Funding search · EIN 811772356 · Brooklyn, NY
The Sarah Shamah 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.
- 41
- grants reported
- $827,809
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $14,194
- 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Yeshiva of Flatbush4 grants · $208,300
- Beth Torah Congregation4 grants · $165,197
- Sephardic Bikur Holim4 grants · $121,181
- Berit Shalom3 grants · $59,227
- Various Charities Under 20004 grants · $51,793
- Shaare Zion Congregation3 grants · $39,500
- Teach Nys3 grants · $37,400
- A Giving Hand1 grant · $36,600
- Kol Yaakov1 grant · $27,302
- Ujafederation3 grants · $20,800
Giving over time
Grant history
All 41 reported grants, largest first.
- $88,800
Yeshiva of Flatbush · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $61,100
Yeshiva of Flatbush · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $52,291
Beth Torah Congregation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $50,565
Beth Torah Congregation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $46,841
Beth Torah Congregation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $37,501
Sephardic Bikur Holim · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $36,600
A Giving Hand · West Long Branch, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $36,000
Sephardic Bikur Holim · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $30,600
Yeshiva of Flatbush · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $27,800
Yeshiva of Flatbush · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $27,302
Kol Yaakov · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $26,526
Berit Shalom · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $26,360
Sephardic Bikur Holim · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $25,200
Berit Shalom · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $25,124
Various Charities Under 2000 · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $21,320
Sephardic Bikur Holim · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $21,000
Shaare Zion Congregation · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $18,200
Teach Nys · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $15,500
Beth Torah Congregation · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $15,000
3 Congregation Magen David of West Deal · Ocean, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $14,194
Various Charities Under 2000 · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $12,000
Teach Nys · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $11,000
Shaare Zion Congregation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $10,400
Ujafederation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $8,606
Congregation Ohel Yishak of Allenhurst · Allenhurst, NJ · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $8,000
Yad Yosef Childrens Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $7,813
Cong Ohel Yishak · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $7,501
Berit Shalom · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $7,500
Shaare Zion Congregation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $7,200
Teach Nys · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable & educational purposes
- $6,682
Various Charities Under 2000 · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $5,793
Various Charities Under 2000 · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $5,200
Ujafederation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $5,200
Ujafederation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $4,956
Cong Ohel Yishak · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $3,154
Young Israel of Scarsdale · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $3,154
Young Israel of Scarsdale · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $2,600
Barkai Yeshivah · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable purposes
- $2,600
Barkai Yeshivah · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $2,600
Sephardic Community Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
- $2,026
Cong Ohel Yishak · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable & educational purposes
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