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Robert J Ades 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.

$48k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
47%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,358
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,500
Organizations funded a year
15 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$745k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Robert J Ades Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving11$47k0%
FY202415$53k47%
FY202324$50k25%
FY202230$52k47%
FY202136$49k53%
FY202018$34k50%
FY201918$42k33%
FY201821$45k76%
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$245kHealth$46kRecreation & Sports$24kPhilanthropy$18kEducation$12kInternational$8kArts & Culture$7kHuman Services$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
NJ
CT
VA
MD
TN
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwell Health Inc$32,5002n/a
Shaare Zion of Great Neck Corp$28,7424n/a
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc$24,45070%
Sephardic Community Foundation$15,0004n/a
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$12,8274n/a
Temple Israel of the City of New York$12,6353n/a
Temple Beth Abraham$5,9509n/a
The Edmond J Safra Synagogue Inc$5,5943n/a
Congregation Beit Edmond$5,4003n/a
Kehilat Derech Yeshara Inc$4,3023n/a
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All grantees of Robert J Ades Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwell Health Inc$32,5002n/a
Shaare Zion of Great Neck Corp$28,7424n/a
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc$24,45070%
Sephardic Community Foundation$15,0004n/a
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$12,8274n/a
Temple Israel of the City of New York$12,6353n/a
Temple Beth Abraham$5,9509n/a
The Edmond J Safra Synagogue Inc$5,5943n/a
Congregation Beit Edmond$5,4003n/a
Kehilat Derech Yeshara Inc$4,3023n/a
The Sephardic Heritage Museum Inc$3,80020%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$3,07050%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$2,72020%
Mishkan Ha Am$2,7002n/a
Yeshiva University$2,60010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$2,30030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,10030%
Congregation Shaare Shalom Inc$1,8011n/a
Sparks Ppd Inc$1,80111%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,80020%
Dorot Inc$1,80040%
Hias Inc$1,50020%
Congregation Bnai Jeshurun$1,5001n/a
The Sephardic Food Fund Inc$1,3001n/a
Congregation Ahavat Torah$1,2261n/a
Congregation Edmond J Safra$1,0431n/a
Sephardic Relief Inc$1,0011n/a
Misaskim Corp$1,00110%
Chasdei Yitzchok$1,0011n/a
Sephardic Institute Sephardic Institute for Advanced Learning$1,00010%
Westchester Children's Association Inc$1,00020%
Share Our Strength$1,00020%
Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel Inc$9794n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley$90010%
Working in Support of Education Inc$80010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$75020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$70020%
Magen David Synagogue$6001n/a
American Museum of Natural History$60010%
United States Fund for Unicef$55010%
American Friends of Shehebar Sephardic Center Inc$50110%
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation$50010%
Smile Train Inc$50010%
Paws Crossed Animal Rescue Inc$50010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$40010%
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Inc$40010%
Bay Street Theatre Festival Inc$40010%
Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America Inc$32410%
Bet Am Shalom Synagogue$3061n/a
Larger Than Life USA Inc$25010%
LIFES ANGELS INC co Brett Dunne$25010%
The Jordan Porco Foundation$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert J Ades Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUntermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc: $24,450 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Sephardic Heritage Museum Inc: $3,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $3,070 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $2,720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYeshiva University: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of America: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSparks Ppd Inc: $1,801 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMisaskim Corp: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSephardic Institute Sephardic Institute for Advanced Learning: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Children's Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShare Our Strength: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorking in Support of Education Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Shehebar Sephardic Center Inc: $501 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Crossed Animal Rescue Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBay Street Theatre Festival Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America Inc: $324 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLarger Than Life USA Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFES ANGELS INC co Brett Dunne: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Jordan Porco Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY35.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jack D Cohen Foundation Inc · Isaac & Marjorie Gindi Foundation Inc · Chehebar Family Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · N'Ve Shalom Foundation Inc · The Mamiye Foundation Inc · I Chera & Sons Foundation Inc · The Ralph S Gindi Family Foundation · E R G Foundation · The Howard Hoffman & Sons Foundation Inc · The Setton Foundation

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.

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About Robert J Ades Foundation

How much does Robert J Ades Foundation give?
Robert J Ades Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $48,415 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Robert J Ades Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (60%), Health (11%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
Who are Robert J Ades Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwell Health Inc ($33k), Shaare Zion of Great Neck Corp ($29k), Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc ($24k).
Does Robert J Ades Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert J Ades 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 Robert J Ades Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jack D Cohen Foundation Inc, Isaac & Marjorie Gindi Foundation Inc.
Where is Robert J Ades Foundation based?
Robert J Ades Foundation is based in NY.

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 93 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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