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The Ohr Hakotel Foundation at a glance

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The Ohr Hakotel Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.9M
Granted FY2020
68
Grants FY2020
7
States reached
$591k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2020.

Religion$2.6MPhilanthropy$657kFood & Nutrition$285kInternational$142kHealth$122kHuman Services$101kEducation$82kHousing & Shelter$25kOther$0
02FY2020 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k30 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $392k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Rabinowitz Institute Inc$591,315
Jewish Communal Fund$521,000
National Society for Hebrew Day Schools$200,000
Cong Chasdei Lev$150,000
Central Fund of Israel$102,000
Tomchei Shabbos Lakewood Inc$100,000
Tomche Shabbos of Rockland County$100,000
Yad Avraham of New York Inc$80,000
New Springville Jewish Center Cong$77,000
American Friends of ALYN Hospital$65,000
Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan$60,000
AF of Rabbinical College of Telzstone$50,000
Congregation & Yeshiva Ohel Yaakov$50,000
Food for Families$50,000
Congregation Tifereth Moshe$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $226k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Chasday Naomi USA Friends: $9k → 16%Israel Medical Fund Corp: $1k → 17%Avigdors Helping Hand Inc: $2k → 13%Chasday Naomi USA Friends: $4k → 16%Chai4Ever: $30k → 11%Keren Zichron Moshe TR: $20k → 17%Keren Zichron Moshe TR: $10k → 17%Zichron Avrohom Vesther Fund: $2k → 14%Chai4Ever: $4k → 11%Yad Menachem Letinok Inc: $1k → 17%Hillel of Rockland County: $11k → 14%Hillel of Rockland County: $10k → 14%Food for Families: $50k → 20%Relief Resources: $25k → 20%Kimpatorin Aid Inc: $18k → 20%Renewal of Life: $18k → 20%Kimpatorin Aid Inc: $12k → 20%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
MI
NY
OH
NJ
CT
RI
MD
GA
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 32 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
99

Total granted

$1.3M
$659k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+26%

Still filing today

44%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WS
    WEST SIDE KOLLEL TORAH CENTER
    2× · 2019–2020 · $128k · revenue +191% · 63% of their budget
  • TS
    TOMCHE SHABBOS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $122k · revenue +127%
  • CY
    CHASDEI YISROEL INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $115k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • MB
    MESILAS BAIS YAAKOV
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF YAD NAFTALI
    one grant, 2019 · $40k · revenue -2%
  • AO
    AF of Yad Eliezer Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $28k
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
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
3
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
4
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

—
5
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
6
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
7
American Friends of Shviti Hashem Inc

To support and promote the study of torah (bible) among members of jewish faith worldwide.

Religion
8
American Friends of Hamesorah Talmud Torah Inc

Charity and education in u.s. and israel

—
9
Kollel Nefesh Hachaim Inc
Education
10
Yeshiva Beit Rafael

Religious & charitable- to provide funds to enable the study of torah.

Philanthropy
11
American Friends of Amaleh Shel Torah Inc

None

Education
12
Sherit Isroel
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chasdei Yisroel Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp Extreme D/B/a Project Extreme. 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

