The Bitochon Foundation concentrates its giving on Orthodox Jewish religious institutions and a notable medical charity tied to the Kiryat Sanz community in Israel. Grants are directed toward synagogue/kollel support and at least one large gift to a hospital fundraising arm, indicating a mix of local communal funding and transnational support for institutions connected to a specific Hasidic network.
Concentrated, small portfolio: a handful of relatively large grants per year split between repeat/close-knit religious beneficiaries and a single large international hospital gift; favors few high-value awards over many small donations.
Bitochon Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a $100,000 general-support grant to American Friends of Kiryat Sanz Laniado Hospital, signaling a strong connection to the Kiryat Sanz network and to institutional support that reaches beyond the United States. That grant sits alongside repeated support for Orthodox Jewish congregations, kollels, and yeshiva-linked organizations, with gifts made for general support rather than restricted project funding. The foundation’s recent recipients include congregational and study-institution beneficiaries in Brooklyn, Monsey, Lakewood, and Kiryas Joel, showing a pattern of backing religious infrastructure within a specific Hasidic and Orthodox community. Smaller grants appear in the same lane, but the overall profile is defined less by one-off charity and more by sustained support for communal institutions that help maintain worship, study, and affiliated social networks. The emphasis on general support is consistent across the recent grants list, suggesting the foundation often funds core operations rather than narrowly defined programs. Across its latest filings, Bitochon Foundation’s giving appears compact in number of grants but closely aligned to a distinct set of religious and community institutions.
A central theme in Bitochon Foundation’s grantmaking is support for Orthodox Jewish congregational life. In 2024, it gave $50,000 to Cong Heishiv Moshe in Brooklyn, $40,000 to Congregation Neir Baruch in Brooklyn, and $5,000 to Cong Kehilath Yakov Pupa of Monsey, all for general support. The foundation also funds kollels and yeshiva-linked study institutions: it awarded $41,500 to Congregation Kollel Bnei Brak Inc in Monsey and $20,000 to Congregation Yeshiva Yesodei Torah Inc in Lakewood. A related line of giving appears in the $17,000 grant to Bnos Sanz in Brooklyn, which fits the same communal and religious network. These awards point to a portfolio built around organizational support for worship, study, and affiliated community life.
Bitochon Foundation’s recent gifts cluster around a median grant size of $18,500, with a lower quartile of $4,200 and an upper quartile of $40,375. The 2024–2025 record shows a small set of grants rather than a broad catalog of recipients, and the listed awards are all described as general support. That pattern suggests a straightforward operating-support approach, with no indication of program-related investments or support for individuals. The grant list does not show recurring recipients across multiple years in the data provided, so the visible pattern is one of concentrated, repeated institutional backing within a defined religious community.
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Most grants fall between $4K and $40K, with a median of $19K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$19K
75th Percentile
$40K
About 11% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: American Friends of Kiryat Sanz Laniado Hospital, Cong Heishiv Moshe, Congregation Kollel Bnei Brak Inc, Congregation Neir Baruch
Bitochon Foundation gives regionally, with the heaviest concentration in New York. Recipient locations in the recent grants list include Brooklyn, Monsey, Kiryas Joel, and New York City, along with Lakewood, NJ. New York accounts for most grants, while New Jersey receives 12% of grants in the data provided. All listed recent grants go to U.S. recipients, with no non-U.S. recipient countries appearing in the file.
The recent grants focus on Orthodox Jewish congregations, kollels, yeshiva-affiliated religious study programs, and one hospital fundraising arm tied to Kiryat Sanz Laniado Hospital. The recipients include congregations in Brooklyn and Monsey, a yeshiva-linked institution in Lakewood, and a hospital friend group in New York.
The typical grant size in the data is $18,500 at the median, with the 25th percentile at $4,200 and the 75th percentile at $40,375. That places many awards in the mid-thousands to low tens of thousands, with a larger gift at the top of the recent list.
Its grants are most often directed to recipients in New York. Recent recipient cities include Brooklyn, Monsey, Kiryas Joel, and New York City, with Lakewood, New Jersey also appearing in the list.
In the recent grants list provided, yes. All 9 listed grants go to U.S. recipients, so the recipient country distribution is 100% U.S.
The recent grants are described as general support, which points to unrestricted or core support rather than tightly restricted project funding. The foundation also does not fund individuals or make program-related investments, based on the profile data.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEARNING INSTITUTE OF UNION CITY | UNION CITY, NJ | $60,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MASMIDIM SHEFA CHAIM INC | UNION CITY, NJ | $1,800 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KIRYAT SANZ LANIADO HOSPITAL | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONG HEISHIV MOSHE | BROOKLYN, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONGREGATION KOLLEL BNEI BRAK INC | MONSEY, NY | $41,500 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONGREGATION NEIR BARUCH | BROOKLYN, NY | $40,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONGREGATION YESHIVA YESODEI TORAH INC | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BNOS SANZ | BROOKLYN, NY | $17,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONG KEHILATH YAKOV PUPA OF MONSEY | MONSEY, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| TEHILLIM KOLLEL | KIRYAS JOEL, NY | $1,800 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONG KOLEL SANZ KLAUSENBURG MONSEY | MONSEY, NY | $250 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MASMIDIM SHEFA CHAIM INC | UNION CITY, NJ | $100,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONGREGATION AHAVAS SHULEM | UNION CITY, NJ | $50,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LEARNING INSTITUTE OF UNION CITY | UNION CITY, NJ | $50,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS | BROOKLYN, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CONG CHEVRA SHAS KEREN YESHIVA | SPRING VALLEY, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CHASDEI TZEMACH TZADIK | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
LEARNING INSTITUTE OF UNION CITY
$60,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MASMIDIM SHEFA CHAIM INC
$1,800GENERAL SUPPORT
CONG HEISHIV MOSHE
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CONGREGATION KOLLEL BNEI BRAK INC
$41,500GENERAL SUPPORT
CONGREGATION NEIR BARUCH
$40,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CONGREGATION YESHIVA YESODEI TORAH INC
$20,000GENERAL SUPPORT
BNOS SANZ
$17,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CONG KEHILATH YAKOV PUPA OF MONSEY
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
TEHILLIM KOLLEL
$1,800GENERAL SUPPORT
CONG KOLEL SANZ KLAUSENBURG MONSEY
$250GENERAL SUPPORT
MASMIDIM SHEFA CHAIM INC
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CONGREGATION AHAVAS SHULEM
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
LEARNING INSTITUTE OF UNION CITY
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SANZ INSTITUTIONS
$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CONG CHEVRA SHAS KEREN YESHIVA
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
CHASDEI TZEMACH TZADIK
$1,500GENERAL SUPPORT