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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 “yeshiva”
Largest: $500,000 to YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH — educational scholarship
Largest: $1.0M to HILLEL YESHIVA OF DEAL — general operating supports
Largest: $186,560 to MAGEN DAVID YESHIVA — general charitable, religious and educational purposes
Largest: $18,000 to YESHIVA ATERET TORAH — general charitable, religious and educational purposes
Jewish Federation of MetropolitanChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
66 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $130,453 to Telshe Yeshiva Chicago — jewish federation of metropolitan chicago grants - operating support
Caroline & Joseph S Gruss Life Monument FundsBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2023Largest: $677,971 to YESHIVA TORAH VODAATH — building reno,life ins, scholarships
Largest: $1.0M to YESHIVA MAGEN ABRAHAM INC — general operating supports
Largest: $1.0M to YESHIVA UNIVERSITY — humanitarian assistance
Bureau of Jewish Education ofLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $363,300 · through 2024Largest: $21,000 to Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn TORAT — student scholarships
Tidewater Jewish FoundationVirginia Beach, VACharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $213,600 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA D'MIR INC — general operations/donations
FjcNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $167,600 to YESHIVA UNIVERSITY — general operating support
Largest: $25,000 to YESHIVAS EMEK HATORAH — unrestricted use
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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 →