New York · Private foundation
The Avi Chai 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.
- $16M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,565,346
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,565,346
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $375M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Avi Chai Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $16M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $17M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $12M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $10M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $16M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc | $2,500,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc | $1,000,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Jewish Funders Network | $217,500 | 2 | 1% |
| 70 Faces Media Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The George Washington University | $86 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($68M), not named here.
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About The Avi Chai Foundation
- How much does The Avi Chai Foundation give?
- The Avi Chai Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $16,205,346 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Avi Chai Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (72%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The Avi Chai Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc ($2.5M), Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc ($1.0M), Jewish Funders Network ($218k).
- Does The Avi Chai Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Avi Chai 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.
- Where is The Avi Chai Foundation based?
- The Avi Chai Foundation is based in NY.
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