Illinois · Private foundation
The Nikoh 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.
- $588k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2024
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $66,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Nikoh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 40 | $537k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $501k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $561k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $548k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $506k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $580k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $549k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $482k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $458,671 | 8 | 2% |
| Keshet | $385,940 | 8 | 1% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $380,036 | 8 | 0% |
| Leukemia Research Foundation | $350,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Bright Pink Nfp | $277,729 | 4 | 8% |
| Mishkan Chicago | $165,536 | 8 | n/a |
| Slingshot Fund Inc | $126,250 | 8 | 4% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $111,365 | 8 | 0% |
| Camp Kesem National | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Next Rung Inc | $95,000 | 7 | 21% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Nikoh 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 Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Marcus Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Fjc · The Selig Foundation Inc · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · Rose Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Upstart Bay Area
How this is measured
About The Nikoh Foundation
- How much does The Nikoh Foundation give?
- The Nikoh Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $587,655 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Nikoh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (50%), International (13%), Religion (11%).
- Who are The Nikoh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc ($459k), Keshet ($386k), American Friends of Hebrew University Inc ($380k).
- Does The Nikoh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nikoh 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 Nikoh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc.
- Where is The Nikoh Foundation based?
- The Nikoh Foundation is based in IL.
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