Florida · Private foundation
Shema Yisrael Inc
TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE SPIRITUAL, EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL AND MATERIAL WELL BEING OF THOSE IN NEED. 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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $72,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Shema Yisrael Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 4 | $90k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $67k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $97k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $116k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $109k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $57k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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 Simcha | $385,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Aventura Shul Corp | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Shuva Israel Aventura Inc | $42,210 | 3 | n/a |
| Me-Yad Jewish Outreach Program Chabad of Golden Beach Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Midrash Shmuel Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shema Yisrael Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lifequest Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Elementary Inc | $9,850 | 2 | 0% |
| Yitav Lev Charity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chizuk Hatorah Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Lev Simcha | $385,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Aventura Shul Corp | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Shuva Israel Aventura Inc | $42,210 | 3 | n/a |
| Me-Yad Jewish Outreach Program Chabad of Golden Beach Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Midrash Shmuel Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shema Yisrael Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lifequest Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Elementary Inc | $9,850 | 2 | 0% |
| Yitav Lev Charity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chizuk Hatorah Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tzedaka Center Miami | $3,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Beis Moshiaj Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Center of Kendall Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosdot Shuva Israel | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Hatzalah South Florida Emergency Medcial Services Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Netive Ezra Corp | $1,030 | 1 | 0% |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Netivos Olam | $900 | 1 | 1% |
| The Kesher Connection Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shema Yisrael Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Shema Yisrael Inc
- How much does Shema Yisrael Inc give?
- Shema Yisrael Inc reported 4 grants totaling $90,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Shema Yisrael Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (90%), Human Services (2%), Health (2%).
- Who are Shema Yisrael Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Congregation Lev Simcha ($385k), Aventura Shul Corp ($55k), Shuva Israel Aventura Inc ($42k).
- Does Shema Yisrael Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shema Yisrael Inc 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 Shema Yisrael Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc.
- Where is Shema Yisrael Inc based?
- Shema Yisrael Inc is based in FL.
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