New York · Private foundation
The Shemesh 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.
- $499k
- Granted FY2023
- 16
- Grants FY2023
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of The Shemesh Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Donors Fund Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Shemesh Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $499k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $15,550
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Shemesh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $343k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 15 | $421k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $155k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $547k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $96k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshivas Meor Hatalmud of Lakewood Inc | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scottsdale Torah Center | $130,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Mishkan Techeskel | $118,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Cong Shaarei Chesed | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva of Kasho | $85,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Bais Chana Malka | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage Foundation for Preservati- on of the Jewish Cemeteries Inc | $28,350 | 1 | 2% |
| Khal Bais Shmiel | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Yetev Lev | $19,830 | 3 | n/a |
| Gmach Lev Brucha | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshivas Meor Hatalmud of Lakewood Inc | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scottsdale Torah Center | $130,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Mishkan Techeskel | $118,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Cong Shaarei Chesed | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva of Kasho | $85,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Bais Chana Malka | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage Foundation for Preservati- on of the Jewish Cemeteries Inc | $28,350 | 1 | 2% |
| Khal Bais Shmiel | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Yetev Lev | $19,830 | 3 | n/a |
| Gmach Lev Brucha | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Chaim | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keren Yagdil Torah | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohel Moshe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Lev Hoari | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Tiferes Avrohom | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Thilos Arye | $2,830 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Oholey Shem | $1,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Shaar Hashamayim | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gmach Chemed Shlomo Tenka | $550 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($665k), not named here.
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: The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Strulovich Family Foundation Trust · Hf Foundation · American Friends of Bnai Levy Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Shemesh Foundation
- How much does The Shemesh Foundation give?
- The Shemesh Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $499,325 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Shemesh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (51%), Philanthropy (25%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are The Shemesh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Yeshivas Meor Hatalmud of Lakewood Inc ($140k), Scottsdale Torah Center ($130k), Congregation Mishkan Techeskel ($118k).
- Does The Shemesh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shemesh 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 Shemesh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc, Strulovich Family Foundation Trust.
- Where is The Shemesh Foundation based?
- The Shemesh Foundation is based in NY.
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