New York · Private foundation
Rachels Foundation
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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,967
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $795k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Rachels Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $119k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $64k | 82% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $35k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cong Sdei Yakov Inc | $182,920 | 4 | n/a |
| Global Center of Skver | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chelkainy Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kupath Chasanim | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Achiezer Ky | $5,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Bonei Tomashov | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Yad Ltalmid Inc | $2,980 | 2 | 0% |
| Bais Levi Yitzchok Inc | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Tiferes Bais Zwehil | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($324k), 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 · The Gds Foundation · Mezritch Foundation · Mtw Services Inc · Torah & Chesed Fund · The Pillars Trust · The Light of Chaim Foundation · Cco Services · Ani Mamin Foundation · Dove Holdings · Schonfeld Tzodoko Fund · Lodz Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About Rachels Foundation
- How much does Rachels Foundation give?
- Rachels Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $36,762 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rachels Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Philanthropy (31%).
- Who are Rachels Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cong Sdei Yakov Inc ($183k), Global Center of Skver ($18k), Chelkainy Inc ($17k).
- Does Rachels Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rachels 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 Rachels Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, The Gds Foundation, Mezritch Foundation.
- Where is Rachels Foundation based?
- Rachels Foundation is based in NY.
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