Ksav Sofer Inc ↗
  • Who funds DONORS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV OF LAKEWOOD ↗
  • Who funds LAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds TIFERES YISROEL INC ↗
  • Who funds Mesivta Ahavas Hatorah ↗
  • Who funds TIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC ↗
  • Who funds BNOS ORCHOS CHAIM INC ↗

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 Ojc FundDonors Fund IncJewish Communal FundJack Adjmi Family Fou…Toras Chesed IncDirshu International …David Rosenbaum Famil…Ray & Sharon Haber Fo…Regina Goldwasser Fou…Zichron Btz Tzedakah …Jewish Community Foun…Lakewood Cheder Schoo…
The Ojc FundNY39.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Donors Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Toras Chesed Inc · Dirshu International Inc · David Rosenbaum Family Foundation · Ray & Sharon Haber Foundation Inc · Regina Goldwasser Foundation · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Lakewood Cheder School Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mns Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mns Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Bnos Melech of Lakewood Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Tiferes Bais Yaakov Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Mesoras Hatorah Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Chayei Olam: 10% of income from government
  • Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Bnos Bracha Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Bais Tova Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Orchos Chaim Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Tiferes Yisroel Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Beis Hachinuch Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mns Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mns Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 127 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $258k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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