Mahshala Foundation Inc
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 11-6100993. Reported 104 grants totalling $1,498,290 to 54 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. Mahshala Foundation Inc 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 $5,200. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $2,600 and the largest $410,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magen David Yeshiva Fed ID#11-1666839 | Brooklyn, NY | $410,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miscellaneous Contributions Under 2500 | Brooklyn, NY | $200,238 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Magen David Yeshivah Fed Id# 11-1666839 | Brooklyn, NY | $118,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sephardic Bikur Holim Inc Fed Id# 47-1484178 | Brooklyn, NY | $86,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sephardic Food Fund Inc Fed Id# 56-2307777 | New York, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Cancer Center Inc Fed Id# 27-2464042 | Brooklyn, NY | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Shaare Zion | Brooklyn, NY | $49,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sephardic Institute Fed Id# 11-27170961 | Brooklyn, NY | $46,941 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uja Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny Inc Fed Id# 51-0172429 | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Safe Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $28,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edmund J Safra Synagogue | Brooklyn, NY | $26,787 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Matan Baseter | Brooklyn, NY | $20,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Porat Yosef Foundation Fed Id# 11-6077810 | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Quentin Road Synagogue | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yeshiva of Flatbush | Brooklyn, NY | $18,720 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Rodfek Zedek Inc Fed ID#11-6037242 | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Shaare Torah Fed ID#11-2613334 | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yirgun Yra | New York, NY | $17,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colel Chabad Fed ID#11-3254483 | Brooklyn, NY | $16,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dsn Community Center Fed Id #22-2853112 | Oakhurst, NJ | $15,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yekerai Yerushalayim Fed Id# 13-3104323 | Brooklyn, NY | $14,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Khd Mesilat Hatorah | Brooklyn, NY | $11,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hatzalah Ems of the Jersey Shore | Elberon, NJ | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kesher Organization | North Bergen, NJ | $10,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hatzalah of Flatbush | Brooklyn, NY | $10,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Uja Federation of Ny Fed Id# 51-0172429 | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Yirgun Fed Id# 65-1319818 | New York, NY | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Keren L'torah FEDID#51-0188856 | Brooklyn, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yad Yosef Fed Id# 13-3444054 | Brooklyn, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Barkai Yeshiva | Brooklyn, NY | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Keren Yom-Tov Fed ID#11-3501981 | Brooklyn, NY | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simha Organization | Brooklyn, NY | $7,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Special Children Center Fed ID#22-3800123 | Lakewood, NJ | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillel Yeshiva | Ocean Township, NJ | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel Yeshiva Fed ID#21-0682028 | Ocean Township, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Yad Elizer Inc Fed Id# 11-3459952 | Brooklyn, NY | $5,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bridge Academy Fed Id# 02-0694031 | Lawrenceville, NJ | $5,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kings Highway Beautification Assocation Fed ID#20-4986882 | Brooklyn, NY | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshivat Magen Abraham | Brooklyn, NY | $5,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bikur Cholim of Lakewood Fed ID#22-3251871 | Lakewood, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hatzalah of Flatbush Fed ID#13-3213138 | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Yirgun Yra Fed ID#65-1319818 | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Care for Special Children Fed ID#47-2616448 | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Darche Eres Fed ID#27-4186981 | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aishel Shabbat Fed ID#30-6043783 | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Karen Hachesed Fed ID#11-2808404 | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ahi Ezer Yeshiva | Brooklyn, NY | $2,801 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edmond J Safra Synagogue | New York, NY | $2,753 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ahavat Shalom Fed ID#22-3341784 | Monsey, NY | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridge Academy Fed Id# 06-1479710 | Bridgeport, CT | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Medical Fund Fed ID#81-1016477 | Lakewood, NJ | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nesach Yisrael Institution | Brooklyn, NY | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reach for the Stars Learning Center Fed Id# 20-3042280 | Brooklyn, NY | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shehebar Sephardic Center Fed ID#11-2642556 | New York, NY | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
26 of 54 (48%) 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 71%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Magen David Yeshiva Fed ID#11-1666839
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE - Magen David Yeshivah Fed Id# 11-1666839
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 8 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $173,196 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $302,513 | $5,200 |
| 2023 | 22 | $241,410 | $6,600 |
| 2024 | 38 | $781,171 | $5,200 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% 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 $5,200. 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 Mahshala Foundation Inc'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: Nissim Shalom 1957 E 4TH St, Brooklyn, NY, 11223. 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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