California · Private foundation
The Dore Orenstein 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.
- $128k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 25 | $125k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $127k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $134k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $136k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $129k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation | $201,245 | 5 | 2% |
| Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School | $56,300 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wood River Jewish Community Inc | $31,747 | 5 | n/a |
| Peninsula Sinai Congregation | $18,726 | 5 | n/a |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Study Network | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Yeka Girls | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Secure Community Network Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shorashim Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation | $201,245 | 5 | 2% |
| Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School | $56,300 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wood River Jewish Community Inc | $31,747 | 5 | n/a |
| Peninsula Sinai Congregation | $18,726 | 5 | n/a |
| Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Study Network | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Yeka Girls | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Secure Community Network Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shorashim Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad Np | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $1,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | $1,680 | 3 | 0% |
| American Zionist Movement Inc | $1,620 | 5 | 0% |
| Keshet | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Abilitypath | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Emanuel | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism | $540 | 3 | n/a |
| Dallas Torah Institute | $540 | 1 | n/a |
| Meira Academy | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($241k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc
- How much does The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc give?
- The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $127,608 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Religion (23%), International (14%).
- Who are The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation ($201k), Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School ($56k), The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ($50k).
- Does The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dore Orenstein 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 Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc based?
- The Dore Orenstein Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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