New York · Private foundation
Nefesh Chaim Inc
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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,219
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,871
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Nefesh Chaim Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 5 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $18k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $28k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colel Chabad | $1,398 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills Inc | $1,144 | 1 | n/a |
| Ner Mordechai | $920 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kupat Ha'Ir | $395 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Etzion Incorporated | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Ohr Chanoch Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbinical Seminary of America | $178 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Nefesh Chaim Inc
- How much does Nefesh Chaim Inc give?
- Nefesh Chaim Inc reported 5 grants totaling $17,632 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Nefesh Chaim Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (56%), Religion (29%), International (1%).
- Who are Nefesh Chaim Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Colel Chabad ($1k), Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills Inc ($1k), Ner Mordechai ($920).
- Does Nefesh Chaim Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nefesh Chaim 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 Nefesh Chaim Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Nefesh Chaim Inc based?
- Nefesh Chaim Inc is based in NY.
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