About Cross River Community Foundation
Cross River Community Foundation concentrates its giving on Orthodox Jewish life and Israel-focused humanitarian and educational institutions, providing sizeable grants to yeshivas, day schools, youth movements and Israeli social services and medical causes. The foundation favors faith-based Jewish education and outreach (including gender-specific schooling and youth programming) alongside direct support for Israeli relief and healthcare. Its grantmaking signals a clear cultural and geographic focus on Orthodox Jewish continuity and Israel welfare.
Focus Areas
Orthodox Jewish day and girls’ schools (e.g., Shulamith School for Girls)Traditional yeshiva support and rabbinic education (e.g., Yeshivas Tiferes Yisroel)Religious Zionist youth movement funding (e.g., Bnei Akiva youth programs)Jewish outreach and adult education programs (e.g., Aish Global)Israel-focused humanitarian and medical support (e.g., Friends of Barzilai hospital, Jerusalem soup kitchen)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations pursuing CDFI certificationemerging or small CDFIs / community lenders
About Cross River Community Foundation
Cross River Community Foundation’s largest recent grant went to Friends of Barzilai, a Roslyn Heights, New York organization, with $565,000 in general operating support in 2025. That gift fits a broader pattern of substantial support for Jewish education, youth programming, and Israel-related health and humanitarian work. The foundation also gave $480,000 to American Friends of Yeshivas Tiferes Yisroel in Teaneck and $410,000 to Religious Zionist Youth Movement Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada in New York, both in 2025. Across the recent grants list, the same pattern appears in support for schools, yeshivas, youth movements, and relief-oriented institutions. The grant record shows a funder that operates with consistent attention to Orthodox Jewish continuity and Israel welfare. Its recent awards include general operating support for day schools, rabbinic education, Jewish outreach, and Israeli medical or humanitarian causes. Several recipients appear more than once across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which points to ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation’s portfolio also includes community-facing institutions in New Jersey and New York, alongside Israel-oriented charities, reflecting a clear philanthropic identity built around religious education and communal support.
What Cross River Community Foundation Funds
In Jewish education, Cross River Community Foundation supported Shulamith School for Girls with $375,000 in 2024 and later $125,000 in 2025, both as general operating support. It also gave $250,000 to Shavei Hevron Institutions in Brooklyn in 2025, indicating continued backing for school and institutional infrastructure. Youth and adult religious engagement also appears in the record. The foundation gave $350,000 to Aish Global Inc in Clifton in 2025, and $256,500 to Madraigos Inc in Woodmere the same year. For Israel-centered humanitarian work, it awarded $250,000 to American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc in Scarsdale in 2025 and $200,000 to Central Fund of Israel in Cedarhurst in 2025. The grant list also includes support for special-needs and family-oriented services, such as $102,600 to Our Place in New York in 2025 and $100,000 to Sinai Special Needs Institute Inc dba Sinai Schools in Paramus in 2025.
How Cross River Community Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.6M
Total Assets
$721K
Total Revenue
$6M
Total Expenses
$5.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $360 and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$360
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
Geographic Reach
Regional33 states funded
About 26% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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