Florida · Private foundation
The Jesra 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.
- $323k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Jesra Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 17 | $323k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $337k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $265k | 69% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $103k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $123k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $138k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $344k | 69% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $297k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairleigh Dickinson University | $197,052 | 5 | 0% |
| Open Future Institute | $135,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $120,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Takreem USA Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Lebanese American University | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American University of Beirut | $99,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lau Health Foundation Inc | $73,670 | 3 | 6% |
| Rene Moawad Foundation | $72,000 | 2 | 5% |
| American Task Force on Lebanon Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Saint Joseph's University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($590k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jesra 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: The Raymond Debbane Family Foundation · Ahmar Family Foundation · Ghassan & Manal Saab Foundation · Arab Community Center for Economic and S · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Miami Foundation Inc · The Levant Foundation · Bitar Foundation Inc · Anthony Abraham Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · California Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Jesra Foundation Inc
- How much does The Jesra Foundation Inc give?
- The Jesra Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $322,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Jesra Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Education (27%), International (20%).
- Who are The Jesra Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fairleigh Dickinson University ($197k), Open Future Institute ($135k), Save The Children Federation Inc ($121k).
- Does The Jesra Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jesra 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 Jesra Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Raymond Debbane Family Foundation, Ahmar Family Foundation, Ghassan & Manal Saab Foundation.
- Where is The Jesra Foundation Inc based?
- The Jesra Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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