New Jersey · Private foundation
The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo
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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,214,286
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $1.6M | 57% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.8M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $435k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $936k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $371k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.3M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | $6,076,772 | 9 | 0% |
| Moriah School of Englewood | $1,086,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Jewish Book Trust Inc | $1,066,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel | $400,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Englewood Hospital and Medical Center | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University | $220,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Barnard College | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $194,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Amit Children Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Aleph Society Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | $6,076,772 | 9 | 0% |
| Moriah School of Englewood | $1,086,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Jewish Book Trust Inc | $1,066,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel | $400,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Englewood Hospital and Medical Center | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends of Bar-Ilan University | $220,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Barnard College | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $194,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Amit Children Inc | $175,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Aleph Society Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Chevra Hatzalah | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ramaz School | $62,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Bergen Hatzalah Emergency Medical Services Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sefaria Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Eretz Hemdah | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ezer Mizion | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Ahavath Torah | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Ezrah Needs Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Hill Synagogue | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($941k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo 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 · David & Esther Muschel Foundation · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc · H&H Charitable Foundation · The Lee and Cheryl Lasher Family Foundation Inc · Kolatch Family Foundation · Cross River Community Foundation · Fjc · The Daniel E and Joyce G Straus Family Foundation · M D Katz Foundation Inc · The Arthur & Joyce Fein Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo
- How much does The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo give?
- The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo reported 9 grants totaling $1,554,286 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (72%), Religion (17%), Health (5%).
- Who are The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Yeshiva University ($6.1M), Moriah School of Englewood ($1.1M), Jewish Book Trust Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo 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 Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, David & Esther Muschel Foundation, Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc.
- Where is The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo based?
- The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo is based in NJ.
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