Funding search · EIN 521194529 · Kensington, MD

National Center To Encourage

Name: National Center To Encourage grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

148
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,200
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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Union Reform Judaism4 grants · $252,900
Joint Distribution Comm4 grants · $130,175
Various Synagogues4 grants · $113,358
Institute for Southern Jewish Life4 grants · $95,000
Sutton Place Synagogue Nyc3 grants · $64,100
Vanguard Charitable1 grant · $60,000
Jewish Federation North America2 grants · $45,000
Keneseth Israel Congregation4 grants · $36,100
Mishkan Chicago4 grants · $35,200
Center for Jewish Life Beth David2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$269,525

2022

$310,117

2023

$379,780

2024

$425,748

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 148 grants.

$76,000
Union Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2022
General
$70,000
Union Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2024
General
$62,900
Union Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2025
General
$60,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023
General
$45,248
Various Synagogues · All in Uscanada, MD · 2025
General
$45,000
Institute for Southern Jewish Life · Jackson, MS · 2024
General
$44,000
Union Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2023
General
$43,000
Various Synagogues · All in Uscanada, MD · 2024
General
$36,200
Sutton Place Synagogue Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
General
$35,175
Joint Distribution Comm · New York, NY · 2023
General
$35,000
Joint Distribution Comm · New York, NY · 2022
General
$30,000
Institute for Southern Jewish Life · Jackson, MS · 2025
General
$30,000
Joint Distribution Comm · New York, NY · 2025
General
$30,000
Joint Distribution Comm · New York, NY · 2024
General
$28,000
Hillels Int · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$25,000
Israel Reform Movement · New York, NY · 2025
General
$25,000
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$25,000
Jewish Federation North America · New York, NY · 2023
General
$23,900
Sutton Place Synagogue Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Jewish Federation North America · New York, NY · 2024
General
$17,100
Sha'Ar Zahav · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$16,800
Keneseth Israel Congregation · Allentown, PA · 2025
General
$16,000
New London Synagogue · 2025
General
$15,000
Center for Jewish Life Beth David · Miami, FL · 2024
General
$15,000
Center for Jewish Life Beth David · Miami, FL · 2023
General
$15,000
Institute for Southern Jewish Life · Jackson, MS · 2022
General
$14,600
Various Synagogues · All in Uscanada, MD · 2022
General
$13,000
Finchley Progressive Synagogue · 2025
General
$12,000
American Jewish University · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
General
$12,000
Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$10,510
Various Synagogues · All in Uscanada, MD · 2023
General
$10,354
Hillel Intl · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$10,000
Shabbat With Friends · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General
$10,000
Ujrurj Am-Lat · 2025
General
$10,000
Jewish Learning Venture · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
General
$10,000
Myzuzah · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
General
$10,000
Sandra Kaplan Bet Din Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
American Jewish U La · Bel Air, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Project Kesher · New York, NY · 2022
General
$9,200
Keneseth Israel Congregation · Allentown, PA · 2023
General
$8,600
Congregation Bnai Amoona-Mo · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General
$7,100
Keneseth Israel Congregation · Allentown, PA · 2024
General
$7,000
Temple Bnai Torah Wa · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General
$6,600
Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$6,400
Buffalo Jewish Federation · Williamsville, NY · 2024
General
$6,200
Hebrew College · Auburndale, MA · 2025
General
$6,200
Shabbat With Friends · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General
$6,200
Sha'Ar Zahav · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$6,100
Society for Humanistic Judaism · Farmington Hills, MI · 2025
General
$6,000
Beri Foundation Ukraine · 2025
General
$6,000
Haver-the Boulder Rabbinical Counci · Boulder, CO · 2024
General
$6,000
Society for Humanistic Judaism · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
General
$5,600
Charleston Jewish Federation · Charleston, SC · 2024
General
$5,500
Progressive Judausm Center of Georg · 2025
General
$5,500
Natl Women Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2024
General
$5,500
Jewish Federation Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
General
$5,500
Memphis Jcc · Memphis, TN · 2022
General
$5,200
Jewish Community Alliance · Portland, ME · 2023
General
$5,100
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,100
Hillel Intl · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$5,000
Nj Rabbinical Assembly · Ontville, NJ · 2025
General
$5,000
Schechter Instituteukraine · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$5,000
Intro Phoenix · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
General
$5,000
Nj Rabbinical Assembly · Ontville, NJ · 2024
General
$5,000
Schechter Instituteukraine · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$5,000
Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Institute for Southern Jewish Life · Jackson, MS · 2023
General
$5,000
Nj Rabbinical Assembly · Ontville, NJ · 2023
General
$5,000
Schechter Instituteukraine · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$5,000
Hillel Minsk · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$5,000
Nj Rabbinical Assembly · Montville, NJ · 2022
General
$5,000
Temple Beth Israel of Highland · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Temple Israel Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$4,400
Silicon Valley Jcc · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
General
$4,000
Sutton Place Synagogue Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General
$3,900
Sha'Ar Zahav · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$3,800
Congregation Beth Israel Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
General
$3,750
Rabbinical Assn Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General
$3,600
Temple Beth El Aptos-Jcc Santa Cruz · Aptos, CA · 2023
General
$3,500
Bethesda Jewish Congregation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General
$3,500
Silicon Valley Jcc · Los Gatos, CA · 2024
General
$3,500
Hillel Intpoland Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$3,500
Judiasm Your Way · Denver, CO · 2022
General
$3,500
Kol Ami Tuscon · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
General
$3,300
Westside Jcc Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$3,200
Congregation Beth Israel Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
General
$3,100
Jewishcolorado Pj Library · Denver, CO · 2025
General
$3,100
Temple Israel Albany · Albany, NY · 2025
General
$3,100
Mishkan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$3,000
Emanuel Synagogue Ok · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
General
$3,000
Rabbinical Assn Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2024
General
$3,000
Buffalo Jewish Federation · Williamsville, NY · 2023
General
$3,000
Buffalo Jewish Federation · Williamsville, NY · 2022
General
$3,000
Jewish Fed San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General
$3,000
Keneseth Israel Congregation · Allentown, PA · 2022
General
$2,800
Sid Jacobson Jcc · Greenvale, NY · 2025
General
$2,700
Makom Community Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General
$2,700
Jewish Fed Central Ny · Dewitt, NY · 2023
General
$2,700
The Kitchen · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$2,625
Temple Bnai Israel Monroe · Monroe, LA · 2022
General

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