New York · Private foundation
The Shemesh Joester 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.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $49,408
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $296k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Shemesh Joester Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 51 | $101k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $106k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $39k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $74k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $43k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $45k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $51k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $39k | 85% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delivering Good Inc | $199,027 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends Without a Border | $177,237 | 9 | 1% |
| The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc | $50,158 | 3 | 0% |
| Veterinarians International Inc | $22,750 | 1 | 4% |
| The Adventures for the Mind Foundation Inc | $12,200 | 2 | 8% |
| Tj Martell Foundation | $8,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Oceana Inc | $4,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,130 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 72 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shemesh Joester Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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 Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Shemesh Joester Foundation
- How much does The Shemesh Joester Foundation give?
- The Shemesh Joester Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $101,991 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Shemesh Joester Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (37%), Human Services (37%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are The Shemesh Joester Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Delivering Good Inc ($199k), Friends Without a Border ($177k), The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc ($50k).
- Does The Shemesh Joester Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shemesh Joester 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 Joester Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Shemesh Joester Foundation based?
- The Shemesh Joester Foundation is based in NY.
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