Private foundation · New York, NY

The Tikvah Fund

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Typical grant size
$6K – $13K – $54K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
6
Repeat grantees
1
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Eric S Cohen
PRESIDENT/CEO
$881K
Rabbi Hershel Lutch
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/CFO
$425K
Hon Elliott Abrams
CHAIRMAN/MEMBER/TRUSTEE
$140K
Amiad Cohen
DIRECTOR-GENERAL, ISRAEL
$72K
Terry Kassel
TRUSTEE
Shelly Kassen
TRUSTEE
Mem Bernstein
MEMBER/TRUSTEE
Moshe Koppel
TRUSTEE
Jay Lefkowitz
MEMBER/TRUSTEE
Steven Price
TRUSTEE
Gary Rosenthal
VICE CHAIRMAN/TRUSTEE
Raanan Agus
TRUSTEE
Hershel Lutch
CFO/COO
$331K
Elliott Abrams
CHAIRMAN/MEMBER/TRUSTEE
$125K
Arthur Fried
MEMBER/TRUSTEE
William Kristol
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
8.2%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
32
Total grants awarded
$21.8M
Total amount
$681K
Average grant
$4.3M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$7.2M
4 grants
2023
$3.1M
1 grants
2022
$3.2M
4 grants
2021
$2.5M
5 grants
2020
$2.4M
9 grants
2019
$3.4M
9 grants

Top recipients

Shalem College
5 grants
$14.3M
1 grant · NY · ✓ Exact match
$4.3M
1 grant · NY · ✓ Exact match
$2.8M
Hiechal Hatorah
4 grants · NJ
$73K
El Haprat
1 grant
$67K
Tzohar
1 grant
$50K
American Friends of Jsc Inc
1 grant · NJ
$50K
Pa'amonim
1 grant · NY
$25K
Mifalei Chinuh
1 grant
$18K
Beis Yaakov Machon Ora
2 grants · NJ
$18K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Jewish Communal Fund
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$4.3M
The Shalem Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$2.8M
University of Florida
GENERAL SUPPORT
FL · TY 2024
$12K
Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Center in Gainesville
GENERAL SUPPORT
FL · TY 2024
$5K
Shalem College
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2023
$3.1M
Shalem College
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2022
$3.2M
Hiechal Hatorah
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2022
$15K
American Friends of Lubavitch
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2022
$1K
Hillel of Massachusetts Amherst University
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2022
$360
Shalem College
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2021
$2.4M
Hiechal Hatorah
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2021
$24K
Mifalei Chinuh
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2021
$18K
Beis Yaakov Machon Ora
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2021
$12K
Maimonides School
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
MA · TY 2021
$6K
Shalem College
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2020
$2.4M
Pa'amonim
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NY · TY 2020
$25K
Hiechal Hatorah
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2020
$20K
Bar Ilan University
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
TY 2020
$10K
Combat Hate Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
KS · TY 2020
$8K
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
MA · TY 2020
$7K
Beis Yaakov Machon Ora
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2020
$6K
PUBLISHING GRANT
DC · TY 2020
$5K
Maimonides School
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
MA · TY 2020
$4K
Shalem College
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2019
$3.2M
El Haprat
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
TY 2019
$67K
Tzohar
GENERAL SUPPORT
TY 2019
$50K
American Friends of Jsc Inc
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2019
$50K
Hiechal Hatorah
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2019
$14K
Leon Kass
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
DC · TY 2019
$10K
Daniel Gutkind
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
IL · TY 2019
$4K
Annika Hernroth-rothstein
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
TY 2019
$2K
Mitchell Rocklin
SPECIFIC PROGRAM
NJ · TY 2019
$1K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.