Keren Keshet - the Rainbow Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-4069592. Reported 132 grants totalling $53.5M to 70 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Keren Keshet - the Rainbow Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $55,583; the smallest was $1,800 and the largest $13.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Communal Fund #4681 | New York, NY | $24.4M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Warwick, RI | $13.0M | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keren Keshet Israel | Jersusalem | $3,399,942 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Keren Keshet Israel | Jerusalem | $3,142,062 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Worldwide Friends Foundation | New York, NY | $2,596,147 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 1210 Scott Street Inc | New York, NY | $1,330,517 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ramaz School | New York, NY | $750,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Kol Israel | Brooklyn, NY | $414,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louis D Brandeis Center Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Hs of the Bay | San Francisco, CA | $246,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Start Up Nation Central (american Friends Of) | New York, NY | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Federation of Jewish Communities of the Cis | New York, NY | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aura (fiscal Sponsor Is Value Culture) | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Kol Shofar | Tiburon, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shalem College | Jerusalem | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shalem College | Jersusalem | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sixpoint Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Union Docs | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $130,045 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bbyo | Washington, DC | $118,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wlastq LLC | Washington DC, DC | $116,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Pacific Medical Center | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Traveling Press Fund Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avi Chai Foundation | New York, NY | $96,376 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Imagination Productions (dba Opendormedia) | Sunrise, FL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish News Syndicate | Newton, MA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Weill Cornell Medical Center | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Jewish Experience | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition | Washington, DC | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zcb Memorial Foundation | Vaduz, Vaduz | $55,583 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Areivim Philanthropic Group | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York University Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rabbi Sacks Legacy Corp | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shalem Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uja - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zamir Choral Foundation | New York, NY | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brandeis Marin | San Rafael, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gatestone Institute | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation | Agawam, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Weill | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph School | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nextbook Inc | New York, NY | $23,240 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Club Z | San Carlos, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Students Supporting Israel | Minneapolis, MN | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Charitable | Ashburn, VA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yaron Nisenholz | Jersusalem | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stephen Wise Free Synagogue | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center | Scarsdale, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ncsy West Coast | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Commentary Magazine | New York, NY | $9,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anglo-American Charitable Foundation | Smithfield, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conogregation Kehilath Jeshurun | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Children's Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Un Watch USA | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Un Watch USA | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Algemeiner Journal | New York, NY | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chabad House Bowery | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neue Galerie | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Square Synagogue | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rohr Jewish Learning Institute | Brooklyn, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
34 of 70 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Ramaz School
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN/OPERATING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 62 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $19.0M | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $13.9M | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $7,296,033 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $13.3M | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Keren Keshet - the Rainbow Foundation has 7 of them, worth $1,017,642. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Ramaz School | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Congregation Kol Israel | Brooklyn, NY | $158,642 |
| Shalem College | Jersusalem | $150,000 |
| Wlastq LLC | Washington DC, DC | $84,000 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Jewish News Syndicate | Newton, MA | $50,000 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $25,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 59% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Keren Keshet - the Rainbow Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1015 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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