Colorado · Private foundation
Zeff Kesher Foundation
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $35M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Zeff Kesher Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.0M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $177k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $761k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $102k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $62k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $303k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | $1,534,999 | 5 | 3% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $147,470 | 5 | 0% |
| Denver Academy Inc | $121,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Denver Art Museum | $34,490 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Jewish Day School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redline | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Impactisrael Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | $1,863 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | $1,534,999 | 5 | 3% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc | $147,470 | 5 | 0% |
| Denver Academy Inc | $121,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Denver Art Museum | $34,490 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Jewish Day School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redline | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Impactisrael Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | $1,863 | 1 | 0% |
| Shalom Park | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Funders Network | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lion Global Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zeff Kesher 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: Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Chotin Family Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Zeff Kesher Foundation
- How much does Zeff Kesher Foundation give?
- Zeff Kesher Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,949,167 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Zeff Kesher Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (86%), Human Services (5%), International (3%).
- Who are Zeff Kesher Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America ($1.5M), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($175k), Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc ($147k).
- Does Zeff Kesher Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zeff Kesher 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 Zeff Kesher Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rose Community Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation.
- Where is Zeff Kesher Foundation based?
- Zeff Kesher Foundation is based in CO.
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