How much does The Pillars Trust give?

The Pillars Trust reported 50 grants totaling $104,027 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 124 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does The Pillars Trust fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Philanthropy (27%), Community Improvement (14%).

Who are The Pillars Trust's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Shekel Hakodesh ($13k), Yad Ltalmid Inc ($8k), Congregation of New Square ($8k).

Does The Pillars Trust fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Pillars Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Pillars Trust?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Ani Mamin Foundation, The Gds Foundation.

Where is The Pillars Trust based?

The Pillars Trust is based in NY.

Foundation Dossiers

New York · Private foundation

The Pillars Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$104k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 50
Grants FY2024: 46
Organizations funded FY2023: 24%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $250
Largest grant, FY2024: $29,100
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 124; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 2
Total assets, FY2024: $966k
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The Pillars Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

ReligionHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionInternationalOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	50	$104k	10%
FY2023	46	$168k	24%
FY2022	74	$122k	19%
FY2021	124	$180k	100%
FY2020	1	$61k	0%
FY2019	1	$39k	0%
FY2018	1	$74k	0%
FY2017	1	$33k	n/a

53% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$260kPhilanthropy$209kCommunity Improvement$109kCivil Rights$45kPublic Benefit$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kYouth Development$1kHealth$1kOther$0

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
Shekel Hakodesh	$13,310	4	n/a
Yad Ltalmid Inc	$8,350	1	1%
Congregation of New Square	$7,700	4	n/a
Cong Sdei Yakov Inc	$7,200	2	n/a
Global Center of Skver	$3,600	1	n/a
Cong Ohel Torah	$2,275	4	n/a
Kesser Bais Yakov	$1,445	3	n/a
Keren Hashviis Inc	$1,210	3	0%
Lomdei Torah	$1,000	1	n/a
Congregation Zemach David	$932	4	n/a

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All grantees of The Pillars Trust by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Shekel Hakodesh	$13,310	4	n/a
Yad Ltalmid Inc	$8,350	1	1%
Congregation of New Square	$7,700	4	n/a
Cong Sdei Yakov Inc	$7,200	2	n/a
Global Center of Skver	$3,600	1	n/a
Cong Ohel Torah	$2,275	4	n/a
Kesser Bais Yakov	$1,445	3	n/a
Keren Hashviis Inc	$1,210	3	0%
Lomdei Torah	$1,000	1	n/a
Congregation Zemach David	$932	4	n/a
Mifal Chesed Inc	$802	1	n/a
Yeshiva Dmonsey	$770	4	n/a
Maamar Mordechai Inc	$720	2	0%
Bonei Olam Inc	$547	4	0%
Cong Bnei Yechiel	$324	4	n/a
Torah & Chesed Fund	$320	2	0%
A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange	$313	4	0%
Bais Pinchos	$250	1	n/a
Talmud Torah Chayei Olam	$180	1	n/a
Khal Chasidei Belz	$154	2	n/a
Cong Ohr Yisroel Vilednik	$72	1	n/a
Tomeich Yisroel Inc	$72	1	0%
Refuah Helpline Incdba Refuah Resources	$54	2	0%
Kollel Avreichim of Brooklyn	$50	1	n/a
Shuvu Return Inc	$43	2	0%
Yeshivas Ohr V'Daas	$35	2	0%
Misaskim Corp	$30	2	0%
Bikur Cholim Inc	$30	2	0%
Mifal Mayunes Inc	$25	1	0%
Mikvah USA Inc	$25	1	0%
Chai Lifeline Inc	$25	2	0%
Masbia	$25	2	0%
Ohr Bachoshech Inc	$25	1	n/a
Viznitz Institutions Inc	$20	1	n/a
Zaka	$20	1	n/a
CIO of Argentina	$15	1	n/a
Arachim America Inc	$15	1	0%
Ahavas Zion	$12	1	n/a
Agudas Tov V'Chesed Inc	$10	1	0%
Lev Leyeled Inc	$10	1	0%
Yeshiva Derech Chaim	$5	1	0%
Chonen Vnosen	$5	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 113 recipients with no EIN on record ($730k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pillars Trust supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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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 FundNY42.5× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Ani Mamin Foundation · The Gds Foundation · Mezritch Foundation · Mtw Services Inc · Breuer Charitable Foundation Inc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Dove Holdings · Rachels Foundation · Jeffrey Charitable Foundation · The Light of Chaim Foundation · Ohel Naftoly

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.

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About The Pillars Trust

How much does The Pillars Trust give?: The Pillars Trust reported 50 grants totaling $104,027 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 124 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Pillars Trust fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Philanthropy (27%), Community Improvement (14%).
Who are The Pillars Trust's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Shekel Hakodesh ($13k), Yad Ltalmid Inc ($8k), Congregation of New Square ($8k).
Does The Pillars Trust fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Pillars Trust accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Pillars Trust?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Ani Mamin Foundation, The Gds Foundation.
Where is The Pillars Trust based?: The Pillars Trust is based in NY.