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12 funders with a record of paying for “mitzvah”
Where the money went
Zeigler Family FoundationSchwenksville, PA
9 matching grants · $615,077 · through 2025Largest: $494,937 to MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION — youth engagement program
Largest: $500,000 to MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION — to assist goals of organization
Largest: $15,000 to MITZVAH FOR UKRAINE — general exempt purpose
Largest: $75,000 to THE SURVIVOR MITZVAH PROJECT — emergency financial aid to holocaust survivors in eastern europe
Largest: $3,600 to CHABAD LUBAVITCH MITZVAH TANK — religious organization
Largest: $60,000 to MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION — for general support of charitable activities
Jewish Federation of MetropolitanChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $138,405 · through 2024Largest: $48,500 to CHICAGO MEZUZAH AND MITZVAH CAMPAIGN — grants from donor advised funds- operating support
Largest: $32,500 to MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION — critical needs for healthy families, diaper bank, and period supply ($30000), board retirement honorarium on behalf of adam conish ($2500)
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $58,700 · through 2024Largest: $24,100 to MOBILE MITZVAH CENTER INC — community & human services
Largest: $12,581 to MITZVAH CIRCLE — charitable for religion
Bernard Osher Jewish PhilanthropiesSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to JEWISH FILM INSTITUTE — for the mitzvah series program
Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationRahway, NJ
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to Mitzvah Circle Foundation — contribution provided
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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 →