New York · Nonprofit
KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR
KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,250 to it, the largest being DAVOOD AND TAMARA ZAR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($632,850). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $660k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Keren Yad Shmuel Ve Tamar does
Mission
To provide support and grants to Talmudic and Torah scholars. To provide assistance and support for the needy All based on criteria
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To provide support and grants to Talmudic and Torah scholars based on criteria 1000 scholars get grants of $1200 each based on scholarly work in Talmudic text and Jewish law
$1,200,940 spentof which $1,200,000 as grants$1,193,404 earned by the program97% of program spendingTo provide assistance and support for the needy based on criteria $36,000 were granted; $500 to each family based on needs and according to criteria in 2025 the organization concentrated mainly on grants to scholars and assisted applicants to find other organizations for help to the needy. The assistance will resume in the following years
$36,000 spentof which $36,000 as grants$36,000 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,236,940.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $13k to $5k (−59%).
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.
100% of KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $186k → $141k.
From the IRS filings of KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR’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
KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2022 92% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR: 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 KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR?
- KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,250 to it, the largest being DAVOOD AND TAMARA ZAR FAMILY FOUNDATION ($632,850). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $660,250 in grants to KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR?
- DAVOOD AND TAMARA ZAR FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $632,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KEREN YAD SHMUEL VE TAMAR 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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