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Sheena Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$219kFood & Nutrition$97kEducation$31kHealth$15kPhilanthropy$7kHuman Services$5kCivil Rights$650International$329Other$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$180
Median grant
3
States reached
$513k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONG BNOS YAAKOV$5,000
KOLLEL HORA'AH OF AMERICA$1,000
YESHIVA YESODEI HATORAH$950
LAKEWOOD CHEDER$680
OHR NOSSON$500
TASHBAR OF LAKEWOOD$400
Individual grant recipient$300
CONGREGATION KOL ARYEH$225
CHUPPA$180
Individual grant recipient$180
YESHIVA NETZACH HATORAH$180
MORESHES BAIS YAAKOV$150
Individual grant recipient$125
AUDITORY ORAL SCHOOL OF NEW YORK$100
STFA FOUNDATION$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHASDEI SHIMON: $21k → 11%CHASDEI SHIMON: $18k → 11%CHASDEI SHIMON: $15k → 11%CHASDEI SHIMON: $14k → 11%CHASDEI SHIMON: $11k → 11%MISASKIM: $1k → 20%MISASKIM: $1k → 20%MISASKIM: $1k → 20%CHASDEI SHIMON: $10k → 11%MISASKIM: $1k → 20%CHASDEI SHIMON: $5k → 11%CHASDEI SHIMON: $4k → 11%SPECIAL CHILDRENS CENTER: $260 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
DE
NC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$297k · 26 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
61

Total granted

$297k
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+9%

Still filing today

38%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CS
    CHASDEI SHIMON INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $97k · revenue +226%
  • YT
    YESHIVA TIFERES TORAH INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $16k · revenue +24%
  • TY
    THE YALDEINU SCHOOL
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • SL
    SEMINAR LMOROS BAIS YAAKOV
    one grant, 2019 · $11k
  • TF
    TZUR FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Yeshiva Toras Chaim of Greater Miami Inc

To operate a religious school for high school and post high school students.

Education
2
Yeshivat Yagdil Torah Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary school aged children.

Education
3
Mesivta Keren Orah

To conduct and maintain a religious school in accordance with the tenets, traditions and precepts of the orthodox jewish faith.

Education
4
Yeshiva Nesivos Hatorah Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary school aged children.

Education
5
Yeshiva Shaar Hatalmud

Providing jewish education to high school age students.

Education
6
Yeshiva Keter Torah Inc

Providing secular and religious education for elementary and high school aged students

Education
7
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
8
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
9
Yeshiva Bais Mordechai of Teaneck

To provide religious Jewish education.

Education
10
Yeshivat Or Hachaim of Lakewood Inc

Parochial elementary school with a focus on sephardic tradition.

Education
11
Cheder Shiras Hatorah Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary school aged children.

Education
12
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Inc

The organization operates a religious/parochial high school and college in lakewood, nj.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yeshiva Ohr Yehuda Inc; the most unlike its peers is Misaskim Corp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 100 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KOLLEL HORAAH OF AMERICA INC: $59,000 · OtherKOLLEL HORAAH OF AMERICA INCCONG BAIS YOSEPH HALEVI INC: $40,000 · OtherCONG BAIS YOSEPH HALEVI INCCONGREGATION LEV SIMCHA: $19,200 · OtherCONGREGATION LEV SIMCHAYESHIVA TIFERES TORAH INC: $15,585 · OtherYESHIVA TIFERES TORAH INCBNOS YAAKOV: $11,980 · OtherSEMINAR LMOROS BAIS YAAKOV: $10,900 · OtherYESHIVA SHAAREI TORAH: $10,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+61 more: $51,228 · Other+61 moreCHASDEI SHIMON INC: $97,400 · Human ServicesCHASDEI SHIMON INCMISASKIM CORP: $3,500 · Human Services+1 more: $260 · Human ServicesTHE YALDEINU SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationTHE YALDE…LAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC: $7,441 · EducationLAKEWOOD …ADERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $6,000 · EducationADERES BA…CONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC: $5,000 · EducationCONGREGAT…YESHIVA OHR YEHUDA INC: $2,650 · EducationYESHIVA O…+5 more: $1,870 · Education+5 moreTZUR FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 · ReligionCAMP HASC INC: $3,600 · Religion+7 more: $825 · ReligionOHR NOSSON INC: $4,940 · PhilanthropySHUVU RETURN INC: $1,750 · Philanthropy+1 more: $180 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESER BNAI TORAH: $360 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BNOT TORAH INSTITUTE: $189 · InternationalNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $180 · InternationalKOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM: $149 · InternationalSTFA FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Public BenefitCHAI LIFELINE INC: $100 · Health
Other$228,493Human Services$101,160Education$32,961Religion$14,925Philanthropy$6,870International$878Public Benefit$100Health$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHASDEI SHIMON INC: $97,400 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetYESHIVA TIFERES TORAH INC: $15,585 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTZUR FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YALDEINU SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC: $7,441 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetADERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF NEVE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOHR NOSSON INC: $4,940 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP HASC INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISASKIM CORP: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA OHR YEHUDA INC: $2,650 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHUVU RETURN INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $960 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNACHLAS BAIS YAAKOV: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESER BNAI TORAH: $360 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBET YAAKOV OF THE JERSEY SHORE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BNOT TORAH INSTITUTE: $189 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNE EMAN FOUNDATION USA: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKESER DOVIDINC: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMESORAS HATORAH INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM: $149 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIZMAN TORAH SOLUTIONS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AUDITORY ORAL SCHOOL OF NY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH TORAH LINKS INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYSHARIM INC: $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CHASDEI SHIMON INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA TIFERES TORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds TZUR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YALDEINU SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ADERES BAIS YAAKOV INC ↗
  • Who funds CONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF NEVE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds OHR NOSSON INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HASC INC ↗
  • Who funds MISASKIM CORP ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA OHR YEHUDA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHUVU RETURN INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC ↗

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.

The Ojc FundJewish Communal FundDonors Fund IncThe Sorala FoundationNational Society for …Zichron Chaim Charity…Zichron Btz Tzedakah …Jack Adjmi Family Fou…Jsp Family FoundationThe Jonathan & Esther…Joe & Eileen Sutton F…The Fishoff Family Fo…
The Ojc FundNY40.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Donors Fund Inc · The Sorala Foundation · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jsp Family Foundation · The Jonathan & Esther B Rosenberg Foundation · Joe & Eileen Sutton Family Foundation · The Fishoff Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sheena Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sheena Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mesoras Hatorah Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Orchos Chaim Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Special Children Center: 5% of income from government
  • Tashbar of Lakewood Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Tiferes Torah Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Ohr Yehuda Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Nachlas Bais Yaakov: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Sheena Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sheena Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 100 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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