New York · Private foundation
The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc
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
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,302
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,501
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $188k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 13 | $250k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $210k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $232k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $136k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $138k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $99k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $81k | 44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshivah of Flatbush | $316,880 | 9 | n/a |
| Sbh Community Service Network Inc | $169,863 | 9 | 0% |
| Berit Shalom Inc | $59,227 | 3 | 9% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shaare Zion Congregation | $39,500 | 3 | n/a |
| National Council of Young Israel | $19,706 | 6 | n/a |
| Sephardic Institute Sephardic Institute for Advanced Learning | $17,519 | 3 | 0% |
| Barkai Foundation Inc | $5,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $5,001 | 5 | 0% |
| Sephardic Community Alliance | $4,251 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshivah of Flatbush | $316,880 | 9 | n/a |
| Sbh Community Service Network Inc | $169,863 | 9 | 0% |
| Berit Shalom Inc | $59,227 | 3 | 9% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shaare Zion Congregation | $39,500 | 3 | n/a |
| National Council of Young Israel | $19,706 | 6 | n/a |
| Sephardic Institute Sephardic Institute for Advanced Learning | $17,519 | 3 | 0% |
| Barkai Foundation Inc | $5,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $5,001 | 5 | 0% |
| Sephardic Community Alliance | $4,251 | 5 | 0% |
| Maimonides Medical Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sephardic Food Fund Inc | $1,002 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohr Naava | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magen David Congregation of Surfside Inc | $903 | 3 | n/a |
| Westchester Day School | $720 | 2 | n/a |
| Deal Sephardic Youth Center Inc | $501 | 1 | 0% |
| Imagine Academy | $501 | 1 | 0% |
| Wave Hill Incorporated | $255 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kesher Organization Inc | $201 | 1 | 0% |
| Ilan High School | $36 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($634k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc give?
- The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $135,785 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (61%), Education (14%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Yeshivah of Flatbush ($317k), Sbh Community Service Network Inc ($170k), Berit Shalom Inc ($59k).
- Does The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc 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 Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Mamiye Foundation Inc, E R G Foundation.
- Where is The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc based?
- The Sarah Shamah Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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