Volosov Family Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 47-4050322. Reported 133 grants totalling $13.2M to 46 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 Volosov Family Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a private grantmaking foundation (NTEE T20).
- How spread out its giving is. 46 distinct organizations, with 17% 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. 91% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $109,250; the smallest was $7,610 and the largest $813,772. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,174,460 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Torah Institute of Baltimore Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $1,159,077 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,034,914 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $978,887 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $906,684 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohr Somayach International Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ohr Chadash Congregation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $774,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cheder Chabad Inc | Baltimore, MD | $662,933 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bais Haknesses of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $435,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshivas Toras Simcha Inc | Towson, MD | $315,848 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | Baltimore, MD | $275,610 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Torah Schools for Israel | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mesivta Kesser Torah of Baltimore Inc | Pikesville, MD | $204,504 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewels School Inc | Baltimore, MD | $202,316 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peylim Lev Lachim | Lakewood, NJ | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Torah Live Incorporated | Jackson, NJ | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rabbi Chaim Nachman Kowalsky Memorial Ahavas Yisrael Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | $144,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bais Hamedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $137,511 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshivat Mekor Chaim Inc | Baltimore, MD | $112,459 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mosdos Kehal Chassidim Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,848 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Darchei Noam Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Jersey Federation of Yng Mens Hebrew Assn & Yng Womens Hbrw Assn | Fairfield, NJ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tiferes Golda Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zichron Menachem Inc | Monsey, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kollel M Kadishei Sh Veeie Inc | Baltimore, MD | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Society for Hebrew Day Schools | Brooklyn, NY | $79,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mesivta of Clifton | Passaic, NJ | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Agudath Israel of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Meshi Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $72,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beth Medrash Govoha of America | Lakewood, NJ | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elevating Life in a Torah Environment Inc | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sulam Inc | Rockville, MD | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tashbar | Pikesville, MD | $63,769 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Keren Hashviis Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Innovative Jewish Learning Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,140 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Rabbinical College Netiv Hadaat Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Torah School | Baltimore, MD | $19,271 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Etz Chaim Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $12,370 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mesivta Shaarei Chaim Corp | Baltimore, MD | $11,015 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Encounter USA Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
37 of 46 (80%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 33 of 46 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 | 33 | $2,844,040 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $1,519,500 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $4,558,060 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $4,251,216 | $50,000 |
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
77% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. 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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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 $50,000 -- 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 Maryland.
- 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 Volosov Family Foundation 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 40 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: 5700 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21215.
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