Funding search · EIN 205917028 · New York, NY
The Shemesh Joester 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.
- 124
- grants reported
- $320,994
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $250
- 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.
- Delivering Good4 grants · $106,998
- Friends Without Borders4 grants · $84,924
- The Door1 grant · $49,408
- Veterinarians International1 grant · $22,750
- Adventures for the Mind Foundation2 grants · $12,200
- Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $4,750
- Aclu4 grants · $3,850
- Save the Children4 grants · $3,502
- Arthritis Foundation1 grant · $1,840
- Covenant House3 grants · $1,511
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 124 grants.
- $65,000
Delivering Good · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $49,408
The Door · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $27,575
Friends Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $24,665
Friends Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $22,750
Veterinarians International · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $18,000
Delivering Good · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $17,658
Friends Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $15,026
Friends Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $13,500
Delivering Good · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $10,498
Delivering Good · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $9,750
Adventures for the Mind Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $2,450
Adventures for the Mind Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $2,400
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $2,102
Save the Children · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,840
Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,287
The Filmmakers · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,250
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,150
Covenant House · Washington, DC · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,030
National Dance Institute Ny · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,000
Artists Fellowship · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,000
Filmaker Collaborative · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $1,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $912
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $800
Save the Children · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $750
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $700
Waterorg · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $585
The Light Fund · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $525
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $512
Give Lively Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $500
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $500
Oxzfam USA · Boston, VA · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $500
The Carter Center · Atlanta, MA · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $500
Alzheimer Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $500
Artists Fellowship · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $480
Charity Water · New York, GA · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $480
Charity Water · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $480
Charity Water · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $450
Amnesty USA · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $450
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $400
Sq Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $335
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $325
Whitney Museum · New York, OK · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $325
Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $300
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $300
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $300
Save the Children · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $300
Save the Children · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $275
Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $275
Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Aclu · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Americans United · Stamford, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Childrens Aid Nyc · Manhattan, CT · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Global Wildlife · Austin, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Habitat for Humanity · New York, TX · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Long Island Cares · Hauppauge, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
No Kid Hungry · Washington, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Partners in Health · Boston, DC · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
South Hampton · Southampton, MA · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Union Cncrnd Scientist · Cambridge, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Wildlife Conservation · Bronx, MA · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Covenant House · Washington, DC · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Save Sag Harbor · Sag Harbor, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $250
Southampton Arts Center · Southampton, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $227
Reverse Rett · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $208
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $207
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $205
Ribalta · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Edforg · New York, DC · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Fountain House · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Mercy Shipsorg · Lindale, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Planned Parenthood · Brooklyn, TX · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Aclu · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Habitqat for Hunanity · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $200
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $195
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $192
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $176
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $176
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $156
Foster Love - Together We Rise · Brea, CA · 2023
Brea
- $152
Sier Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $150
National Public Radio · Washington, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $150
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2023
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $135
City Harvest · Brooklyn, DC · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $125
Nrdc · New York, NY · 2024
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $125
Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $120
Safe Horizon · New York, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $111
Covenant House · Washington, NY · 2025
Carry out tax exempt purpose
- $103
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Carry out tax exempt purpose
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Similar purposes
- High Meadows Foundation60 grants · $31.2M
- New Jersey Family Planning League61 grants · $103.7M
- Crossroads Community Services120 grants · $10.2M
Similar grant size
- Verizon Foundation24,414 grants · $20.4M
- The Pfizer Foundation31,779 grants · $119.9M
- The Bank of America Charitable87,335 grants · $496.1M
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