Wyoming · Private foundation
Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust
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.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% 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 | 6 | $39k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $17k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $64k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $92k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $350 | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $11k | 80% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Fund of Israel | $161,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Gush Etzion Foundation % Juliette Landesman | $61,900 | 1 | 26% |
| Kumah Inc | $25,003 | 5 | n/a |
| Rimon Club Z DBA Club Z | $4,613 | 2 | 2% |
| Chabad of Mid Peninsula | $1,350 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Ateret Cohanim Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad Np | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Magical Bridge Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad at Ucsb | $250 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Fund of Israel | $161,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Gush Etzion Foundation % Juliette Landesman | $61,900 | 1 | 26% |
| Kumah Inc | $25,003 | 5 | n/a |
| Rimon Club Z DBA Club Z | $4,613 | 2 | 2% |
| Chabad of Mid Peninsula | $1,350 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Ateret Cohanim Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad Np | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Magical Bridge Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad at Ucsb | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Prager University Foundation | $50 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), 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 · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust
- How much does Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust give?
- Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $38,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (50%), Human Services (20%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central Fund of Israel ($162k), Gush Etzion Foundation % Juliette Landesman ($62k), Kumah Inc ($25k).
- Does Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust 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 Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust based?
- Valera Fooksman Charitable Trust is based in WY.
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