Bnei Rachmonim Foundation appears to be a tightly focused Orthodox Jewish grantmaker, with most of its support going to Bobov-affiliated institutions, Hasidic congregations, yeshivas, and kollelim in Brooklyn and Monsey. Its giving is highly relationship-driven and community-based, with repeated support to the same grantees rather than broad, diversified grantmaking. The foundation seems especially oriented toward religious education, synagogue/community life, and general charity within ultra-Orthodox networks.
Bnei Rachmonim Foundation’s grantmaking is defined by repeated support for Hasidic religious institutions, especially Brooklyn congregations and yeshivas tied to the Bobov orbit. Among the larger recent grants are two $20,000 awards to Bobover Yeshiva of Monsey, alongside other sizable gifts to Brooklyn-based communal institutions such as Cong Thilos Arye and Cong Zichron Yoel Zlotshov. The pattern points to discretionary charitable support for synagogues, kollelim, and community funds rather than project-specific funding. Recent grants also show the foundation supporting institutions that serve study and communal life, including Kolel Chibas Jerusalem, Amidei Zion of Bobov, and Bais Horoah of Flatbush. Several recipients appear more than once across the recent grants list, which suggests ongoing relationships with a limited set of communal organizations. The giving profile is local in scope, with most grants landing in New York, and it includes occasional support for entities outside the immediate Brooklyn neighborhood, such as Monsey-based religious institutions. The overall picture is of a foundation funding faith-based operating needs within a closely connected Orthodox Jewish community.
In yeshiva support, Bnei Rachmonim Foundation gave $20,000 to Bobover Yeshiva of Monsey and $1,000 to Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion. For communal prayer and neighborhood institutions, it awarded $10,000 to Cong Chochmas Eliezer and $5,000 to Bais Horoah of Flatbush. The foundation also supports sect-linked charitable funds: it gave $7,000 to Amidei Zion of Bobov and $2,200 to Keren Chasanim D'bobov. Kollel support is another clear thread, with gifts such as $6,020 and $4,080 to Kolel Chibas Jerusalem, showing attention to scholarship-oriented religious institutions as well as local congregational needs.
Typical grant size is modest: the 25th percentile is $184, the median is $500, and the 75th percentile is $1,875. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same institutions across multiple years, including several duplicate entries to the same grantees in 2024 and 2025. That pattern indicates ongoing discretionary support rather than one-time project funding. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The recent grants are recorded as charitable gifts, and the recipient list suggests a tightly focused operating-grant approach.
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$650K
$101K
$36K
Most grants fall between $199 and $2K, with a median of $500.
25th Percentile
$199
Median
$500
75th Percentile
$2K
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Small-to-moderate grants spread across many religiously aligned recipients, with frequent repeat gifts to a core set of grantees and a strong bias toward local Hasidic institutions rather than large one-time awards.
Notable grantees: BOBOVER YESHIVA of MONSEY, Cong Zichron Yoel Zlotshov, KOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM, BAIS HOROAH of FLATBUSH, KEREN CHASANIM D'BOBOV
Grant activity is highly concentrated in New York, with 96% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Brooklyn appears most often, including congregations and yeshivas across Flatbush and other Hasidic neighborhoods. Monsey also appears repeatedly through grants to Bobover Yeshiva of Monsey and CONGCHASIDEI BOBOV of MONSEY. Outside the immediate New York corridor, one recipient in the recent list is The Donors Fund in Lakewood, NJ.
It supports Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish religious institutions and community charities, especially yeshivas, kollelim, neighborhood congregations, and sect-linked charitable funds in Brooklyn and the New York–Monsey corridor.
Yes. The recent grants list includes repeat awards to the same recipients in multiple years, including duplicate 2024 entries for several institutions and continued giving in 2025 to previously funded organizations.
The distribution is small-to-midsize: the 25th percentile is $184, the median is $500, and the 75th percentile is $1,875.
