Ruth R Greenberg Family Foundation
Teaneck, NJ · EIN 38-3599649. Reported 72 grants totalling $47,270 to 58 organizations across tax years 2023-2024. 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. Ruth R Greenberg Family 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 $217. Half of everything it gave fell between $54 and $500; the smallest was $1 and the largest $10,657. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Ahavas Yisrael | Edison, NJ | $10,657 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Rinat Yisrael | Teaneck, NJ | $10,431 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Keter Torah | Teaneck, NJ | $4,325 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey | Paramus, NJ | $2,661 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County | Bergenfield, NJ | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sar Academyhigh School | Riverdale, NY | $1,790 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Riverdale Jewish Center | Bronx, NY | $1,551 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yeshivat He'atid | Teaneck, NJ | $1,510 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps | Teaneck, NJ | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Committee for Lehosheet Yad | Houston, TX | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sixth Street Community Synagogue | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Abraham | Bergenfield, NJ | $812 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Temple Israel | West Bloomfield, MI | $667 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Masbia | Brooklyn, NY | $554 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Isralight | Boynton Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Just One Chesed | Harwood Heights, IL | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Binghamton | Vestal, NY | $371 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Tiferet Center | Woodmere, NY | $358 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pef Midreshet Amudim | New York, NY | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Lemaan Achai | Oceanside, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Maagalim | Lynbrook, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westchester Torah Academy | New Rochelle, NY | $185 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Cancun | Brooklyn, NY | $182 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ou Ncsy Yachad | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rachashei Lev | Teaneck, NJ | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel of Great Neck | Great Neck, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey | River Edge, NJ | $163 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Paris | Paris | $127 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gofundme | West Hollywood, CA | $118 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charidy Larger Than Life | Encino, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sister to Sister (causematch) | Lakewood, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple B'nai Abraham | Beverly, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zichron Tzvi Elimelech | Fresh Meadows, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Toronto Children's Chorus (candahelps) | Toronto, Ontario | $74 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | Wilmington, DE | $72 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Reform Temple of Forest Hills | Forest Hills, NY | $72 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth Ami | Rockville, MD | $55 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Halachic Organ Donor Society | New York, NY | $54 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Labshul | New York, NY | $52 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Barcelona | Barcelona | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Majorca | Unknown | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mor Shakori | Teaneck, NJ | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chesed Fund | Baltimore, MD | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Toirem | Brooklyn, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Beth Israel | Port Washington, NY | $38 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Shomrei Emunah | Baltimore, MD | $36 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mikvah Association of Teaneck | Teaneck, NJ | $36 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Sholom | Greenwich, CT | $36 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Israel of Southfield | Southfield, MI | $36 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Or | Maple Glen, PA | $18 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Flamingo | Thornhill | $15 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wiki Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $12 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Torat Emet | Boynton Beach, FL | $2 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim | Charleston, SC | $1 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West End Synagogue | New York, NY | $1 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 58 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 2 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 35%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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.
- Congregation Ahavas Yisrael
ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION - Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION GRANT FOR CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION - American Committee for Lehosheet Yad
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY - Sar Academyhigh School
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION GRANT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS - Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps
VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS - American Friends of Magen David Adom
EMERGENCY SERVICES - GRANT FOR OPERATING FUNDS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 40 | $26,839 | $180 |
| 2024 | 32 | $20,431 | $250 |
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. 74% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. 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 $217. 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 Jersey.
- 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 Ruth R Greenberg Family 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: 1271 Sussex Rd, Teaneck, NJ, 07666. 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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