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 20222025. 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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  • 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

$73,960
2022
$39,442
2023
$105,601
2024
$101,991
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 124 grants.

  • $65,000

    Delivering Good · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $49,408

    The Door · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $1,840

    Arthritis Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025

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  • $1,500

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $1,150

    Covenant House · Washington, DC · 2023

    Carry out tax exempt purpose

  • $1,030

    National Dance Institute Ny · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $1,000

    Artists Fellowship · New York, NY · 2025

    Carry out tax exempt purpose

  • $1,000

    Filmaker Collaborative · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $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

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  • $525

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Carry out tax exempt purpose

  • $512

    Give Lively Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

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  • $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

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  • $500

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, MA · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $480

    Charity Water · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $480

    Charity Water · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $450

    Amnesty USA · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $325

    Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $300

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025

    Carry out tax exempt purpose

  • $300

    Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024

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  • $300

    Save the Children · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $300

    Save the Children · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $275

    Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $275

    Whitney Museum · New York, NY · 2022

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  • $250

    Aclu · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $250

    Americans United · Stamford, NY · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $250

    Partners in Health · Boston, DC · 2025

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  • $250

    South Hampton · Southampton, MA · 2025

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  • $250

    Union Cncrnd Scientist · Cambridge, NY · 2025

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  • $250

    Wildlife Conservation · Bronx, MA · 2025

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  • $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

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  • $205

    Ribalta · New York, NY · 2023

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  • $200

    Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, NY · 2025

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  • $200

    Edforg · New York, DC · 2025

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  • $200

    Fountain House · New York, NY · 2025

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  • $200

    Mercy Shipsorg · Lindale, NY · 2025

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  • $200

    Planned Parenthood · Brooklyn, TX · 2025

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  • $200

    Aclu · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $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

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  • $176

    Wnyc · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $176

    Wnyc · New York, NY · 2022

    Carry out tax exempt purpose

  • $156

    Foster Love - Together We Rise · Brea, CA · 2023

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  • $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

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  • $135

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, DC · 2025

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  • $125

    Nrdc · New York, NY · 2024

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  • $125

    Charity Navigator · Saddle Brook, NJ · 2022

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  • $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

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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.