The Aaron and Suri Kohn Charitable Foundation Trust concentrates its giving on Orthodox Jewish religious life and institutions, funding synagogue and ritual infrastructure, post‑high school religious study, and community support for Jewish congregations. Grants are purpose‑driven (construction/repair of synagogues and a mikveh, support for kollel and yeshiva study) and aimed at sustaining local religious communities rather than broad secular causes.
A defining feature of the Aaron and Suri Kohn Charitable Foundation Trust is its steady support for Orthodox Jewish communal infrastructure in Brooklyn and nearby New York communities. Recent grants show a pattern of financing synagogue reconstruction, synagogue functions, and ritual bath construction alongside religious study and targeted communal aid. The largest recent award listed is $30,000 to Yeshiva Arugath Habosem for construction of a religious ritual bath, followed by $28,000 to Keren Mugein Imoisheya for synagogue functions and $25,000 to Congregation Bnei Yisaschar for synagogue reconstruction. The foundation also funds post–high school religious study, cemetery restoration, and assistance for weddings and medical crises. Its recent grant record points to a local trust making purpose-specific grants to congregations, yeshivas, and Jewish service organizations rather than broad, general-purpose philanthropy. A recurring feature is support for institutions that maintain religious life through buildings, ritual facilities, and study programs. Several recipients appear more than once across the recent list, including Congregation Bnei Yisaschar, Keren Mugein Imoisheya, Uta, and The OJC Fund, suggesting ongoing relationships with selected local organizations.
One clear theme is capital support for synagogue and ritual facilities. The foundation gave $25,000 to Congregation Bnei Yisaschar for synagogue reconstruction and $30,000 to Yeshiva Arugath Habosem for construction of a religious ritual bath. It also supported synagogue functions at Keren Mugein Imoisheya with $28,000 in 2025 and smaller follow-on grants in earlier years. A second theme is religious education after high school. Uta received $18,000 in 2025 for post high school religious studies and $6,000 in 2024 for post secondary religious education, with another $3,000 grant in 2024 for the same purpose. Kollel Migdelos Merkochim D'tzhelim also received $6,000 for post secondary religious education. The trust also makes targeted community-support grants. Tzedukas Huir received $3,000 to assist poor brides with their weddings, while Chesed of West Palm Beach received $1,500 for monetary assistance to individuals facing medical crises.
The foundation’s grant sizes are small to mid-sized, with a typical range centered at $2,000 at the 25th percentile, $3,600 at the median, and $5,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also show repeated support over multiple years for several organizations, including Congregation Bnei Yisaschar, Keren Mugein Imoisheya, Uta, and The OJC Fund. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts. The trust is a private charitable foundation trust, not an individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments.
$207K
$2.1M
$184K
$135K
Most grants fall between $2K and $5K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 88% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Concentrated, modest portfolio: a small number of mid‑sized grants (~$18k–$30k) focused on a narrow set of religious infrastructure and education recipients rather than widely distributed giving; repeat thematic support to Orthodox congregational and study institutions rather than diversified causes.
Notable grantees: Yeshiva Arugath Habosem, Keren Mugein Imoisheya, Congregation Bnei Yisaschar, Kollel Yetev Lev Djerusalem, Uta
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly local and concentrated in New York: 88% of grants went to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. Brooklyn is the main recipient city, with multiple grants to congregations, yeshivas, and community organizations there. Other New York recipients include Spring Valley, Monroe, and West Palm Beach recipients outside the state only appear once in the recent list. All recent grants in the dataset were made to U.S. recipients.
Its recent grants focus on Orthodox Jewish religious life and institutions: synagogue construction and maintenance, ritual bath infrastructure, post–high school yeshiva and kollel study, cemetery restoration, wedding assistance for poor brides, and limited aid for people facing medical crises.
The grant-size profile centers on modest awards: the 25th percentile is $2,000, the median is $3,600, and the 75th percentile is $5,000. Recent grants also include larger project-based awards such as $30,000 and $28,000.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Congregation Bnei Yisaschar, Keren Mugein Imoisheya, Uta, and The OJC Fund. That points to repeat support for selected organizations.
It gives most often in New York, where 88% of grants went to recipients in the headquarters state. Brooklyn is the most common recipient city in the recent grants list.
