Joseph and Martha Melohn Tzedaka Fund

• The filings show general-support grants, mostly to congregations, yeshivas and other Jewish communal organisations, so a group working in that community will see the closest match, though no field of giving is stated.
• Half of its grants to organisations were $1,000 or less and the median was $1,000, so a modest request of that size fits; its typical grants fall between $250 and $100,000, but that band is not a ceiling, as the largest grant was $900,000.
• Apply by sending a letter describing your organisation's purpose and how the funds would be used; the filing gives no deadlines, so it names no date to aim for.
• Repeat giving is strong, with 69% of grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in earlier years, so expect a relationship-led process and make a clear, modest first ask.
• Nearly all grant dollars went to New York recipients and no geographic focus is stated, so a New York group can make its case, but this is a pattern in the filings, not a stated rule.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• OJC Fund · General support
  $400,0002024 tax year
• Congregation Yeshiva of Greater Monsey · General support
  $100,0002024 tax year
• American Friends of Yeshiva D'Mir · General support
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Congregation Peer Bais Yaakov · General support
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Jewish Conference and Retreat Center · General support
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Monsey Shidduch Initiative · General support
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Kahal Ahavas Yitzchok · General support
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Congregation Mesifta Beth Shraga · General support
  $5,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.