The Aaron & Kreindel Twerski Foundation concentrates its support on Orthodox Jewish communal and religious institutions, providing unrestricted operating support to synagogues, yeshiva/research academies, ritual-service organizations and local charity funds. Grants are aimed at sustaining day-to-day operations and religious life rather than program innovation, indicating a priority on maintaining community infrastructure and ritual needs within the Jewish community.
Concentrated, mission-focused giving: relatively few grants per year with several large awards, repeat support to known local grantees, and predominantly unrestricted operating support rather than project-specific funding.
A $50,000 grant to Tora Research Academy to help cover operating deficits is the clearest window into the Aaron & Kreindel Twerski Foundation’s priorities. The foundation consistently supports Orthodox Jewish institutions that keep daily religious and communal life functioning: synagogues, yeshiva and Torah research academies, local charity funds, and ritual-service organizations. Its grants are framed as operating support, with an emphasis on covering deficits rather than funding new programs. The pattern shows a funder focused on institutional continuity. Recipients include Congregation Kozover, Congregation Gmach Bnei Pinchas, Keren Yad V’eizer, Cong Ner Boruch, Cong Zichron Shlomo, Mikvah USA, and Tzidkas Eretz Hakodesh. These awards are directed to organizations tied to Orthodox Jewish community infrastructure in Brooklyn and nearby communities, supporting the financial stability of places and services that are part of ordinary communal life. The foundation’s giving is modest in size but steady in purpose. Most grants fall in a narrow operating-support range, suggesting a preference for targeted cash assistance over broader, program-based philanthropy.
The Aaron & Kreindel Twerski Foundation’s grantmaking centers on institutional support for Orthodox Jewish community life. In education and religious study, it gave $50,000 to Tora Research Academy to help cover operating deficits. For congregational support, it awarded $15,000 to Congregation Kozover for the same purpose and also funded Congregation Gmach Bnei Pinchas. Its support also reaches communal assistance funds. Keren Yad V’eizer received $10,000 in 2025, following a $10,000 grant to Keren Yad Veizer in 2023, both described as help with operating deficits. The foundation also backed ritual-services infrastructure, including a $5,000 grant to Mikvah USA. Across these examples, the grants are tied to day-to-day sustainability rather than specific projects.
Grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile is $5,250, the median is $8,000, and the 75th percentile is $10,000. That range, together with the $118,360 in annual grants, points to a small-grant operating style rather than large project funding. The recent record also shows repeated support to some recipients across years, including Keren Yad V’eizer/Veizer and Cong Ner Boruch, which suggests follow-on support rather than one-time awards. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not identified as making program-related investments.
$118K
$726K
$31K
$78K
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Tora Research Academy, Congregation Kozover, Keren Yad V'eizer, Mikvah USA
Giving is local and fully concentrated in New York: 100% of grants went to recipients in the HQ state, NY. Brooklyn is the main recipient city in the recent grants, with multiple awards there, while Monsey also appears as a recipient location. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 10 grants in the United States and no non-U.S. grant destinations in the data.
It supports Orthodox Jewish communal and religious institutions, including synagogues, yeshiva and Torah research academies, local charity funds, and ritual-service organizations. The recent grant list shows support for congregations, a research academy, a mikvah organization, and communal assistance funds.
Typical grants are relatively small and focused on operating support. The 25th percentile is $5,250, the median is $8,000, and the 75th percentile is $10,000, which places most awards in a narrow range around short-term institutional needs.
The recent grants are entirely local to New York. All 10 grants in the available data went to recipients in the United States, and 100% of grants went to organizations in NY.
Yes. The recent record includes repeated support for the same recipients across years, including Keren Yad V’eizer/Veizer in 2023 and 2025 and Cong Ner Boruch in 2024 and 2025. That pattern suggests recurring operating support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TORA RESEARCH ACADEMY | BROOKLYN, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| KEREN YAD V'EIZER | MONSEY, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| CONG NER BORUCH | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,000 | 2025 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| TZIDKAS ERETZ HAKODESH | BROOKLYN, NY | $360 | 2025 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| CONGREGATION GMACH BNEI PINCHAS | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| CONG ZICHRON SHLOMO | BROOKLYN, NY | $6,000 | 2024 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| CONG NER BORUCH | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| CONGREGATION KOZOVER | BROOKLYN, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| KEREN YAD VEIZER | MONSEY, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
| MIKVAH USA | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS |
TORA RESEARCH ACADEMY
$50,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
KEREN YAD V'EIZER
$10,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
CONG NER BORUCH
$7,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
TZIDKAS ERETZ HAKODESH
$360TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
CONGREGATION GMACH BNEI PINCHAS
$10,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
CONG ZICHRON SHLOMO
$6,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
CONG NER BORUCH
$5,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
CONGREGATION KOZOVER
$15,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
KEREN YAD VEIZER
$10,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS
MIKVAH USA
$5,000TO HELP COVEROPERATINGDEFICITS