68 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. 68 of the 167 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
63/68
Grantees still filing
51/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New Springville Jewish Center Cong: $160,500 · OtherNew Springville Jewish Center CongCONG CHASDEI LEV: $150,000 · OtherCONG CHASDEI LEVYAD AVRAHAM OF NEW YORK INC: $105,000 · OtherYAD AVRAHAM OF NEW YORK INCMESILAS BAIS YAAKOV: $100,000 · OtherMESILAS BAIS YAAKOVYESHIVA KETANA OF MANHATTAN: $100,000 · OtherYESHIVA KETANA OF MANHATTANKNESSETH BAIS YAAKOV: $70,000 · Other+106 more: $843,960 · Other+106 moreTHE RABINOWITZ INSTITUTE INC: $627,205 · ReligionTHE RABINOWITZ INSTITUTE INCNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS: $200,000 · ReligionNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DA…WEST SIDE KOLLEL TORAH CENTER: $128,000 · ReligionWEST SIDE KOLLEL TORAH CENTERFRIENDS OF YAD NAFTALI: $39,600 · Religion+14 more: $83,643 · Religion+14 moreJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $537,130 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL FUN…CHASDEI YISROEL INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyCHASDEI YISROEL INC+8 more: $53,154 · Philanthropy+8 moreFOOD FOR FAMILIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCHAI 4EVER INC: $33,600 · Human ServicesKEREN ZICHRON MOSHE TRUST: $30,000 · Human ServicesKIMPATORIN AID INC: $29,800 · Human ServicesRELIEF RESOURCES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHILLEL OF ROCKLAND COUNTY INC: $20,500 · Human ServicesRENEWAL OF LIFE INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesCHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $13,000 · Human Services+4 more: $5,850 · Human ServicesTOMCHE SHABBOS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY INC: $122,000 · Food & NutritionTOMCHEI SHABBOS D'LAKEWOOD INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionCentral Fund of Israel: $107,020 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $65,000 · International+1 more: $1,800 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RCT INC: $50,000 · EducationBETH MEDRASH GOVOHA OF LAKEWOOD INC: $18,000 · EducationSHEMIRAS SEDORIM INC: $13,000 · EducationSHULAMITH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS OF BROOKLYN: $7,300 · EducationKEREN YEHOSHUA V'YISROEL: $5,200 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NESIVOS HATORAH: $3,600 · Education+4 more: $8,000 · Education
Other$1,529,460Religion$1,078,448Philanthropy$705,284Human Services$225,750Food & Nutrition$222,000International$173,820Education$105,100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE RABINOWITZ INSTITUTE INC: $627,205 over 1y, 46% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND: $537,130 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWEST SIDE KOLLEL TORAH CENTER: $128,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetTOMCHE SHABBOS OF ROCKLAND COUNTY INC: $122,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHASDEI YISROEL INC: $115,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $107,020 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTOMCHEI SHABBOS D'LAKEWOOD INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $65,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RCT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD FOR FAMILIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF YAD NAFTALI: $39,600 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMESORAH INC: $35,890 over 1y, 10% of budgetCHAI 4EVER INC: $33,600 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKEREN ZICHRON MOSHE TRUST: $30,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetKIMPATORIN AID INC: $29,800 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBL GIRLS TOWN JERUSALEM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRELIEF RESOURCES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TZOHAR: $24,116 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetHILLEL OF ROCKLAND COUNTY INC: $20,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MESHI INC: $18,254 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKEREN HAYESHIVOT TRUST: $18,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBETH MEDRASH GOVOHA OF LAKEWOOD INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRENEWAL OF LIFE INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWest Side Hatzoloh: $18,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHEMIRAS SEDORIM INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHASDAY NAOMI USA FRIENDS: $13,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF MANHATTAN INC: $12,900 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetHINENI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBEER HAGOLAH INSTITUTES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHULAMITH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS OF BROOKLYN: $7,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ZICHRON KELEM OF JERUSALEM IN: $5,800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKEREN YEHOSHUA V'YISROEL: $5,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KESHER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Rinat Aharon: $3,600 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR DAYANIM: $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKamenitzer Yeshiva of Jerusalem: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NESIVOS HATORAH: $3,600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MIGDAL TORAH INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABBI MEIR SCHUSTERS HERITAGE HOUSE INC: $2,600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetZICHRON ELIYAHU INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMesivta Ahavas Hatorah: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNER AVRAHAM INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEER HACHAIM INC: $1,800 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAVIGDORS HELPING HAND INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

The Ojc FundJack Adjmi Family Fou…Jewish Communal FundThe Jmg FoundationThe Weiskopf Family F…National Society for …Donors Fund IncAssociated Jewish Cha…Jewish Community Foun…Marbeh Shalom Foundat…Zichron Chaim Charity…The Adjmi-Dwek Founda…
The Ojc FundNY77.4× affinity85 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Jmg Foundation · The Weiskopf Family Foundation · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Donors Fund Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Marbeh Shalom Foundation Inc · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · The Adjmi-Dwek Foundation Inc

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 Ohr Hakotel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ohr Hakotel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cheder Toras Zev: 22% of income from government
  • Chai 4EVER Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Ohr Hakotel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ohr Hakotel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 167 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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