Funding search · EIN 232310090 · Plymouth Meeting, PA

Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation

Name: Julius & Ray Charlestein Foundation grants, 2021–2022
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

55
grants reported: $712,350
total given: 2021–2022
filing years: $3,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2022. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

jewish community faith education higher care research arts

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Als Association2 grants · $314,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia1 grant · $92,500
Germantown Jewish Center2 grants · $40,000
The Schechter Institutes Inc- Pledge Payment2 grants · $34,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art2 grants · $30,000
American Friends Hebrew University2 grants · $30,000
Philadelphia Orchestra2 grants · $30,000
Rabbinical Assembly Scholarship Fund2 grants · $20,000
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy1 grant · $15,000
Phillies Charities - the Als Association2 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$425,150

2021

$287,200

2022

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$157,000
Als Association · Ambler, PA · 2022
To support als treatment & research
$157,000
Als Association · Ambler, PA · 2021
To support als treatment & research
$92,500
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support jewish communities and needs
$25,000
American Friends Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2022
To support hebrew university of jerusalem continues to be israel's foremost institution of academic excellence and research
$20,000
Germantown Jewish Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support jewish faith & community
$20,000
Germantown Jewish Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$17,000
The Schechter Institutes Inc- Pledge Payment · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support and offer jewish education
$17,000
The Schechter Institutes Inc- Pledge Payment · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support and offer jewish education
$15,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support culture, community, and arts
$15,000
Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support performing arts
$15,000
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2021
To support the steam program & provide scholarships
$15,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support culture, community, and arts
$15,000
Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support performing arts
$10,000
Rabbinical Assembly Scholarship Fund · Henkintown, PA · 2022
To support jewish faith & community
$10,000
Rabbinical Assembly Scholarship Fund · Henkintown, PA · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$7,000
Phillies Charities - the Als Association · Ambler, PA · 2022
To support local community
$7,000
Phillies Charities - the Als Association · Ambler, PA · 2021
To support local community
$6,000
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism · New York, NY · 2022
To support the masorti judaism faith & community
$5,000
American Friends Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2021
To support hebrew university of jerusalem continues to be israel's foremost institution of academic excellence and research
$5,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$5,000
Boca Raton Synagogue · Boca Raton, FL · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$5,000
Camp Moshava · Honesdale, PA · 2021
To support youth programs
$5,000
Camp Ramah in the Poconos · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support youth programs
$5,000
Katz Yeshiva High School of South Florida · Boca Raton, FL · 2021
To support higher education
$4,500
Jewish Family & Children Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support jewish families & communities
$4,000
United Synagogue Conservative Yeshiva · New York, NY · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$3,500
Be'Chol Lashon · San Fransisco, CA · 2021
To support the abayuday/uganda project
$3,500
Juvenile Diabetes Research Fundation · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2021
To support juvenile diabetes research
$3,500
Lower Merion Synagogue · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$3,000
Chabad of the Mainline · Merion Station, PA · 2021
To support jewish learning and community
$2,700
Israel Guide Dog · Warrington, PA · 2022
To support care & imrovement of quality of life for blind & visually impaired israelis
$2,500
Chabad of the Mainline · Merion Station, PA · 2022
To support jewish learning and community
$2,500
Katz Yeshiva High School of South Florida · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
To support higher education
$2,500
Meor Foundation · Monsey, NY · 2022
To support jewish community
$2,500
American Friends Dental Volunteers for Israel · 2021
To provide access to dental care
$2,500
American Friends Tel Aviv University · New York, NY · 2021
To support higher education
$2,500
Har Zion Temple · Penn Valley, PA · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$2,500
Israel Guide Dog · Warrington, PA · 2021
To support care & imrovement of quality of life for blind & visually impaired israelis
$2,500
Meor Foundation · Monsey, NY · 2021
To support jewish community
$2,000
Perelman Jewish Day School · Wynnewood, PA · 2021
To support early jewish education
$1,600
Kids Smile · Norwood, PA · 2022
To provide access to dental care for disadvantaged children
$1,500
Friends of Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2021
To support jewish faith & community
$1,200
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2022
To support science for the benefit of humanity
$1,200
Hillel of University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support jewish community & higher education
$1,200
Hillel of University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support jewish community & higher education
$1,000
Hopedoor · Wayne, PA · 2022
To support families avoid homelessness
$1,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · Bethesda, MD · 2021
To support science for the benefit of humanity
$1,000
Federation Early Learning Services Myer & Rosaline Feinsterin Campus · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support youth programs
$1,000
Special Olympics · Norristown, PA · 2021
To support community & sports for disabled persons
$1,000
United Synagogue Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center · 2021
To support jewish faith & education
$900
Gratz College · Melrose Park, PA · 2021
To support jewish faith and higher education
$800
American Association Ben Gurion Univ of Negev · Jenkintown, PA · 2021
To support irsraeli higher education
$750
Please Touch Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To support hands on exhibit program
$500
Chabad Lubavitch of Wellington · Wellington, FL · 2021
To support jewish community
$500
Madlyn & Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life · North Wales, PA · 2021
To support senior care services

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University of Pittsburgh1,460 grants · $577.6M

Similar purposes

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston4,151 grants · $943.7M
Conference On Jewish Material Claims Against Germany342 grants · $1.44B
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of1,144 grants · $792.3M

Similar grant size

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.