· Public charity
Star-K Certification Inc
Supervision of Kosher Products used by millions of people of all religions who choose to follow authentic Jewish Kosher Dietary guidelines.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $262k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $35,000 |
| MIKVAH OF BALTIMORE | $30,000 |
| AGUDATH ISRAEL OF BALTIMORE | $26,115 |
| AGUDATH ISRAEL OF MD | $25,000 |
| CHESWOLDE MIKVAH | $25,000 |
| YESHIVAS RABBI CHAIM BERLIN | $20,000 |
| BALTIMORE BAIS DIN INC | $19,500 |
| BAIS YAAKOV OF BALTIMORE | $16,000 |
| LAKEWOOD CHEDER | $15,675 |
| Individual grant recipient | $14,000 |
| ACHIM | $12,500 |
| SHIDDUCH CENTER OF BALTIMORE | $12,500 |
| REBBE TALMID INC | $11,000 |
| BNOS YISROEL OF BALTIMORE | $9,240 |
| NER ISRAEL RABBINICAL COLLEGE | $8,250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AIACHIM INC6× · 2018–2024 · $60k · revenue +15%
- LCLAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC4× · 2020–2024 · $56k · revenue +26%
- TBTIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC4× · 2019–2022 · $33k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- NCNATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG ISRAELone grant, 2022 · $100k
- CACONGREGATION AHAVAT SHALOM INCone grant, 2023 · $38k
- CYCONGREGATION YESHIVA GEDOLAH OF BAYONNE INCone grant, 2023 · $20k
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.
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.
Yeshiva chayei olam inc., was established for the purpose of having an orthodox jewish high school. the school teaches talumdic studies, talmudic jurasprudence, orthodox jewish ethics and the old testament. in addition, the school provides…
Operation of a parochial elementary school, providing education services to students
A school-section 170(b)(1)(a)(ii), operating from the preschool pre-k level through high school, and chartered ny the new york state education department and board of regents.
Providing secular and religious education for elementary and high school aged students
Religious Teaching
Educating students in jewish religious studies and prayers.
Parochial elementary school with a focus on sephardic tradition.
To operate a religious school for high school and post high school students.
To operate a high school offering religious instruction and general studies as well as a post high school program of talmudic studies. the school shall be run under the standards of orthodox jewish law and tradition.
School for providing jewish education
Operation of an educational institution for preschool and elementary school-aged children, providing both religous and secular education.
To provide religious Jewish education.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 41 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds TIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC ↗
- Who funds ME'OHR BAIS YAAKOV INC ↗
- Who funds REBBE TALMID INC KLEIN ↗
- Who funds EAST FLATBUSH RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FOR ↗
- Who funds JEWELS SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds The Shidduch Center of Baltimore Inc ↗
- Who funds MESIVTA OHR YISROEL INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH FUND FOR LEGAL EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE BIKUR CHOLIM INC ↗
- Who funds BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHEARIM TORAH HIGH SCHOOL 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.
Open a dossier: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · Center for Jewish Education Inc · The Alvin & Rose Berlin Foundation · Gutman Family Foundation Inc · The Tzedakah Fund · Foundation for the Preservation & Perpetuation of Torah Laws & Customs · Gemsy Zay Foundation Inc · The Hackerman Foundation Inc · The Sorala Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Star-K Certification Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Star-K Certification Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov Inc: 16% of income from government
- Mesivta Ohr Yisroel Inc: 8% of income from government
- Jewels School Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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