New York · Private foundation
The Kressel Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $136k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Kressel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $136k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $172k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $115k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $108k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $206k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $53k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $499k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | $622,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $250,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tzohar Israel Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $88,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | $51,136 | 5 | n/a |
| Westhampton Synagogue Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohr Torah Inc | $43,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Abraham Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | $622,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $250,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tzohar Israel Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $88,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | $51,136 | 5 | n/a |
| Westhampton Synagogue Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohr Torah Inc | $43,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Abraham Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| THE JAVNE FUND co ODONOGHUE & LAMB CPAS PLLC | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Nishmat Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends Circle Organization of Yeshiva Haramban U Beit Yossef Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Dorot Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kav LNoar Foundation | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| The Blue Card Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kressel Family Foundation 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 Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Fjc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Kressel Family Foundation
- How much does The Kressel Family Foundation give?
- The Kressel Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $135,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kressel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Religion (22%), International (21%).
- Who are The Kressel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Yeshiva University ($622k), Central Fund of Israel ($250k), Tzohar Israel Foundation ($100k).
- Does The Kressel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kressel Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kressel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Fjc.
- Where is The Kressel Family Foundation based?
- The Kressel Family Foundation is based in NY.
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