New York · Private foundation
The Tlk 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.
- $131k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations The Tlk Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 | 9 | $113k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $129k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $126k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $38k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $58k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $30k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $24k | n/a |
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Friends of Yad Ezrah Inc | $79,800 | 7 | 1% |
| Tov Vachesed Inc | $37,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Designs Inc | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sefaria Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cteen Upper West Side Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $13,200 | 2 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pardes Incorporated | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Halachic Organ Donor Society Inc DBA Ematai | $7,200 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Friends of Yad Ezrah Inc | $79,800 | 7 | 1% |
| Tov Vachesed Inc | $37,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Designs Inc | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sefaria Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cteen Upper West Side Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $13,200 | 2 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pardes Incorporated | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Halachic Organ Donor Society Inc DBA Ematai | $7,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Heritage Programs | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Aleph Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Algemeiner Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Guideline Services | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Ramaz School | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincoln Square Synagogue Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($223k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tlk Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Nash Family Foundation · The Russell Berrie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About The Tlk Foundation
- How much does The Tlk Foundation give?
- The Tlk Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $130,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Tlk Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (15%), Philanthropy (13%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Tlk Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: US Friends of Yad Ezrah Inc ($80k), Tov Vachesed Inc ($37k), Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Designs Inc ($28k).
- Does The Tlk Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tlk 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 Tlk Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Nash Family Foundation, The Russell Berrie Foundation.
- Where is The Tlk Foundation based?
- The Tlk Foundation is based in NY.
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