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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.

12 funders with a record of paying for “mitzvah”

Where the money went

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Lasko Family Foundation → Mitzvah Circle Foundation: $840K across 6 grants, latest 2024Zeigler Family Foundation → Mitzvah Circle Foundation: $615K across 9 grants, latest 2025Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies → Jewish Film Institute: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024Simmons Family Charitable Foundation → The Survivor Mitzvah Project: $210K across 4 grants, latest 2025Merck Foundation A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation → Mitzvah Circle Foundation: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2025Marcia and Ned Kaplin Foundation → Mitzvah Circle Foundation: $95K across 4 grants, latest 2025Pottstown Regional Community Foundation → Mitzvah Circle Foundation: $78K across 4 grants, latest 2024Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2024Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Mobile Mitzvah Center Inc: $42K across 2 grants, latest 2024Jeannette and H Peter Kriendler Char Trust → Chabad Mitzvah Workshops Inc: $33K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Harriette Steelman and Charles → Mitzvah Circle: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2025Huberfeld Family Foundation → Chabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Tank: $22K across 6 grants, latest 2024Jewish Federation of Metropolitan → Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2022Jeannette and H Peter Kriendler Char Trust → Mitzvah for Ukraine: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Chabad Mitzvah Workshops Inc: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Harriette Steelman and Charles → Mitzvah: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Mitzvah Circle Foundation: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023Lasko Family Foundation: $840K on this topic. Open the funder.Lasko Family Foundation$840KZeigler Family Foundation: $615K on this topic. Open the funder.Zeigler Family Foundation$615KBernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Bernard Osher Jewish Philanth…$300KSimmons Family Charitable Foundation: $210K on this topic. Open the funder.Simmons Family Charitable Fou…$210KMerck Foundation A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation: $150K on this topic. Open the funder.Merck Foundation A New Jersey…$150KJewish Federation of Metropolitan: $138K on this topic. Open the funder.Jewish Federation of Metropol…$138KMarcia and Ned Kaplin Foundation: $95K on this topic. Open the funder.Marcia and Ned Kaplin Foundat…$95KPottstown Regional Community Foundation: $78K on this topic. Open the funder.Pottstown Regional Community…$78KGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $59K on this topic. Open the funder.Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy…$59KJeannette and H Peter Kriendler Char Trust: $48K on this topic. Open the funder.Jeannette and H Peter Kriendl…$48KThe Harriette Steelman and Charles: $35K on this topic. Open the funder.The Harriette Steelman and Ch…$35KHuberfeld Family Foundation: $22K on this topic. Open the funder.Huberfeld Family Foundation$22KMitzvah Circle Foundation: received $1.6M on this topicMitzvah Circle Foundation$1.6MJewish Film Institute: received $300K on this topicJewish Film Institute$300KThe Survivor Mitzvah Project: received $210K on this topicThe Survivor Mitzvah Project$210KMitzvah Circle Foundation: received $150K on this topicMitzvah Circle Foundation$150KChicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign: received $75K on this topicChicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Cam…$75KChicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign: received $63K on this topicChicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Cam…$63KChabad Mitzvah Workshops Inc: received $43K on this topicChabad Mitzvah Workshops Inc$43KMobile Mitzvah Center Inc: received $42K on this topicMobile Mitzvah Center Inc$42KMitzvah Circle: received $28K on this topicMitzvah Circle$28KChabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Tank: received $22K on this topicChabad Lubavitch Mitzvah Tank$22KMitzvah for Ukraine: received $15K on this topicMitzvah for Ukraine$15KMitzvah: received $8K on this topicMitzvah$8K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →