Mikvah USA Inc
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 20-2850305. Reported 163 grants totalling $16.5M to 89 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Mikvah USA Inc, the IRS classifies it under religion rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE X30) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 89 distinct organizations, with 17% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 57% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $5,075 and the largest $1,877,450. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Basin Mikvah Association Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $2,839,629 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Taharusam Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,895,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cong Bais Nusen Duvid | Brooklyn, NY | $655,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Adas Yereim | Brooklyn, NY | $508,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cresco Chai Center Inc | Cresco, PA | $419,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad East | Las Vegas, NV | $418,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Spa Mikveh | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Briarcliff Manor-Ossining | Ossining, NY | $364,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cong Adas Yakov | Brooklyn, NY | $333,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob | Savannah, GA | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Somerset County | Basking Ridge, NJ | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charity Navigator | Union City, NJ | $301,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Ohel Rochel | Miami, FL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mikvah Association of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Walnut Creek Inc | Hollywood, FL | $298,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lubavitch of Bucks County | Newtown, PA | $283,334 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Salem | Salem, OR | $283,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Riverside | Riverside, CA | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cong Av Yisruel | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baron Hirsch Congregation | Memphis, TN | $249,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Camarillo Inc | Camarillo, CA | $248,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Humboldt | Arcata, CA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lev Chabad Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Synagogue of Inverrary-Chabad Inc | Lauderhill, FL | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Orthodox Congregation | South Bend, IN | $223,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lubavitch on the Palisades | Tenafly, NJ | $198,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Synagogue Inc | N Palm Beach, FL | $198,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Mobile | Mobile, AL | $176,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tpheris Israel Chevra Kadisha Congregation | Chesterfield, MO | $176,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Boynton Beach Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Pasadena Inc | Pasadena, CA | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida Ubo | Fort Myers, FL | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Camp Torah Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lahser Road Mikvah | Southfield, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oma's Jewish Center | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gan Chabad Torah Center Inc | Overland Park, KS | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Dor Tikvah Inc | Charleston, SC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Broward Inc | Davie, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cong Beth Jehuda | Milwaukee, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Chasdei Ezriel Yehuda | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lubavitch of Iowa Inc | Des Moines, IA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Mishkan Techeskel | Brooklyn, NY | $96,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Community Mikvah Inc | University Ht, OH | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cong Lshem | Flushing, NY | $88,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad Jewish Center Upper Passaic County | Haskell, NJ | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tzeduka Kul Bunayich | Brooklyn, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Chasam Sofer Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $84,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Center-Beis Menachem of Hoboken | Hoboken, NJ | $83,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fair Lawn Mikvah Association Inc | Fair Lawn, NJ | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guideline Services | Philadelphia, PA | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Bergen County Inc | Franklin Lakes, NJ | $66,666 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lubavitch of New Hampshire | Manchester, NH | $66,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Western Monmouth County Inc | Manalapan, NJ | $62,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Agudath Taharath Mishpachah of East Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Temecula | Temecula, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Darkei Tshivo of Dinov | Brooklyn, NY | $54,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mikvah Association of Nassau County Inc | W Hempstead, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Union County | Scotch Plains, NJ | $41,206 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lms Mikvah Project | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $36,490 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Tefillah of Arizona | Scottsdale, AZ | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter Inc | Jupiter, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Yetev Lev 52 Street | Brooklyn, NY | $33,675 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beth Ephraim Maplewood Jewish Center | Maplewood, NJ | $33,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monmouth Torah Links Inc | Morganville, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad House of Monroe | Monroe Twp, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Roslyn Inc | Roslyn Hts, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Daughters of Israel Inc | Brighton, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Henderson Community Mikva Corporation | Henderson, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Living Legacy Inc | New Albany, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cong Hisachdis Hatalmidim | Brooklyn, NY | $20,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cjcs Inc Nfp | Springfield, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Bnai Abraham Chasiday Kopycznitz of Borough Park | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ohel Sholmo Dov | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yad Yehuda | Brooklyn, NY | $17,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vaad Hoeir of St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mikvah of Greenvile Inc | Jersey City, NJ | $13,544 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Vt - Mikvah Chaya Mushka | Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cong Bnei Israel | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cong Sod Yesharim | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Binyamin Fund Inc | Spring Valley, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chabad Lubavitch Community Center Inc | Coral Springs, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Poway | Poway, CA | $8,781 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad Lubavitch Chai Center Inc | Dix Hills, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Chabad Lubavitch San Diego | San Diego, CA | $7,888 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beth Hatvilah Inc | Rochester, NY | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Coast Chabad Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
45 of 89 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 of 89 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $2,342,321 | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $3,239,562 | $54,301 |
| 2023 | 43 | $5,617,296 | $70,000 |
| 2024 | 47 | $5,264,351 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
48% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mikvah USA Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 47 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1451 52ND Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11219.
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