New York · Private foundation
The Bff 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $90,552
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $425,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $28M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Bff Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 9 | $886k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.1M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.5M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.6M | 61% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.1M | 70% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $1.4M | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateways Organization Inc | $855,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Ahavat Yisroel Humanity Inc | $470,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Pinnacle Rtc | $452,760 | 5 | 8% |
| M y Keren Hashluchim Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc | $350,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Special Children Center | $300,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Bobov 45 | $250,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Khal Yehuda Leib | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mesivta Ateres Yaakov of Greater Long Island | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateways Organization Inc | $855,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Ahavat Yisroel Humanity Inc | $470,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Pinnacle Rtc | $452,760 | 5 | 8% |
| M y Keren Hashluchim Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohel Childrens Home & Family Services Inc | $350,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Special Children Center | $300,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Bobov 45 | $250,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Khal Yehuda Leib | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mesivta Ateres Yaakov of Greater Long Island | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Tiferet Moshe Betzalel Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Ohr Naava | $147,276 | 1 | 53% |
| Khal Ichud Chasidim | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Sanz | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hall of Honor | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Lmaan Arad | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Shmuel Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Midwood Hebrew Day School | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Ohr Yitzchok | $36,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation & Gmach Zichron Shlomo | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Agudath Israel of Madison | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kehilas Moreshes Yaakov | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bobbies Place Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aleph Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Meor Hatorah Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bff Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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.
Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Moshe & Simi Mehlman Charitable Foundation Inc · Eisenberg Family Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Fjc · Allen I Gross Charitable Foundation · The Nathan and Marilyn Silberman Fdn · Friends of Mosdot Goor · Maalot · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About The Bff Foundation Inc
- How much does The Bff Foundation Inc give?
- The Bff Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $1,176,781 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Bff Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Philanthropy (37%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are The Bff Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Gateways Organization Inc ($855k), Ahavat Yisroel Humanity Inc ($470k), The Pinnacle Rtc ($453k).
- Does The Bff Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bff 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 The Bff Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Moshe & Simi Mehlman Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Bff Foundation Inc based?
- The Bff Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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