It supports post–high school and post-secondary Jewish religious study. Recent examples include $18,000 to Uta for post high school religious studies, $6,000 to UTA Of Monsey for post secondary religious education, and $6,000 to Kollel Migdelos Merkochim D'tzhelim for post secondary religious education.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keren Mugein Imoisheya | Brooklyn, NY | $28,000 | 2025 | Support of synagogue functions |
| Congregation Bnei Yisaschar | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | Assist with the reconstruction of Synagogue. |
| Kollel Yetev Lev Djerusalem | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | Supprt of Jewish Communities needing assistance |
| Uta | Broolyn, NY | $18,000 | 2025 | post high school religious studies |
| Kollel Migdelos Merkochim D'tzhelim | Brooklyn, NY | $6,000 | 2025 | Support of Post Secondary Religious Education |
| Keren Nesiyon Ateres | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | support of religious congregation to build a community |
| The OJC Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | umbrella organization supporting various jewish organizations |
| Congregatio Yetev Lev | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 2025 | Support of Synagogue functions |
| Ichud Hatorah V'hachesed | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 2025 | Synagogue Maintenance |
| Avoyseinu | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | organization involved in the restoration of cemeteries |
| Yeshiva Arugath Habosem | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | Help finance cost of construction of religous ritual bath. |
| Congregation Bnei Yisaschar | Brooklyn, NY | $7,200 | 2024 | Assist with the reconstruction of Synagogue. |
| Keren Mugein Imoisheya | Brooklyn, NY | $6,000 | 2024 | Support of synagogue functions |
| UTA Of Monsey | Spring Valley, NY | $6,000 | 2024 | Support of post secondary religious education |
| The OJC Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | umbrella organization supporting various jewish organizations |
| Congregatio Yetev Lev | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 2024 | Support of Synagogue functions |
| Heritage Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 2024 | Assisting Jewish communities in restoring their ancestral cemeteries. |
| Tzedukas Huir | Monroe, NY | $3,000 | 2024 | Asstst Poor Brides with their weddings |
| Uta | Broolyn, NY | $3,000 | 2024 | post high school religious studies |
| Keren Nesiyon Ateres | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | support of religious congregation helping to build a community |
| Hisachdus Avreichim | Brooklyn, NY | $1,800 | 2024 | Synagogue maintenance. |
| Chesed of West Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $1,500 | 2024 | Service Org providing monetary assistance to individuals facing medical crises. |
| Machne Rav Tov | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | Religious Organization running camps and day camps for children of indigant individuals. |
| Mikvah Israel of West Palm Beach | North Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 2023 | Support Construction of Ritutial Bath |
| Congregatio Yetev Lev | Brooklyn, NY | $3,600 | 2023 | Support of Synagogue functions |
| Kollel Migdelos Mirkochim | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | Support of synagogue functions |
| Keren Mugein Imoisheya | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 2023 | Support of synagogue functions |
Keren Mugein Imoisheya
$28,000Support of synagogue functions
Congregation Bnei Yisaschar
$25,000Assist with the reconstruction of Synagogue.
Kollel Yetev Lev Djerusalem
$25,000Supprt of Jewish Communities needing assistance
Uta
$18,000post high school religious studies
Kollel Migdelos Merkochim D'tzhelim
$6,000Support of Post Secondary Religious Education
Keren Nesiyon Ateres
$5,000support of religious congregation to build a community
The OJC Fund
$5,000umbrella organization supporting various jewish organizations
Congregatio Yetev Lev
$4,000Support of Synagogue functions
Ichud Hatorah V'hachesed
$4,000Synagogue Maintenance
Avoyseinu
$1,000organization involved in the restoration of cemeteries
Yeshiva Arugath Habosem
$30,000Help finance cost of construction of religous ritual bath.
Congregation Bnei Yisaschar
$7,200Assist with the reconstruction of Synagogue.
Keren Mugein Imoisheya
$6,000Support of synagogue functions
UTA Of Monsey
$6,000Support of post secondary religious education
The OJC Fund
$5,000umbrella organization supporting various jewish organizations
Congregatio Yetev Lev
$4,000Support of Synagogue functions
Heritage Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries
$3,600Assisting Jewish communities in restoring their ancestral cemeteries.
Tzedukas Huir
$3,000Asstst Poor Brides with their weddings
Uta
$3,000post high school religious studies
Keren Nesiyon Ateres
$2,000support of religious congregation helping to build a community
Hisachdus Avreichim
$1,800Synagogue maintenance.
Chesed of West Palm Beach
$1,500Service Org providing monetary assistance to individuals facing medical crises.
Machne Rav Tov
$1,000Religious Organization running camps and day camps for children of indigant individuals.
Mikvah Israel of West Palm Beach
$5,000Support Construction of Ritutial Bath
Congregatio Yetev Lev
$3,600Support of Synagogue functions
Kollel Migdelos Mirkochim
$2,500Support of synagogue functions
Keren Mugein Imoisheya
$1,000Support of synagogue functions