The Ira A Roschelle MD Family Foundation concentrates its giving on medical causes, splitting support primarily between orthopedic research/education and international medical relief. Grants are few but substantial and labeled as sustaining contributions, indicating a preference for reliable operating support to established medical organizations. The foundation appears program- and mission-driven rather than broadly philanthropic across many sectors.
Concentrated, small-number portfolio with relatively large sustaining grants to a few repeat, established medical organizations rather than many small or one-off awards.
A $75,000 sustaining grant to the Orthopedic Reas & Educ Found is the clearest signal in the Ira a Roschelle MD Family Foundation Inc’s recent giving: the foundation backs medical work with long-term, operating-style support rather than one-off project funding. That pattern fits its broader record. In 2025 and 2023, it made another pair of substantial sustaining contributions to Doctors Without Borders, and it also supported organizations tied to orthopedic research and education at a similar scale. Beyond the medical focus, the foundation’s portfolio includes recurring support for Jewish, library, land-trust, and community organizations, but those grants are smaller and still framed as sustaining gifts. The result is a foundation with a concentrated core and a wider circle of institutional recipients, usually funded at modest-to-mid six-figure annual cadence across multiple years. The recent record shows repeated support for the same organizations across 2023 and 2025, which points to continuity rather than occasional interest. Its giving is labeled sustaining or sustaining contribution across the grants list, reinforcing a preference for flexible support to established institutions.
Orthopedic research and education is one of the foundation’s main areas of support. It gave $75,000 in 2025 to Orthopedic Reas & Educ Found and $71,500 in 2023 to the same organization, both marked sustaining. In international medical humanitarian aid, it awarded $20,000 in both 2025 and 2023 to Doctors Without Borders as sustaining contributions. The foundation also funds Jewish and cultural institutions: it gave $15,000 in both 2025 and 2023 to the National Yiddish Book Center, and smaller sustaining grants to Chabad on Fulton and the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival. Community-based organizations appear as well, including library and land-trust support through West Orange Public Library, Mattituck Laurel Library, Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum, and Peconic Land Trust.
The typical grant size is modest relative to the largest awards: p25 is $5,000, median is $6,000, and p75 is $10,000. The distribution is shaped by a few larger sustaining gifts, then many grants clustered around $5,000 to $10,000. Several recipients appear in both 2023 and 2025, including the orthopedic funder, Doctors Without Borders, the National Yiddish Book Center, YMCA of Se North Carolina, and others, which indicates repeat support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation gives as a family foundation and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$194K
$1.1M
$78K
$196K
Most grants fall between $5K and $10K, with a median of $6K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$6K
75th Percentile
$10K
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Notable grantees: Orthopedic Research & Education Foundation, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
The foundation’s giving is regional and entirely U.S.-based. New York recipients appear most often, with grants to New York, Poughkeepsie, Southhampton, Mattituck, and New York City organizations. New Jersey is also a major recipient state, with support to West Orange, South Orange, and Florham Park. Other grants went to Illinois, Massachusetts, California, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. The recipient country distribution is 28 grants to U.S. organizations, or 100% of the recent grant list.
Its recent grants center on medical causes, especially orthopedic research and education and international medical humanitarian aid. It also supports Jewish institutions, libraries, land trusts, and other community organizations, usually through sustaining contributions.
Yes. Several recipients appear in both 2023 and 2025, including Orthopedic Reas & Educ Found, Doctors Without Borders, the National Yiddish Book Center, YMCA of Se North Carolina, West Orange Public Library, and Temple Sharey Tefilo Israel. That pattern suggests recurring support.
Its grant distribution is concentrated around smaller awards: p25 is $5,000, median is $6,000, and p75 is $10,000. The list also includes a few larger sustaining grants, including $75,000 and $71,500.
