Bialkin Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered.
- The filings give no further applicant steps, so any approach should be treated as relationship-led.
- Its recorded grants cover a wide mix of causes, including education, health, food, cultural and civil-rights work, but the filings state no programme focus, no eligibility criteria and no geographic focus, so fit cannot be judged from a narrow rule.
- Typical grants fall between $1,500 and $30,000, with a median of $5,000, so a modest request in that range is the realistic size; the largest grant reported was $450,000, but that is not a limit.
- Around 90% of grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to organisations the foundation had also funded earlier, so a first-time request faces a harder path than continued support for existing grantees.
Overview
Bialkin Family 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 recorded grants, the foundation has supported a varied group of charitable organisations, including organisations serving Jewish communities and Israel-related causes, schools and other educational bodies, hospitals and health organisations, food banks and meal services, historical and cultural institutions, arts organisations, and civil-rights and policy groups. The filings describe every grant purpose simply as furthering the recipient's exempt purpose; they do not state a narrower programme focus or eligibility criteria. Its grant record shows repeated support to organisations, with most recorded grant dollars going to recipients in New York, alongside grants elsewhere. The filings state that contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations and that unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filings provide no further applicant steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 90% 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 185 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 22% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 90% of grant dollars went to organisations Bialkin Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 19% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 59 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $7,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- America Israel Friendship League · To further donee's exempt purpose$250,0002024 tax year
- Elementary Youth in Distress · To further donee's exempt purpose$175,0002024 tax year
- Ohr Torah Stone · To further donee's exempt purpose$60,0002024 tax year
- Central Fund of Israel · To further donee's exempt purpose$50,0002024 tax year
- Mount Sinai Hospital SCH Medical · To further donee's exempt purpose$40,0002024 tax year
- Jerusalem Foundation · To further donee's exempt purpose$35,0002024 tax year
- Ethical Culture Fieldston School · To further donee's exempt purpose$30,0002024 tax year
- American Friends of West Galilee Hospital · To further donee's exempt purpose$30,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Janeen Espinel — Secretary / Co-Treasurer
- Johanna Bialkin — Executive Vice President / Chief Grant Officer
- Lisa Bialkin — Chair / President / Treasurer / Chief Administrative Officer
- Ann E Bialkin — Senior VP., Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,420,069 | $1,604,589 | $25,236,182 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,637,576 | $969,448 | $25,998,275 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,565,753 | $1,085,500 | $40,090,168 | 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