The DDS Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered.
- Half of its grants to organisations are $20,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $5,000 and $250,000, so any eventual request should be sized in that range, though its largest grant was $1,000,000 and the band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat giving is strong: 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in an earlier filing, so a new applicant faces an established base.
- Its grants lean towards Jewish communal and educational causes and are mainly in New York and New Jersey, but no geographic focus is stated, so these are patterns rather than rules, and the filing gives no application steps or timing to plan around.
Overview
The DDS Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across its filed grants, the foundation supports a broad mix of charitable organisations, with a strong Jewish communal and educational strand. Its stated grant purposes include care for Jewish people and New Yorkers of all backgrounds, religious Zionist education for young people and their families, Jewish education and leadership, and teaching. Other purposes include therapeutic support for children with special needs, food distribution in Israel, and public education about Jewish culture and religion. Its recorded recipients include educational institutions, synagogues, emergency-response organisations, and charities serving children with additional needs, alongside organisations involved in Israel and wider community work. Some grants are general support; others identify a specific service or educational purpose. Contributions are confined to preselected charitable organisations, and unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and New Jersey.
How to apply
Contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted. The filing gives no further public application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 91% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 66 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 32% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 91% of grant dollars went to organisations The DDS Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 23% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 29 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $18,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Yeshiva University · To bring wisdom to life through all that is taught.$1,000,0002024 tax year
- UJA Federation · TO care for Jewish people everywhere and New Yorkers of all backgrounds, respond to crises to shape our Jewish future.$500,0002024 tax year
- Friends of United Hatzalah · General Support$500,0002024 tax year
- American Friends of Shalva · TO provide a therapeutic and supportive environment that advances special needs children.$100,0002024 tax year
- Religious Zionist Movement · General Support$100,0002024 tax year
- American Friends of Leket Israel · TO provide a therapeutic and supportive environment that advances special needs children.$100,0002024 tax year
- Etzion Foundation · to foster development of Jewish education and provide a foundation for Jewish leadership.$80,0002024 tax year
- Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun · To foster among its membership a love of god and an abiding commitment to halakhah and mitzvot.$62,8002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Gabriella Major — Director
- Deborah Schwartz — Secretary
- Daniel Schwartz — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $865,669 | $488,149 | $39,471,266 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,523,035 | $2,946,955 | $40,317,892 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,407,887 | $2,765,974 | $40,662,949 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Contact
- New York, NY