New York · Private foundation
The Tikvah Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2020
- 9
- Grants FY2020
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
60% of The Tikvah Fund’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Tikvah Fund named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $2,360,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Total assets, FY2020
- $87M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 78% of the organizations The Tikvah Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 9 | $2.4M | 78% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $3.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shalem Foundation | $2,825,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Heichal Hatorah | $73,403 | 4 | 0% |
| Paamonim | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bais Yaakov Machon Ora a Nj Non- Profit Corporation | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $12,376 | 1 | n/a |
| Maimonides School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Combat Hate Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Center of Gainesville | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Lubavitch | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Tikvah Fund
- How much does The Tikvah Fund give?
- The Tikvah Fund reported 9 grants totaling $2,444,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does The Tikvah Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (66%), Philanthropy (20%), Crime & Legal (13%).
- Who are The Tikvah Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Shalem Foundation ($2.8M), Heichal Hatorah ($73k), Paamonim ($25k).
- Does The Tikvah Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tikvah Fund 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 Tikvah Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Ojc Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Tikvah Fund based?
- The Tikvah Fund is based in NY.
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