New York · Nonprofit
MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,892,966 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($615,186). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $139k
What Menachem Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Organization was established to raise the bar in Jewish Education. Dedicated to ensuring that every child has equal access to the best possible jewish education
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
**Menachem Education Foundation - Vision, Mission, and 5783- 2023 Accomplishments** At the Menachem Education Foundation (MEF), we envision a world where every student in Chabad schools thrives to their fullest potential, graduating with the values and skills needed to live as a Chassid in today?s world. Our mission is to champion student success by working directly with schools, focusing uncompromisingly on enhancing student outcomes. MEF leads the development of systems and infrastructure that reach every child in the classroom, providing high-quality curricula, comprehensive teacher training, and robust support for school leaders. **5783- 2023 Accomplishments Overview** **Training and Recruitment:** - *Kadima L?Chinuch* Teacher Certification Program: Certified 20 new *mechanchim* in Spring-Summer 5783-2023, equipping educators with critical teaching skills and methodologies. - *Back to School Teacher Training Crash Course*: Trained 25 *mechanchos* through an intensive course tailored to prepare educators for a successful academic year. - *Youth Mental Health First Aid*: Certified 45 educators in Spring 5783-2023, enabling them to recognize and respond effectively to students?…
$1,511,969 spent$1,379,253 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,511,969.
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 2020 to 2021, from $185k to $533k (+189%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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.
Board chair
Alan Zekelman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $15k → $479k.
15 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 23% · 2019 35% · 2020 48% · 2021 27% · 2022 38% · 2023 40% — 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.
How long its funders stay
41% of MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
71% of MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $550k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: 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 MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,892,966 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($615,186). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $1,892,966 in grants to MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $615,186 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC 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.
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 61 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing