New Jersey · Private foundation
Shemen Foundation Inc
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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $73k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Shemen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 | $23k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $78k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $89k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $49k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $95k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $35k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $37k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Toldos Yakov Yosef | $104,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Ner Yisroel Inc | $65,286 | 5 | n/a |
| Kahal Mekor Chaim | $45,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Shemen Lmincha Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Ohr Somayach Inc | $11,750 | 1 | 36% |
| Congregation Bnei Luzer Inc | $11,732 | 1 | n/a |
| Bnos Orchos Chaim Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Binyan Torah Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | $9,783 | 1 | 0% |
| Kolel Shomre Hachomos of Jerusalem Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Toldos Yakov Yosef | $104,800 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Ner Yisroel Inc | $65,286 | 5 | n/a |
| Kahal Mekor Chaim | $45,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Shemen Lmincha Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Ohr Somayach Inc | $11,750 | 1 | 36% |
| Congregation Bnei Luzer Inc | $11,732 | 1 | n/a |
| Bnos Orchos Chaim Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Binyan Torah Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | $9,783 | 1 | 0% |
| Kolel Shomre Hachomos of Jerusalem Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Eitz Chaim Inc | $9,050 | 2 | n/a |
| Keren Hatzedaka Inc | $5,267 | 3 | 0% |
| Tiferes Bais Yaakov Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Tiferes Shulem Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Tova Inc | $4,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Tzur Foundation Inc | $4,174 | 2 | 0% |
| Talmud Torah Bais Avrohom Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Congregation Mishkan Techeskel | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ivuhem Nehega Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charidy Inc | $1,811 | 1 | 5% |
| Congregation Toldos Yehuda Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Simchas Chaim Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Adas Vien Inc | $1,485 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Yisroel | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Yisroel Inc | $1,095 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Torah Inc | $1,075 | 1 | 0% |
| Govoah Special Projects Inc | $1,048 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($77k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Shemen Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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.
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How this is measured
About Shemen Foundation Inc
- How much does Shemen Foundation Inc give?
- Shemen Foundation Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $25,097, out of $36,718 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Shemen Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Philanthropy (11%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are Shemen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Congregation Toldos Yakov Yosef ($105k), Congregation Ner Yisroel Inc ($65k), Kahal Mekor Chaim ($45k).
- Does Shemen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shemen Foundation 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 Shemen Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Donors Fund Inc, Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Shemen Foundation Inc based?
- Shemen Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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