New York · Private foundation
The Miriam and Esther 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $68,980
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations The Miriam and Esther Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 11 | $95k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $118k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $105k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $87k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $69k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $36k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas | $419,570 | 8 | n/a |
| Cong Shtibel 45th Inc | $12,410 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Shlomo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bnos Malke Belz | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong & Kolel Ohel Yesochor Dchasedi Belz | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rav Chesed | $3,440 | 5 | n/a |
| Cong Ohel Yehoshua of Belz | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Machne Chaim Inc | $2,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Imcha Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Cong Boruch Yecheskel Inc | $1,360 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas | $419,570 | 8 | n/a |
| Cong Shtibel 45th Inc | $12,410 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Shlomo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bnos Malke Belz | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong & Kolel Ohel Yesochor Dchasedi Belz | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Rav Chesed | $3,440 | 5 | n/a |
| Cong Ohel Yehoshua of Belz | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Machne Chaim Inc | $2,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Imcha Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Cong Boruch Yecheskel Inc | $1,360 | 2 | n/a |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bais Yehuda Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nachlas Yitzchok | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Ahavas Chesed | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($194k), not named here.
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 · Rodef Chesed DBA Ahavas Chesed · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Miriam and Esther Foundation
- How much does The Miriam and Esther Foundation give?
- The Miriam and Esther Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $94,585 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Miriam and Esther Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (79%), Education (3%), International (2%).
- Who are The Miriam and Esther Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas ($420k), Cong Shtibel 45th Inc ($12k), Congregation Zichron Shlomo ($10k).
- Does The Miriam and Esther Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Miriam and Esther 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 Miriam and Esther Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Rodef Chesed DBA Ahavas Chesed, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Miriam and Esther Foundation based?
- The Miriam and Esther Foundation is based in NY.
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