New Jersey · Public charity
Oorah Inc
Oorah was established as a jewish outreach organization for the purpose of imparting education,values and traditions, as well as guidance and support, to children who lack access to these fundamentals. Oorah takes a holistic approach to its mission, utilizing jewish tradition to enhance every aspect of children's lives, the majority of…
- $10.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $777k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $667,150
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $219M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Oorah Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 | 4 | $742k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $2.0M | 71% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.5M | 86% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $28k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $50k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $238k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $306k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Oorah | $7,481,153 | 7 | n/a |
| Junk for Joy Inc | $1,384,134 | 1 | 59% |
| Kars 4 Kids Inc | $1,253,186 | 1 | 1% |
| Kollel International Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation of Spruce Street Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah Inc | $58,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Khal Bnei Torah Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Davis Memorial Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| People Who Care Inc | $23,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Tzur Foundation Inc | $17,800 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Oorah | $7,481,153 | 7 | n/a |
| Junk for Joy Inc | $1,384,134 | 1 | 59% |
| Kars 4 Kids Inc | $1,253,186 | 1 | 1% |
| Kollel International Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation of Spruce Street Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah Inc | $58,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Khal Bnei Torah Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Davis Memorial Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| People Who Care Inc | $23,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Tzur Foundation Inc | $17,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Cong Zichron Yisroel | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gemach Zichron Chana Gittel | $13,116 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshivath Radin | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivas Toras Zev Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Moreshet Bat Sheva - Orchot Yosher | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Zichron Yosef Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohavei Torah | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Kerem Bais Yaakov Seminary Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Staten Island Yeshiva Inc | $5,050 | 1 | n/a |
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 · Donors Fund Inc · The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Oorah Inc
- How much does Oorah Inc give?
- Oorah Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $777,200, out of $9,960,563 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Oorah Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (100%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are Oorah Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Oorah ($7.5M), Junk for Joy Inc ($1.4M), Kars 4 Kids Inc ($1.3M).
- Does Oorah Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Oorah Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Donors Fund Inc, The Ojc Fund.
- Where is Oorah Inc based?
- Oorah Inc is based in NJ.
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