Funding search · EIN 061426936 · S Burlington, VT
Sandra and Mitchell Knisbacher Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 52
- grants reported
- $231,120
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $1,800
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Central Fund of Israel4 grants · $82,000
- American Friends of Mosdos Montreal1 grant · $18,000
- Erase Ptsd Now1 grant · $10,000
- Torah Academy1 grant · $10,000
- Ma'Arav Machon Rubin1 grant · $10,000
- Israel Select Charity Fund1 grant · $10,000
- Chabad of Vermont2 grants · $8,600
- Chabad Lubavitch of Vermont3 grants · $7,000
- Gesher Foundation2 grants · $5,400
- Chabad Lubvitch of Vermont1 grant · $5,400
Giving over time
Grant history
All 52 reported grants, largest first.
- $35,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
General Operating Support
- $25,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023
General Operating Support
- $18,000
American Friends of Mosdos Montreal · Lakewood, NJ · 2023
General Operating Support
- $12,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023
General Operating Support
- $10,000
Erase Ptsd Now · Schaumburg, IL · 2024
General Operating Support
- $10,000
Central Fund of Israel · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $10,000
Israel Select Charity Fund · Skokie, IL · 2022
General Operating Support
- $10,000
Ma'Arav Machon Rubin · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $10,000
Torah Academy · Brookline, MA · 2022
General Operating Support
- $5,400
Chabad Lubvitch of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
Tamim Academy
- $5,000
Chabad of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2023
General Operating Support
- $5,000
American Friends of Migdal Ohr · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $5,000
American Friends of the Rabbinical College Kol Hatorah · Monsey, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $5,000
Chabad Lubavitch of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
General Operating Support
- $5,000
Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation · Lakewood, NJ · 2022
General Operating Support
- $5,000
Kht Keren Hayeshivot Trust · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $5,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General Operating Support
- $5,000
Mincas Asher Foundation · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
General Operating Support
- $3,600
Chabad of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
General Operating Support
- $3,600
University of Vermont Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2023
UVM Hillel
- $3,600
Gesher Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $3,600
Institute for Dayanim · Southfield, MI · 2022
General Operating Support
- $2,000
American Friends of Meor Hatalmud · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $2,000
Mesila International · Monsey, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,800
Eruv Committee of Burlington Vermont · South Burlington, VT · 2024
General Operating Support
- $1,800
Gesher Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General Operating Support
- $1,800
Neeman Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General Operating Support
- $1,800
Jewish Communities of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,800
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022
Beit Natan
- $1,500
Uvm Foundation (Hillel) · Burlington, VT · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
America Gives · New York, NY · 2024
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Bais Yaakov of Scranton · Scranton, PA · 2024
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Emet · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Louis D Brandeis Center for Human R · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Pef Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023
General Operating Support
- $1,000
American Friends of Aish Hatorah · Lakewood, NJ · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
American Friends of Yeshivat Keren B'Yavneh · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Beith Midrash Govoha of Israel · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Chabad Lubavitch of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
University of Vermont
- $1,000
Chabad Lubavitch of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
Southern Vermont
- $1,000
Chabad of Addison County · Middlebury, VT · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Friends of Nahal Haredi · Airmont, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Magen Lacholey · Lakewood, NJ · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Ohr Chadash of Girls Town · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $1,000
Route To Roots · Great Neck, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $600
American Friends of Meoros Hadah Hayomi · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Operating Support
- $500
Chabad of Middlebury · Middlebury, VT · 2024
General Operating Support
- $500
Chabad of Southern Vermont · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
General Operating Support
- $500
Pef Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General Operating Support
- $360
American Friends of Leket · Teaneck, NJ · 2023
General Operating Support
- $360
Beth Abraham · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General Operating Support
- $-1,000
Returned Grant · South Burlington, VT · 2022
General Operating Support
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