New York is the top state by grant count, followed by New Jersey recipients. The recipient list also includes organizations in California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, but all recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORTHOPEDIC REAS & EDUC FOUND | ROSEMONT, IL | $75,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER | AMHERST, MA | $15,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| CHABAD ON FULTON | POUGHKEEPSIE, NY | $10,800 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCATION | FLORHAM PARK, NJ | $10,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| RARE | ARLINGTON, VA | $10,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| FRIENDS OF LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM | WAYNE, NJ | $10,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| YMCA OF SE NORTH CAROLINA | WILMINGTON, NC | $8,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| MATTITUCK LAUREL LIBRARY | MATTITUCK, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| THE EDEN PROJECT | FAYETTEVILLE, GA | $5,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL | CUPERTINO, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| YOSEMITE COSERVANCY | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| TEMPLE SHAREY TEFILO ISRAEL | SOUTH ORANGE, NJ | $5,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| WEST ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY | WEST ORANGE, NJ | $5,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $5,000 | 2025 | SUSTAINING |
| ORTHOPEDIC REAS & EDUC FOUND | ROSEMONT, IL | $150,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING |
| NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER | AMHERST, MA | $32,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING |
| HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCATION | FLORHAM PARK, NJ | $30,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING |
| RARE | ARLINGTON, VA | $21,006 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| YMCA OF SE NORTH CAROLINA | WILMINGTON, NC | $8,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL | CUPERTINO, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| WEST ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY | WEST ORANGE, NJ | $5,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| YOSEMITE COSERVANCY | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING |
| FRIENDS OF LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM | WAYNE, NJ | $5,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| TEMPLE SHAREY TEFILO ISRAEL | SOUTH ORANGE, NJ | $5,000 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | NEW YORK, NY | $4,290 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| MATTITUCK LAUREL LIBRARY | MATTITUCK, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | SUSTAINING |
| PRYTULA FOUNDATION USA | CHICAGO, IL | $1,430 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION | SOMERVILLE, MA | $1,430 | 2024 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| ORTHOPEDIC REAS & EDUC FOUND | ROSEMONT, IL | $71,500 | 2023 | SUSTAINING |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER | AMHERST, MA | $15,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING |
| YOSEMITE COSERVANCY | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING |
| YMCA OF SE NORTH CAROLINA | WILMINGTON, NC | $8,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| TEMPLE SHAREY TEFILO ISRAEL | SOUTH ORANGE, NJ | $7,500 | 2023 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| PECONIC LAND TRUST | SOUTHAMPTON, NY | $6,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING |
| WEST ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY | WEST ORANGE, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| FRIENDS OF LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM | WAYNE, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCATION | FLORHAM PARK, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING |
| SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL | CUPERTINO, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
| MATTITUCK LAUREL LIBRARY | MATTITUCK, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | SUSTAINING |
| ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000 | 2023 | SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION |
ORTHOPEDIC REAS & EDUC FOUND
$75,000SUSTAINING
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
$20,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
CHABAD ON FULTON
$10,800SUSTAINING
HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCATION
$10,000SUSTAINING
SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
FRIENDS OF LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM
$10,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
MATTITUCK LAUREL LIBRARY
$5,000SUSTAINING
THE EDEN PROJECT
$5,000SUSTAINING
SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
YOSEMITE COSERVANCY
$5,000SUSTAINING
TEMPLE SHAREY TEFILO ISRAEL
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
WEST ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCATION
$30,000SUSTAINING
YMCA OF SE NORTH CAROLINA
$8,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
WEST ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
YOSEMITE COSERVANCY
$5,000SUSTAINING
FRIENDS OF LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
TEMPLE SHAREY TEFILO ISRAEL
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
MATTITUCK LAUREL LIBRARY
$2,500SUSTAINING
PRYTULA FOUNDATION USA
$1,430SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION
$1,430SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
$20,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
YOSEMITE COSERVANCY
$10,000SUSTAINING
TEMPLE SHAREY TEFILO ISRAEL
$7,500SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
WEST ORANGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
FRIENDS OF LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCATION
$5,000SUSTAINING
SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
$5,000SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTION
MATTITUCK LAUREL LIBRARY
$2,500SUSTAINING