New York · Nonprofit
American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook
American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,729,363 to it, the largest being CHERNA MOSKOWITZ FOUNDATION ($1,300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $353k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook does
Mission
To promote the philosophy and teachings of Rabbi Abraham Y. Kook.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Grants to promote the philosophy of Rabbi Abraham Kook
$100,000 spentof which $100,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $100,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $2.8M to $3.9M (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
33% of American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income fell $100k → $57k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 96% · 2020 64% · 2021 84% · 2022 68% · 2023 70% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
17% of American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $115k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook?
- American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,729,363 to it, the largest being CHERNA MOSKOWITZ FOUNDATION ($1,300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,729,363 in grants to American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook?
- CHERNA MOSKOWITZ FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Friends of Mercaz Harav Kook find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing