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 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • 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

$231,605
2022
$210,298
2023
$250,121
2024
$135,785
2025

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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