Colorado · Private foundation
Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust
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.
- $571k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,721
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $93,370
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 21
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 19 | $566k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $722k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $438k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $482k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $413k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $427k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Lev Avoth Inc Dba Yeshivas Nachlas Hatorah | $559,970 | 6 | n/a |
| Beth Medrash Govoha of America | $165,961 | 4 | n/a |
| Beth Jacob High School of Denver | $126,590 | 6 | 1% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $118,999 | 6 | 0% |
| Congregation Kollel Bais Sheftal Yekusiel | $76,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Vaad Harabbanim L'Inyanei Tzeduka Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hillel Academy | $64,341 | 3 | n/a |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $57,087 | 6 | n/a |
| Sheftal and Miriam Foundation | $57,087 | 6 | 98% |
| American Friends of Ohel Sarah Inc | $54,588 | 6 | 23% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Lev Avoth Inc Dba Yeshivas Nachlas Hatorah | $559,970 | 6 | n/a |
| Beth Medrash Govoha of America | $165,961 | 4 | n/a |
| Beth Jacob High School of Denver | $126,590 | 6 | 1% |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $118,999 | 6 | 0% |
| Congregation Kollel Bais Sheftal Yekusiel | $76,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Vaad Harabbanim L'Inyanei Tzeduka Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hillel Academy | $64,341 | 3 | n/a |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $57,087 | 6 | n/a |
| Sheftal and Miriam Foundation | $57,087 | 6 | 98% |
| American Friends of Ohel Sarah Inc | $54,588 | 6 | 23% |
| Denver Community Kollel | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Zera Abraham | $46,252 | 6 | n/a |
| Kollel Kinyan Torah Inc | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America | $22,835 | 6 | 0% |
| Degel Yerushalayim Cultural Fund | $19,125 | 2 | 22% |
| Yeshiva Toras Aron Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Living Kiddush Hashem Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Merkaz Torah Vchesed | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congreation Emunas Yisroel | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kahal Shaarei Tefillah | $7,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Aishel House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · The Ojc Fund · Harry H Beren Foundation Dib · Dancing Deer Foundation · Harry H Beren Foundation Zb · Mb Glassman Foundation · Ays Tzedakah Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · JEWISHColorado · The Zev and Susan Munk Family Foundation · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust
- How much does Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust give?
- Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust reported 20 grants totaling $571,040 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (77%), Education (7%), International (6%).
- Who are Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Congregation Lev Avoth Inc Dba Yeshivas Nachlas Hatorah ($560k), Beth Medrash Govoha of America ($166k), Beth Jacob High School of Denver ($127k).
- Does Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sheldon K Beren Charitable 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 Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, Harry H Beren Foundation Dib.
- Where is Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust based?
- Sheldon K Beren Charitable Trust is based in CO.
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