Jay and Jean Schottenstein Foundation

• This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations, so a small nonprofit without an existing relationship should not plan to apply cold.
• Its recorded grants principally support religious purposes and education, including Hebrew day schools and universities, with substantial giving also reaching community federations and service organisations, and smaller amounts for healthcare and historical conservation.
• No geographic focus is stated, though the filings show grants mainly in New York, Florida, Ohio and Arizona, and grants appear across 13 states.
• About 8 in 10 of its 202 grants to organisations fall between $1,800 and $555,000, with a median grant of $36,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant was about $6,400,000.
• Giving is heavily relationship-led: 79% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two previous filings, so new applicants who are not already known to the foundation face a steep climb regardless of how well their work fits its themes.

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

• Ner L Horeinu · Religious
  $6,383,6812024 tax year
• National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Education
  $1,916,5002024 tax year
• Mesorah Heritage Foundation · Education
  $1,601,4882024 tax year
• Gemilos Chasadim Chasdei Moshe · Religious
  $1,363,0002024 tax year
• Ohio State University Foundation · Education
  $1,154,5442024 tax year
• Brothers for Life · Community
  $1,093,0002024 tax year
• Yeshiva Toras Yisrael · Religious
  $560,0002024 tax year
• American Friends of Nishmat · Education
  $281,7552024 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.