FundersNew York

Birkas Rosh Foundation Inc

Brooklyn, NY · EIN 31-1732874. Reported 156 grants totalling $1,800,408 to 96 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,800,408granted, 2020-2024
96organizations funded
45%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,613,201assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Birkas Rosh Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $11,900; the smallest was $600 and the largest $145,700. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
67 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
32 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
34 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
10 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
6 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Bnos Zion of BobovBrooklyn, NY$225,000552024
Kollel Zichron Chaim D'bobovBrooklyn, NY$166,500552024
Cong Ahavas Tzdokah VchesedBrooklyn, NY$148,200222024
Nachlat YehoshuaNew York, NY$139,000442024
Cong Kahal Minchas ChinuchBrooklyn, NY$103,615112023
Bobover Yeshivah Bnei ZionBklyn, NY$56,000222023
Yeshiva Ohr Torah Dm of BrooklynBrooklyn, NY$55,000112023
Cong Tov LkolBrooklyn, NY$45,000222024
Cong Machne Chaim IncBrooklyn, NY$43,100332024
Mesivta Eitz Chaim D'bobovBrooklyn, NY$37,400442024
Ach Tov V'chesedBrooklyn, NY$34,300552024
American Friends of Mishkan YecheskelBklyn, NY$28,800332023
Congregation Yeshiva Yad MoisheBrooklyn, NY$25,000112021
Cong Dvar Moshe HorodenkeBrooklyn, NY$25,000112023
Mikvah of KensingtonBrooklyn, NY$25,000112020
U T a of MonseySpring Valley, NY$24,200222024
Mishkan YecheskelBrooklyn, NY$24,000432023
Kupas Ezrah Shomrie ChesedBklyn, NY$23,500332024
Central Uta of MonseyAirmont, NY$21,500222022
American Friends of Sharai DaasBrooklyn, NY$20,500332024
Mosdos SlonimBrooklyn, NY$20,000112024
Cong Mishkan YecheskelBrooklyn, NY$19,200222024
Cong Neir BurachBklyn, NY$18,200222024
Bayis EsterBrooklyn, NY$18,000112023
Meor Yitzchok IncMonsey, NY$18,000222023
Congregation DorogBrooklyn, NY$16,000112024
Cong of LanzutBrooklyn, NY$15,500222024
Kupas EzrahBrooklyn, NY$15,400112023
Cong Noiam MgodimNew Square, NY$15,000112024
Talmud Torah Ohr MosheBrooklyn, NY$15,000222023
Mosdos Satmar Bp IncBrooklyn, NY$14,700332024
Khal Chasidei Skvere IncSpring Valley, NY$14,000222024
Congregation Khal Shaarei Zion Bobov IncBrooklyn, NY$12,500222022
Yeshiva Beth ShearimBrooklyn, NY$12,400222024
Yeshiva Nachlas Hatorah of KrulaBrooklyn, NY$12,300222024
Congregation Erech Shai Bais YosefBrooklyn, NY$12,000112022
Yeshiva Karlin StolinBrooklyn, NY$11,800222024
Bnai Elozer IncBrooklyn, NY$11,000222024
Cong Yetev Lev D Satmar Cyl IncBrooklyn, NY$10,200222024
Cong Ahavas ChesedBrooklyn, NY$10,000112023
Cong and Yeshiva Lev Someiach of AleskBrooklyn, NY$10,000112020
Cong Shaarei ZionBrooklyn, NY$10,000112023
Cong Tiferes Moshe IncBrooklyn, NY$10,000222024
Key TovBrooklyn, NY$10,000112024
Congregation Keren Ecrah IncMonsey, NY$9,850332024
Cong Yad Hakohen DushinskyBrooklyn, NY$9,000112024
United Bobov InternationalBrooklyn, NY$8,900222024
Cong Khal Chasidei SqwereBrooklyn, NY$8,700112023
Cong Yetev LevBrooklyn, NY$8,700112023
VariousSpring Valley, NY$7,683222022
Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi DkrulaBrooklyn, NY$6,600332024
Kedushat ZionBrooklyn, NY$6,300222023
Yeshiva BoyanBrooklyn, NY$5,400112020
Congregation Kahl Chasidei BobovBrooklyn, NY$5,000112021
Congregation Rachmistrivka IncBrooklyn, NY$5,000112022
Congregation Yesheos YakovMonsey, NY$5,000112022
Cong Bobover Yeshiva of MonseyMonsey, NY$5,000112023
Cong Chonen VnosenBrooklyn, NY$5,000112023
Khal UngvarBrooklyn, NY$5,000112023
Meor HatorahBrooklyn, NY$5,000112020
Yeshiva of KashoBedford Hills, NY$5,000112023
Yeshiva Tzoin Yosef PupaSpring Valley, NY$5,000112023
Cong Beth Joseph of DombrovaBrooklyn, NY$4,500222024
Cong Zichron TzviBrooklyn, NY$4,200112021
Pledger Charitable LtdBrooklyn, NY$4,000112021
Yeshivas Talmideini IncBklyn, NY$3,800222024
Beth Jacob Teachers Seminary of AmericaBrooklyn, NY$3,600112023
Bonei OlamBrooklyn, NY$3,600112024
Cong Ahavah VshulemBrooklyn, NY$3,600112023
Cong Yesod AvodahBrooklyn, NY$3,600112024
Yeshivas Shagas AryehLakewood, NJ$3,600222024
Khal Beth Joseph Zvi DushinskyBrooklyn, NY$3,500112022
Congregation Keren Hatorah IncMonsey, NY$3,000112022
Cong Kehilas BelzBrooklyn, NY$3,000112023
Congregation Tiferes DovidBrooklyn, NY$3,000112024
U T a of Boro ParkBrooklyn, NY$3,000112023
Yeshivas LeipnikBrooklyn, NY$3,000112021
Kahal Bais YitzchokBrooklyn, NY$2,500112024
Yeshiva Kentane Imrei Chaim Viznitz of Boro ParkBrooklyn, NY$2,500112021
Cong Keren HachesedBrooklyn, NY$2,000112024
Kolel Avreichim of DorogNew Square, NY$2,000112022
Cong Yeshiva Bnei TorahBrooklyn, NY$1,900112023
Bnos YaakovLakewood, NJ$1,800112023
Cong Oseh ChayilMonsey, NY$1,800112024
Machneh Rav TovBrooklyn, NY$1,800112024
Yeshiva & Mesivta Arugath HabosemBrooklyn, NY$1,700112024
Mishnah Sheli IncBklyn, NY$1,500112022
Jca IncBrooklyn, NY$1,400112023
Kollel Chibas JerusalemBrooklyn, NY$1,385222024
Bucher BisifartoBrooklyn, NY$1,300112024
Congregation Kozover Zichron Chaim ShloimeBrooklyn, NY$1,200112021
Cong TalmidieniBrooklyn, NY$1,200112024
American Friends of Neveh ZionFar Rockaway, NY$1,100112020
Elef HamugienBrooklyn, NY$1,000112021
Machne GilaBrooklyn, NY$750112023
Cong Beth Rochel of MonseyMonsey, NY$625112023

38 of 96 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 45%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
65 grants
Youth Development
2 grants
Human Services
1 grant
Education
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202012$106,600$5,200
202121$217,400$4,200
202226$216,183$4,800
202353$785,325$5,000
202444$474,900$7,200

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$1.8M
New Jersey
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Birkas Rosh Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1570 46TH St, Brooklyn, NY, 11219. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 31-1732874 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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