Kolel Torah Inc
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 82-2437815. Reported 118 grants totalling $25.8M to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Kolel Torah Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for religion (NTEE X12).
- How spread out its giving is. 59 distinct organizations, with 36% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 54% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $34,800. Half of what it reported fell between $11,349 and $112,520; the smallest was $5,360 and the largest $3,976,597. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federation of Jewish Communities of the C I S Inc | New York, NY | $9,390,442 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| M Y Keren Hashluchim Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $6,414,255 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| European Jewish Association Inc | Monsey, NY | $2,586,172 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Health Organization Inc | Boston, MA | $997,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad House of Harvard Square Inc | Cambridge, MA | $747,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Jewish Community of S Petersburg Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $558,173 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jcc Dubai Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $505,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad Young Professionals | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad Lubavitch Hospitality Center Eshel Hachnosas Orchim Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $499,970 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vaad Hanochos Hatmimim Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $474,620 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lahak Hanochos Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $351,015 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Medford Inc | Somerville, MA | $299,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heichel Menachem | Brooklyn, NY | $232,063 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad at Columbia Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charidy Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $185,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Chabad of Thailand Inc | Prt Washingtn, NY | $173,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Russia Community | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vaad Hatmimim Haolami Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $148,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cong Ohel Chabad Lubavitch | Cambria Hts, NY | $126,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $120,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Learning Institute Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $106,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Poland Inc | Monsey, NY | $106,230 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad on Campus International Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $100,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Argentina Relief Appeal Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $92,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Kishinev Jewry | Brooklyn, NY | $90,796 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Moscow | Brooklyn, NY | $71,809 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Russian Jewish Biblioteka | Brooklyn, NY | $71,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Turkish Friends of Chabad Inc | Miami Beach, FL | $62,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad Bermuda Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $39,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beit Chabad Israeli Center Inc | Hollywood, FL | $39,560 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Escondido | Escondido, CA | $35,168 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $33,610 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Momentum Unlimited Inc | Rockville, MD | $31,336 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Durham Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of South Brunswick Inc | N Brunswick, NJ | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of West Village Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lubavitch Youth Organization | Brooklyn, NY | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad Young Professionals Portland | Portland, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad Israel Jewish Center Inc | Nanuet, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cheder Menachem a Nj Non-Profit Corporation | N Brunswick, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of St Charles County Inc | Saint Charles, MO | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Hall County Inc | Gainesville, GA | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Lake Oswego | Portland, OR | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Newark Inc | Newark, NJ | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabadaid Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad on Campus Dutchess Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Ciuj-Napoca Romania Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad Youth | Playa Del Rey, CA | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Village Chabad | Portola Vally, CA | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Student Foundation of Downtown Brooklyn Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Chabad of Portugal Inc | West Hartford, CT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Grenada Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Mammoth Lakes | Pittsburgh, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Southwest Beverly Hills | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Vail Arizona | Vail, AZ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Goodness and Kindness Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Cranberry and Butler Inc | Freedom, PA | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Ghana Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Southern Rhode Island Inc | Warwick, RI | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
27 of 59 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Federa of Jewish Com of Cis
SUPPORT OF JEWISH AWARENESS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 of 59 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $8,326,032 | $36,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $8,368,947 | $27,500 |
| 2023 | 28 | $4,971,095 | $43,350 |
| 2024 | 18 | $4,127,695 | $37,334 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
91% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $34,800 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kolel Torah Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 18 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 642 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, 11213.
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