New York · Private foundation
Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation
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.
- $89k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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 | 7 | $71k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $167k | 89% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $96k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $39k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $127k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $67k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomchei Torah | $43,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chasdei Uvois | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tzidkas Eretz Hakodesh | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Degel Hatorah Inc | $26,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Cong Sanz of Lakewood Inc | $26,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Hasc Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bais Pinchos Trisk Inc | $8,150 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth David | $7,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Tzoin Yosef Pupa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Chaverim Inc Dba Reyus | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomchei Torah | $43,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chasdei Uvois | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tzidkas Eretz Hakodesh | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Degel Hatorah Inc | $26,850 | 4 | n/a |
| Cong Sanz of Lakewood Inc | $26,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Hasc Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bais Pinchos Trisk Inc | $8,150 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth David | $7,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Tzoin Yosef Pupa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Chaverim Inc Dba Reyus | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Matbia Charities Inc | $3,568 | 1 | n/a |
| Prospect Park Yeshiva Inc | $3,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Airmont Shul | $2,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Cong-Yeshiva & Kollel Zichron Elimelach Inc | $1,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($375k), 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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation
- How much does Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation give?
- Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $89,278 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (65%), Philanthropy (9%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Tomchei Torah ($43k), Chasdei Uvois ($36k), Tzidkas Eretz Hakodesh ($30k).
- Does Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation 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 Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation based?
- Shulem and Chany Mermelstein Foundation is based in NY.
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