New York · Private foundation
Sefn Trust
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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $47k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,134
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $107
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Sefn Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | $47k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $44k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $45k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $43k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $61k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $19k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $54k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $47k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Mugein Imoisheya | $77,900 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Sharei Yeshives | $35,827 | 6 | n/a |
| Pupa Yeshiva | $29,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chaim Lechag Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohr Shrage Tzvi | $12,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Machne Ohel Moshe Dkrasna | $10,291 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Talmidim | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nojovits Family Charity Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Congregation Yerias Shloima Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Mugein Imoisheya | $77,900 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Sharei Yeshives | $35,827 | 6 | n/a |
| Pupa Yeshiva | $29,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chaim Lechag Inc | $20,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohr Shrage Tzvi | $12,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Machne Ohel Moshe Dkrasna | $10,291 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Talmidim | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nojovits Family Charity Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Congregation Yerias Shloima Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Soro Bohel Inc | $5,442 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesed Hey Yud Vov | $5,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Congregation Darkei Tshivo of Dinov | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosdos Satmar Bp Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $4,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Cong Simcha Vnachas | $3,072 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Yetev Lev Wallabout | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chayim V Chesed | $1,827 | 7 | 0% |
| Congregation Yisroel Vhazmanim | $1,600 | 7 | n/a |
| Cong Bekios Hatorah | $1,070 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Chonen Vnosen | $750 | 8 | n/a |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($96k), 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 · Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc · Strulovich Family Foundation Trust · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · Bti Foundation Inc · Asm Family Charitable Foundation Trust · U&R Foundation · J & R Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Sefn Trust
- How much does Sefn Trust give?
- Sefn Trust reported 5 itemized grants totaling $46,881, out of $65,731 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sefn Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (65%), Food & Nutrition (5%), Philanthropy (2%).
- Who are Sefn Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Keren Mugein Imoisheya ($78k), Congregation Sharei Yeshives ($36k), Pupa Yeshiva ($29k).
- Does Sefn Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sefn Trust 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 Sefn Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc, Strulovich Family Foundation Trust.
- Where is Sefn Trust based?
- Sefn Trust is based in NY.
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