Very concentrated. 96% of grants go to recipients in New York, and the recent grants are almost entirely in Brooklyn and Monsey, with a single recent recipient in Lakewood, NJ.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cong Chochmas Eliezer | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| Cong Ahavas Tzdokah V'Chesed | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,500 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| The Donors Fund | Lakewood, NJ | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| KOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,080 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CONGCHASIDEI BOBOV of MONSEY | MONSEY, NY | $2,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| Yeshivah Ohr Yosef | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,500 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| SLABODKA Yeshiva | BROOKLYN, NY | $679 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CONG KHAL SHAAREI ZON of BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $660 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| Vaad Harabbanim Lakewood | Lakewood, NJ | $600 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CONGCHASIDEI BOBOV of MONSEY | MONSEY, NY | $540 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| Chaveirim makshivim | BROOKLYN, NY | $540 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| LOMDEI TORAH | BROOKLYN, NY | $360 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CONG NACHLAS BORUCH | BROOKLYN, NY | $280 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| RCCS | BROOKLYN, NY | $101 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| REFUAH HELPLINE | BROOKLYN, NY | $100 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| BAIS YAAKOV CHOFETZ CHAIM | Suffern, NY | $85 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| EZRAS TORAH | Suffern, NY | $75 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| BOBOVER YESHIVA of MONSEY | MONSEY, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG THILOS ARYE | BROOKLYN, NY | $12,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| Cong Zichron Yoel Zlotshov | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG. KEHAL MINCHAS CHINUCH | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,000 | 2024 | — |
| AMIDEI ZION OF BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| KOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM | BROOKLYN, NY | $6,020 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| BAIS HOROAH of FLATBUSH | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG. ZLOCHEV | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,700 | 2024 | — |
| KOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,110 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG. THILOS ARYE | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,000 | 2024 | — |
| KEHAL PREMISHLAN | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| KEREN CHASANIM D'BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,200 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG. BNEI PINCHOS | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | — |
| BOBOVER YESHIVA BNEI ZION | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | — |
| BOBOVER YESHIVA BNEI ZION | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| KEREN CHASANIM D'BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | — |
| CONG KHAL SHAAREI ZON of BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $920 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG NACHLAS BORUCH | BROOKLYN, NY | $820 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| KOLEL CHIBAS JERUSALEM | BROOKLYN, NY | $808 | 2024 | — |
| CONG Toldos Yehuda Stitchin | BROOKLYN, NY | $750 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG BNAI USHER | BROOKLYN, NY | $750 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG KHAL SHAAREI ZON of BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $530 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| VAAD HARABANIM LAKEWOOD | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $520 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| SLABODKA Yeshiva | BROOKLYN, NY | $500 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CHASDEI SHLOIME | BROOKLYN, NY | $500 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| SLABODKA Yeshiva | BROOKLYN, NY | $500 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONG CHASIDEI BOBOV of MONSEY | MONSEY, NY | $500 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| Mesivta Eitz Chaim | BROOKLYN, NY | $460 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| BNOS ZION OF BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $430 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| BNOS ZION OF BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $360 | 2024 | — |
| CONG NACHLAS BORUCH | BROOKLYN, NY | $360 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| BNOS ZION OF BOBOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $360 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| KOLEL ZICHRON CHAIM | BROOKLYN, NY | $360 | 2024 | CHARITY |
Cong Chochmas Eliezer
$10,000CHARITY
Cong Ahavas Tzdokah V'Chesed
$7,500CHARITY
CONGCHASIDEI BOBOV of MONSEY
$2,000CHARITY
Yeshivah Ohr Yosef
$1,500CHARITY
SLABODKA Yeshiva
$679CHARITY
CONG KHAL SHAAREI ZON of BOBOV
$660CHARITY
Vaad Harabbanim Lakewood
$600CHARITY
CONGCHASIDEI BOBOV of MONSEY
$540CHARITY
Chaveirim makshivim
$540CHARITY
LOMDEI TORAH
$360CHARITY
CONG NACHLAS BORUCH
$280CHARITY
BAIS YAAKOV CHOFETZ CHAIM
$85CHARITY
EZRAS TORAH
$75CHARITY
BOBOVER YESHIVA of MONSEY
$20,000CHARITY
CONG THILOS ARYE
$12,000CHARITY
Cong Zichron Yoel Zlotshov
$10,000CHARITY
CONG. KEHAL MINCHAS CHINUCH
$7,000AMIDEI ZION OF BOBOV
$7,000CHARITY
BAIS HOROAH of FLATBUSH
$5,000CHARITY
CONG. ZLOCHEV
$4,700CONG. THILOS ARYE
$4,000KEHAL PREMISHLAN
$3,000CHARITY
KEREN CHASANIM D'BOBOV
$2,200CHARITY
CONG. BNEI PINCHOS
$2,000BOBOVER YESHIVA BNEI ZION
$2,000BOBOVER YESHIVA BNEI ZION
$1,000CHARITY
KEREN CHASANIM D'BOBOV
$1,000CONG KHAL SHAAREI ZON of BOBOV
$920CHARITY
CONG NACHLAS BORUCH
$820CHARITY
CONG Toldos Yehuda Stitchin
$750CHARITY
CONG BNAI USHER
$750CHARITY
CONG KHAL SHAAREI ZON of BOBOV
$530CHARITY
VAAD HARABANIM LAKEWOOD
$520CHARITY
SLABODKA Yeshiva
$500CHARITY
CHASDEI SHLOIME
$500CHARITY
SLABODKA Yeshiva
$500CHARITY
CONG CHASIDEI BOBOV of MONSEY
$500CHARITY
Mesivta Eitz Chaim
$460CHARITY
BNOS ZION OF BOBOV
$430CHARITY
BNOS ZION OF BOBOV
$360CONG NACHLAS BORUCH
$360CHARITY
BNOS ZION OF BOBOV
$360CHARITY
KOLEL ZICHRON CHAIM
$360CHARITY