Funding search · EIN 923830845 · Bethesda, MD

The Meyer and Deanne Sharlin 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.

200
grants reported
$12.6M
total given
2023–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20232024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Union for Reform Judaism5 grants · $2.7M
  • Save a Child'S Heart2 grants · $1.2M
  • Rabbinical Assembly1 grant · $1.0M
  • Rabbinical Assembly of America3 grants · $825,000
  • America Gives1 grant · $500,000
  • Operation Understanding2 grants · $400,000
  • Dc Central Kitchen2 grants · $400,000
  • Jewish Theological Seminary1 grant · $300,000
  • Americans United for Separation of Church and State2 grants · $200,000
  • Friends of Guest House2 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$5.3M
2023
$7.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 200 grants.

  • $1.3M

    Union for Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2024

    Support for urj, rac, rac sher fellowship, and impj

  • $1.0M

    Rabbinical Assembly · New York, NY · 2024

    Support establishment of an american public policy advocacy center for the conservative/masorti movement and general support

  • $1.0M

    Union for Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $600,000

    Save a Child'S Heart · Potomac, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $600,000

    Rabbinical Assembly of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $600,000

    Save a Child'S Heart · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $500,000

    America Gives · New York, NY · 2024

    Kibbutz nahal oz

  • $300,000

    Jewish Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024

    General support and support of rabbinic training institute

  • $200,000

    Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Interfaith Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Operation Understanding · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $200,000

    Interfatih Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $200,000

    Operation Understanding · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $200,000

    Rabbinical Assembly of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $200,000

    Union for Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $177,500

    New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $170,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Fund · New York, NE · 2024

    Center for media and democracy shom, hen hanegev/kibbutz kfar azza, association for civil rights in israel

  • $115,000

    Temple Shalom · Chevy Chase, DC · 2024

    Capital campaign and rabbi kahn mitzvah fund

  • $100,000

    Americans United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    College Bound · Washington, DC · 2024

    Support for scholarships

  • $100,000

    Dc Youth Orchestra · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Friends of Guest House · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Habitat Peninsula · Newport News, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Jssa · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Weinstein Jewish Community Center · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Americans United for Separation of Church and State · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    College Bound · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Dc Youth Orchestra · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Friends of Guest House · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Union for Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Weinstein Jewish Community Center · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $85,000

    Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Washington · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $84,000

    Temple Beth Or · Edmonds, WA · 2023

    General support

  • $83,000

    Temple Beth Or · Edmonds, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Temple Shalom Chevy Chase · Chevy Chase, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    People for the American Way Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $65,000

    Sutton Place Synagogue · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $62,500

    Chicago Jewish Day School · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $62,500

    Grace Episcopal Food Pantry · Mansfield, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    Hiddush · Roxbury, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    Union for Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Huc-Jir · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Multi-Faith Neighbors Network · Keller, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    New York Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Temple Beth El · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Temple Sinai · Washington, DC · 2024

    Capital campaign

  • $50,000

    Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Hiddush · Irvine, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Issa · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Jewish National Fund · Rockville Center, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Jewish Theological Seminary Rabbinic Training Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Multi-Faith Neighbors Network · Keller, TX · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    New York Public Act Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Sutton Place Synagogue (Nyc) · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Temple Beth El · Richmond, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Temple Sinai Dc Capital Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Central Conference of American Rabbis · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Washington State Lactation Collaborative · Edmonds, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Central Conference of American Rabbis · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Js Bryant School · Windsor, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Js Bryant School · Windsor, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Hendel Center Co Jewish Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Institute for Nonprofit News · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    Support an arm and a leg

  • $25,000

    Jewish Braille Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Law Forward · Madison, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    World Union for Progressive Judaism · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Hiddush · Irvine, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Rabbinical Assembly of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    A Wider Circle · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Community of Hope · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Federation of Jewish Men'S Clubs · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Fund for Investigative Journalism · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Interfaith Work · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Makom · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Manna Food Center · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    N Street Village · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    National Low Income Housing Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Some (So Others May Eat) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Sylvia'S Sisters · Midlothian, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Washington Hebrew Congregation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Women of Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Mah Tovu (Chicago) Scholars Program · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    N St Village · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    National Low Income Housing Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    The Hendel Center for Ethics and Justice · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Agudas Achim Preschool (Va) · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Hias · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Miller Center of Hebrew College · Newton, MA · 2024

    General support

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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.