The Moskowitz Family Charitable Foundation concentrates its giving on Jewish communal life and institutions, favoring local and international Jewish federation programs, religious education, and synagogue support. Grants show a mix of operating/philanthropic fund support, community security and welfare programs, and capital or campus investments in Orthodox education. The foundation typically funds a small set of repeat grantees rather than many one-off recipients.
The David & Ruth Moskowitz Family Charitable Foundation has made the Jewish Federation of Cleveland its largest recent recipient, with a $52,000 grant in 2025 supporting community security, philanthropic fund work, ICNEXT, welfare for the elderly in St. Petersburg, Russia, and campaign activity. That same recipient also appears in 2024 and 2023 with grants of $42,000 and $49,700, showing a repeated pattern of support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation’s giving centers on Jewish communal infrastructure and education, with grants that connect local Cleveland institutions to broader communal, security, and overseas welfare efforts. A separate stream of support goes to Orthodox religious education: Rabbinical College of Telshe received $7,000 in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025 for general support. The grant list also includes synagogue capital support, such as a $6,000 grant to Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc for a capital campaign. Overall, the foundation appears to work through a small number of familiar organizations, often using grants tied to campaigns, general support, and named communal initiatives.
One clear theme is Jewish communal federation work. The Jewish Federation of Cleveland received $49,700 in 2023 for community security initiative work, philanthropic fund support, IC NEXT, Israel STEM initiative, Shutafim Scholarship Program, welfare for the elderly in St. Petersburg, Russia, youth futures, and campaign support. Another theme is Orthodox higher education. Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc received $7,000 in 2025 for general support, continuing the same annual support seen in 2024 and 2023. The foundation also supports synagogue facilities: Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc received $6,000 in 2023 for a capital campaign. Across these grants, the foundation backs both ongoing institutional operations and specific campaign or program work.
The foundation’s recent grant sizes cluster around a median of $7,000, with the 25th percentile also at $7,000 and the 75th percentile at $45,850. That points to a small-grant baseline with a few much larger awards. The pattern is also repeat-oriented: Jewish Federation of Cleveland and Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc both appear across multiple years, and the federation grant recurs in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is a family charitable foundation, not a donor-advised fund or operating charity, and it does not make program-related investments. The grants shown are all in the US.
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Most grants fall between $7K and $46K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$46K
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Concentrated giving: a small number of relatively large gifts with repeat support for core grantees (notably the local Jewish federation and a rabbinical college), limited diversification across new organizations.
Notable grantees: Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Rabbinical College of Telshe, Inc., Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue, Inc.
Giving is highly concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 86% of grants and is the top state by grant count. Cleveland is the main recipient city, through Jewish Federation of Cleveland, while Wickliffe also appears through Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc. Outside Ohio, the grant list includes Palm Beach, Florida. The recipient country distribution is entirely US-based, with 7 grants to US organizations.
It supports Jewish communal and religious institutions, especially the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc. Recent grants also include synagogue support through Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc, alongside campaign, security, welfare, and education-related initiatives.
Yes. Jewish Federation of Cleveland appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Rabbinical College of Telshe Inc appears in each of those same years. That pattern suggests recurring support rather than one-time awards.
The median grant size is $7,000, with both the 25th percentile and 75th percentile at $7,000 and $45,850, respectively. The recent list includes both repeated $7,000 grants and larger awards such as $52,000 and $49,700.
Ohio is the top state by grant count, and 86% of grants go to recipients in Ohio. Cleveland and Wickliffe are both represented in the recent grants list, while Florida appears as a smaller out-of-state destination.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND | CLEVELAND, OH | $53,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT PROGRAM, ISRAEL CLEVELAND NEXT, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA |
| FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2026 | IMPACT SCHOLARSHIPS |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO | PEPPER PIKE, OH | $8,500 | 2026 | FOOD PANTRY, HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS |
| RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF TELSHE INC | WICKLIFFE, OH | $7,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND | CLEVELAND, OH | $52,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC FUND SUPPORT, ICNEXT, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, CAMPAIGN |
| RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF TELSHE INC | WICKLIFFE, OH | $7,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND | CLEVELAND, OH | $42,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC FUND SUPPORT, ICNEXT, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, CAMPAIGN |
| RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF TELSHE INC | WICKLIFFE, OH | $7,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND | CLEVELAND, OH | $49,700 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC FUND SUPPORT, IC NEXT, ISRAEL STEM INITIATIVE, SHUTAFIM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, YOUTH FUTURES, CAMPAIGN |
| RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF TELSHE INC | WICKLIFFE, OH | $7,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PALM BEACH ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE INC | PALM BEACH, FL | $6,000 | 2023 | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN |
COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT PROGRAM, ISRAEL CLEVELAND NEXT, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
FOOD PANTRY, HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC FUND SUPPORT, ICNEXT, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, CAMPAIGN
COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC FUND SUPPORT, ICNEXT, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, CAMPAIGN
COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, PHILANTHROPIC FUND SUPPORT, IC NEXT, ISRAEL STEM INITIATIVE, SHUTAFIM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WELFARE FOR ELDERLY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, YOUTH FUTURES, CAMPAIGN
PALM BEACH ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE INC
$6,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN