Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation

• Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation funds Jewish religious and educational organisations, including congregations, Torah study institutions and yeshivas, Hebrew day-school organisations and kollelim, as well as community-service and charitable bodies, with its grants recorded as unrestricted support rather than tied to named projects.
• A realistic request would be modest: about eight in ten of its 424 grants fall between $600 and $110,000, and the median grant was about $10,500, though the largest recorded grant was about $1,850,000.
• The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so it is not one to approach cold; it operates by invitation only.
• It also looks relationship-led rather than open to new applicants generally, since 87% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two previous filings.
• No geographic focus is stated, though its filed grants are concentrated in New York, with further support in Illinois and New Jersey.

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

• OJC Fund · Unrestricted
  $900,0002024 tax year
• National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Unrestricted
  $893,8342024 tax year
• Kollel Shabbos Kodesh (Karnoh Shel Torah) · Unrestricted
  $650,0002024 tax year
• Tova U'Vrucha Inc · Unrestricted
  $452,9202024 tax year
• Chayim Vchesed · Unrestricted
  $407,1972024 tax year
• Mesivta Shaarei Adirim · Unrestricted
  $348,3252024 tax year
• Davis Memorial Fund · Unrestricted
  $292,5002024 tax year
• Keren Olam Hatorah · Unrestricted
  $291,6692024 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.