FundersNew York

Minchas Zikaron Foundation

Brooklyn, NY · EIN 31-1671112. Reported 120 grants totalling $590,413 to 87 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,045median grant
$590,413granted, 2021-2024
87organizations funded
33%of grantees funded again the next year
$264,736assets, latest filing

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. Minchas Zikaron 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,045. Half of everything it gave fell between $950 and $5,576; the smallest was $500 and the largest $142,988. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
33 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
54 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
22 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
9 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Details of ContributionsBrooklyn, NY$142,988112024
Yeshiva Beer ShmuelBrooklyn, NY$44,450332023
Kesser Torah RadomskLakewood, NJ$41,730332023
Boyaner Kloiz TmsBrooklyn, NY$26,825332023
Toldos Yakov YosefLakewood, NJ$24,250222023
Cong RachmestrivkaBrooklyn, NY$19,800222023
Cong SkulenLakewood, NJ$15,600222022
Ezer LmlamdimLakewood, NJ$14,175112022
Yeshivas NovominskBrooklyn, NY$13,800332023
Tiferes ChayaLakewood, NJ$13,000332023
Bais Brocho of Karlin StolinBrooklyn, NY$11,400222023
Mesoras AvosLakewood, NJ$10,800222022
Keren ChasanimBrooklyn, NY$9,425112021
Ezer LemelamdimLakewood, NJ$9,400112023
United Talmudical AcademyBrooklyn, NY$9,150332023
Toldos Yaakov YosefLakewood, NJ$8,900112022
Cong Zichron MosheLakewood, NJ$8,575112023
Keren EzraMonsey, NY$6,700222022
Lakewood Cheder SchoolLakewood, NJ$6,600222023
80 Checks Under 500 Each CheckBrooklyn, NY$6,437112021
Maos Eretz YisroelBrooklyn, NY$6,332112022
Ohr MosheBrooklyn, NY$6,275332023
Mesores AvosLakewood, NJ$6,100112023
Kupas Chaim Levi IncLakewood, NJ$6,050112023
Zichron MenachemBrooklyn, NY$5,900112023
Cong RachmestrivkeBrooklyn, NY$5,850112022
39 Checks Under 500 EachBrooklyn, NY$5,643112023
44 Checks Under 500 Each CheckBrooklyn, NY$5,576112022
Kehal Adas TeimanValley Stream, NY$5,000112022
Ezras YisroelBrooklyn, NY$4,527332023
Yeshiva Gedola Zichron MosheSouth Fallsburg, NY$4,500112021
Yeshiva Ktana of LakewoodLakewood, NJ$4,500112022
Khal Boyan MonseyMonsey, NY$4,400332023
Yad Lachmu AnyuBrooklyn, NY$3,821222023
Mesivta Shaar HatorahLakewood, NJ$3,500112022
Yeshiva Ketana of Bobov 45Brooklyn, NY$3,400112021
Chasudim TovimBrooklyn, NY$3,161332023
Cong StanislawBrooklyn, NY$3,000222023
Yagdil Torah American Friends ofLakewood, NJ$2,800112021
Knesses Beis LeviLakewood, NJ$2,550112022
Ohev Yisroel American Friends ofBrooklyn, NY$2,500112023
Simcha Shel MitzvaBrooklyn, NY$2,500112022
Kupas Maos Eretz YisroelBrooklyn, NY$2,382112021
Cong Beer MayimBrooklyn, NY$2,300112021
SamcheiniBrooklyn, NY$2,175222022
Yeled V'yaldaBrooklyn, NY$2,030332023
Keren YisroelLakewood, NJ$2,000112021
Toldos Moshe YitzchakBrooklyn, NY$2,000112022
Yeshiva Meor HatorahLakewood, NJ$2,000112021
Lachma AnyoBrooklyn, NY$1,680112022
Cong Keren HagemachBrooklyn, NY$1,650112022
Beis RochelBrooklyn, NY$1,575222023
Mosdos BotoshanBrooklyn, NY$1,550112023
Zichron Arye MordechaiBrooklyn, NY$1,500112023
Kehal Tzemach TzadikBrooklyn, NY$1,200112023
Bais Yaakov Hs of LakewoodLakewood, NJ$1,100112022
Chayim V'chesedBrooklyn, NY$1,025112021
Bais TziporahBrooklyn, NY$1,000112023
Bais Yakov High SchoolLakewood, NJ$1,000112023
Cong Bnei YitzchokNew York, NY$1,000112021
Cong MesivtaMonroe, NY$1,000112022
Kehal Chasidei ViznitzLakewood, NJ$1,000112022
Yeshiva Sharei YosherBrooklyn, NY$975112023
Meor HatorahBrooklyn, NY$950112022
Meor YitzchokSpring Valley, NY$950112021
Yeshiva Nachlei TorahLakewood, NJ$925112022
Mesivta Tifereth IsraelNew York, NY$900112021
Yeshiva Zichron MeilechBrooklyn, NY$900112021
Cong Keren HegemachBrooklyn, NY$825112023
Mesivta Tiferes IsraelNew York, NY$815112022
Bais Yakov High School of LakewoodLakewood, NJ$800112021
Beth Jacob of Boro ParkBrooklyn, NY$800112023
Camp UshiraLakewood, NJ$750112022
Cong Tzemach TzedekBrooklyn, NY$750112021
Mosdot Botoshan IncBrooklyn, NY$746112021
Cong Beer MosheBrooklyn, NY$660112023
Cong Tiferes ChaimBrooklyn, NY$550112021
Ozer DalimBrooklyn, NY$535112023
Cong Beis BerlinerBrooklyn, NY$525112022
Bais AvrahamLakewood, NJ$500112022
Beth Medrash GovohaLakewood, NJ$500112021
Cong YereimBrooklyn, NY$500112021
Gemach Tiferes ChaimBrooklyn, NY$500112023
Learning Institute of Union CityUnion City, NJ$500112021
Tiferes IshLakewood, NJ$500112022
Yeshiva Boyan TmsBrooklyn, NY$500112021
Zichron Aryeh MordchaiBrooklyn, NY$500112022

22 of 87 (25%) 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 33%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
16 grants
Education
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202141$161,998$2,000
202242$149,275$2,295
202336$136,152$2,080
20241$142,988$142,988

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. 68% 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.

New York
$400K
New Jersey
$190K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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The Ojc Fund22 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund12 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,045. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Minchas Zikaron 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: 1624 46TH Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11204. 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.

EIN 31-1671112 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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