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The Elishis Family Foundation at a glance

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The Elishis Family 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
78
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$349k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$4.0MEducation$1.3MPhilanthropy$397kHealth$255kHuman Services$254kInternational$222kFood & Nutrition$113kArts & Culture$78kOther$0
02FY2024 · 78 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k50 grants · $149k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $407k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $583k
  • $250k+1 grant · $349k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLEL CHABAD$348,600
ADAS TORAH$107,979
WEST COAST KOLLEL (GITTA NAGEL YU COMMUNITY KOLLEL)$100,000
CONGREGATION YESHIVA BAIS YITZCHOK$100,000
YAVNEH HEBREW ACADEMY$67,000
TOMCHEI SHABBOS$58,000
YESHIVA KEREN ORAH$50,000
MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL$50,000
MIKVAH SOCIETY OF LOS ANGELES$50,000
CHAI LIFELINE$49,900
THE TZEDAKAH FUND$38,000
KAHAL CHASIDIM SHE'ARIS YAAKOV$36,000
YULA HIGH SCHOOLS TRUSTEE SOCIETY$36,000
NETZACH FOUNDATION$30,600
JOIN$30,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $132k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MY SOLDIER: $2k → 6%NETZACH FOUNDATION: $31k → 11%YAD CHAYA INC: $5k → 6%YAD CHAYA INC: $2k → 6%NETZACH FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%CONG BAIS HATAVSHEL MBRESLOV INC: $2k → 20%GEMACH OF JACKSON: $500 → 11%GEMACH OF JACKSON: $500 → 11%GEMACH OF JACKSON: $500 → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER: $180 → 11%GEMACH OF JACKSON: $100 → 11%BONEI OLAM: $25k → 20%KEREN ACHIEZER: $36k → 14%KEREN ACHIEZER: $18k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MD
AZ
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 64 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

64 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
100

Total granted

$5.7M
$932k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+31%

Still filing today

41%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $386k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalEducationHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TF
    TZEDAKAH FUND
    6× · 2019–2024 · $250k · revenue +918% · 31% of their budget
  • YH
    YULA HIGH SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $119k · revenue +114%
  • OB
    OUR BIG KITCHEN LOS ANGELES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $98k · revenue +531%

Funded once

  • CF
    Central Fund of Israelgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +98%
  • CT
    CONGREGATION TIFERES SHULEM D NADVORNA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -59%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Sherit Isroel
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3
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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4
University of Judaism Foundation
—
5
Shaarei Halacha Inc
Philanthropy
6
Chabad Lametayel Inc

encourage and facilitate the observance of traditional orthodox Jewish practices around the world.

—
7
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
8
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
9
Yad Yosef Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Ohel Yakov Foundation
—
11
Vaad Hapula Inc

Support jewry in Israel

Religion
12
The Keren Rachaim Fund
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opendor Media Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Essas Family Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

72 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. 72 of the 206 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/72
Grantees still filing
39/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLEL CHABAD: $1,508,600 · OtherCOLEL CHABADYAVNEH HEBREW ACADEMY: $1,201,044 · OtherYAVNEH HEBREW ACADEMYADAS TORAH: $489,683 · OtherADAS TORAHWEST COAST KOLLEL (GITTA NAGEL YU COMMUNITY KOLLEL): $300,000 · OtherTOMCHEI SHABBOS: $282,500 · OtherTZEDAKAH FUND: $249,900 · Other+142 more: $1,869,895 · Other+142 moreMERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $68,000 · ReligionEFRAT DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION USA INC: $50,000 · ReligionOPENDOR MEDIA INC: $50,000 · ReligionGindi Maimonides Academy: $38,000 · ReligionAmerican Friends of Puah Inc: $18,600 · ReligionFRIENDS OF JHUBLA: $10,000 · Religion+11 more: $30,740 · ReligionCentral Fund of Israel: $100,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $100,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $18,000 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $15,000 · International+4 more: $10,860 · InternationalJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $81,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $40,500 · PhilanthropyTHE TRAVELING PRESS FUND INC: $37,800 · PhilanthropyIMPACT FORUM FOUNDATION: $28,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERS CHARITY FUND FOR ISRAEL: $16,000 · PhilanthropyCHASDEI DOVID ELIMELECH INC: $8,600 · Philanthropy+4 more: $19,300 · PhilanthropyYULA HIGH SCHOOL: $118,800 · EducationYeshiva Ketana of Los Angeles: $13,800 · EducationMaor Academy LA Inc: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $5,760 · EducationKeren Achiezer Inc: $54,000 · Human ServicesTHE NETZACH FOUNDATION INC: $36,310 · Human ServicesBonei Olam Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesYAD CHAYA INC: $6,800 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 · Human Services+4 more: $7,380 · Human ServicesOUR BIG KITCHEN LOS ANGELES: $98,200 · Food & NutritionHelping Hands Food Ko Op Inc: $8,200 · Food & Nutrition
Other$5,901,622Religion$265,340International$243,860Philanthropy$231,200Education$148,360Human Services$134,490Food & Nutrition$106,400

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTZEDAKAH FUND: $249,900 over 6y, 31% of budgetYULA HIGH SCHOOL: $118,800 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOUR BIG KITCHEN LOS ANGELES: $98,200 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $88,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $81,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTeachers On Fire: $71,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetMERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $68,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHAYAL EL CHAYAL INC: $55,835 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKeren Achiezer Inc: $54,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetEFRAT DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION USA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetOPENDOR MEDIA INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $40,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRAVELING PRESS FUND INC: $37,800 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE NETZACH FOUNDATION INC: $36,310 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIMPACT FORUM FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMAGEN AM USA INC: $25,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBonei Olam Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $20,060 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Puah Inc: $18,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH RECORDS INDEXING-POLAND: $18,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPARTNERS CHARITY FUND FOR ISRAEL: $16,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYeshiva Ketana of Los Angeles: $13,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMaor Academy LA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JHUBLA: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSOLDIERS SAVE LIVES CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHASDEI DOVID ELIMELECH INC: $8,600 over 2y, 20% of budgetHelping Hands Food Ko Op Inc: $8,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTORAH LIVE INC: $7,800 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYAD CHAYA INC: $6,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMACHON IYUN HALACHA INC: $6,300 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetThe Essas Family Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Ayelet Hashachar: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEZER MIZION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYESHIVAS D'VAR TORAH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ERETZ HEMDAH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $4,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $4,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: $3,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR THE RESOLUTION OF AGUNOT INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEHRHAUS CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMYE CHESED FUND INC: $3,600 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetKingston Mikva Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
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.

  • Who funds TZEDAKAH FUND ↗
  • Who funds YULA HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR BIG KITCHEN LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Teachers On Fire ↗
  • Who funds MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL ↗
  • Who funds CHAYAL EL CHAYAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Keren Achiezer Inc ↗
  • Who funds EFRAT DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION USA INC ↗
  • Who funds OPENDOR MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Gindi Maimonides Academy ↗
  • Who funds THE TRAVELING PRESS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NETZACH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT FORUM FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foun…The Ojc FundJack Adjmi Family Fou…Jewish Communal FundHager FoundationAssociated Jewish Cha…Donors Fund IncJewish Federation Cou…The Dennis Berman Fam…The Jmg FoundationThe Jimmy and Berta K…The Praw Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA55.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Hager Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Donors Fund Inc · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · The Dennis Berman Family Foundation Inc · The Jmg Foundation · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable Foundation · The Praw Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Elishis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Elishis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Helping Hands Food Ko Op Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 206 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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