The foundation is a highly focused supporter of Jewish education, concentrating almost all of its giving on Orthodox yeshiva and day-school institutions. It provides very large, institutional grants (often to the same recipients) to underwrite core educational operations and program advancement, with particular emphasis on a single flagship yeshiva. Grants are few in number but sizable, indicating targeted, mission-driven philanthropy rather than broad-based community funding.
Highly concentrated giving: very few grants but very large amounts, repeated multi-grant support to the same flagship institutions rather than many smaller grantees.
Alex & Ruth Fruchthandler Foundation Inc. centers nearly all of its grantmaking on Jewish education, with its largest recent award reaching $14,000,000 to Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn for the furtherance of Jewish education. That scale signals a funder that makes a small number of very large institutional grants rather than spreading support broadly across many organizations. The foundation’s recent record also shows follow-on support for the same educational institution, including another grant of $340,000 in 2024 and $301,500 in 2023, indicating continuity in funding for a core recipient. Alongside that flagship relationship, the foundation has backed Chesed Avraham with a $2,470,000 grant for the same purpose, showing that its giving reaches beyond one school while staying within a tight education-and-community framework. Its recipients are Brooklyn-based Jewish educational organizations, and the stated purpose across the recent grants remains consistent: furtherance of Jewish education. The pattern suggests concentrated support for institutions serving Orthodox Jewish learning and related educational infrastructure.
The foundation’s giving is most clearly rooted in Orthodox yeshiva and day-school support. In 2025, it awarded $14,000,000 to Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn for the furtherance of Jewish education, underscoring a direct commitment to secondary Jewish schooling. Another 2025 grant, $2,470,000 to Chesed Avraham, shows that the foundation also supports related Jewish educational or community institutions under the same broad purpose. It has also funded network-level infrastructure: National Society for Hebrew Day Schools received $116,667 in 2024 for the furtherance of Jewish education. Across the recent grants, the stated use is uniform, and the recipients are all New York-based organizations tied to Jewish schooling and institutional support.
Recent grants cluster around very large awards: the 25th percentile is $209,084, the median is $301,500, and the 75th percentile is $320,750. That distribution sits far below the single $14,000,000 grant at the top, which indicates a concentrated pattern with a major flagship award and a smaller set of follow-on institutional grants. The foundation also appears to support repeat recipients: Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin appears in multiple years, including 2023, 2024, and 2025. The organization does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. No application process is indicated in the provided data.
$16.5M
$7M
$639K
$16.5M
Most grants fall between $209K and $321K, with a median of $302K.
25th Percentile
$209K
Median
$302K
75th Percentile
$321K
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Notable grantees: Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Chesed Avraham, National Society for Hebrew Day Schools
The foundation’s giving is local and entirely within New York. All recent grants went to recipients in the state, and the recipient distribution is 100% U.S.-based. Brooklyn is the main recipient city in the recent grants, with multiple awards going there, including Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Chesed Avraham, and National Society for Hebrew Day Schools. The top state by grant count is New York, which matches the recipient pattern shown in the recent grants table.
It supports Jewish education institutions, especially Orthodox yeshiva and day-school organizations. The recent grants all state the purpose as furtherance of Jewish education, and recipients include a mesivta, a Jewish community organization, and a Hebrew day-school network group.
The recent grant distribution is very large: the 25th percentile is $209,084, the median is $301,500, and the 75th percentile is $320,750. One grant is much larger than the rest, at $14,000,000.
Yes. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with grants of $301,500, $340,000, and $14,000,000. That pattern shows repeated support over multiple years.
Its recent grants are entirely local to New York. All five recent grants went to U.S. recipients, and the recipient-city pattern is centered in Brooklyn.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN | BROOKLYN, NY | $14,000,000 | 2025 | FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION |
| CHESED AVRAHAM | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,470,000 | 2025 | FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION |
| MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN | BROOKLYN, NY | $340,000 | 2024 | FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION |
| NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS | BROOKLYN, NY | $116,667 | 2024 | FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION |
| MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN | BROOKLYN, NY | $301,500 | 2023 | FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION |
MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN
$14,000,000FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION
CHESED AVRAHAM
$2,470,000FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION
MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN
$340,000FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION
NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS
$116,667FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION
MESIVTA YESHIVA RABBI CHAIM BERLIN
$301,500FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH EDUCATION