· Private foundation
The Sharon Houminer Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC | $100,000 |
| CANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SARNELLI HOUSE UA | $10,000 |
| MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL | $9,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI OPERA INC | $5,000 |
| E L E M YOUTH IN DISTRESS INC | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HHHOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND4× · 2017–2020 · $50k · revenue +76%
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI OPERA INC8× · 2018–2025 · $50k · revenue +397%
- FOFRIENDS OF SARNELLI HOUSE UA7× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +2%
Funded once
- AFAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +125%
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATEDone grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +2%- CFCOOKIES FOR KIDS CANCER A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +2%
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.
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.
Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…
The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…
Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.
To provide patient care at the highest quality, most technologically advanced and consistent multidisciplinary care in an environment where the safety, dignity and comfort of each patient are paramount. in delivering patient care, new york…
To support cancer research in israel, for the benefit of israel and all mankind.
To promote and foster the creation of a zionist intellectual infrastructure for the state of israel, the development of a jewish national culture, and the establishment and promotion of intellectual and economic liberty.
Raise funds for religious and educational institutions in the state of israel, and to provide educational and social improvement for the children of kiryat arba, israel.
The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…
To further jewish education in israel
Rutgers hillel is dedicated to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all jewish college students, where they are encouraged to grow intellectually, spiritually and socially. the organization helps students find a balance in…
The fund's primary exempt mission is to solicit grants and contributions to support the educational mission of the bar-ilan university's azrieli faculty of medicine in the galilee.
The valentin fuster mount sinai foundation for science, health and empowerment seeks to improve dramatically the cardiovascular health of local and global communities through the research and clinical care programs of mount sinai heart and…
How this is measured
13 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE & HEROES CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAELI OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SARNELLI HOUSE UA ↗
- Who funds ELEM YOUTH IN DISTRESS INC ↗
- Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
- Who funds CANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
- Who funds THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds COOKIES FOR KIDS CANCER A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ↗
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 Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sharon Houminer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sharon Houminer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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