New York · Private foundation
The Strauss 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Strauss Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 4 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $54k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $55k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $65k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $115k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $128k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $150k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Inc | $288,625 | 9 | n/a |
| American Society of the University of Haifa | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc | $28,300 | 7 | n/a |
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy | $21,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewryinc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Abraham Joshua Heschel School | $12,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Mens & Young Womens Hebrew Asso of Washington Heights and Inwood Inc | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $10,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Key Biscayne Inc | $8,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Ansche Chesed | $3,655 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Inc | $288,625 | 9 | n/a |
| American Society of the University of Haifa | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc | $28,300 | 7 | n/a |
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy | $21,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewryinc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Abraham Joshua Heschel School | $12,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Mens & Young Womens Hebrew Asso of Washington Heights and Inwood Inc | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Colel Chabad | $10,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Key Biscayne Inc | $8,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Ansche Chesed | $3,655 | 1 | n/a |
| Yttl Lubavitcher Yeshiva | $2,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Birch Wathen Lenox School | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Creative Visions Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Strauss Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Strauss Foundation Inc
- How much does The Strauss Foundation Inc give?
- The Strauss Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $45,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Strauss Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (63%), International (27%), Education (4%).
- Who are The Strauss Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chabad Lubavitch of the West Side Inc ($289k), American Society of the University of Haifa ($200k), Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc ($28k).
- Does The Strauss Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Strauss 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 Strauss Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fjc, United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc.
- Where is The Strauss Foundation Inc based?
- The Strauss Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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