Machon By Charitable Trust concentrates funding in the Orthodox Jewish community—primarily Brooklyn-area yeshivas, girls’ and boys’ high schools, and community social services. A strong emphasis is placed on special-needs education and disability services, youth-at-risk programs (troubled teens, rejected/alternative high school placements), and basic needs/emergency services such as food distribution and volunteer ambulance support. Grants skew toward program support and institution-building rather than broad policy work, reflecting a hands-on, community-oriented philanthropy.
A $150,000 grant to Tifereth Shmuel for a high school rejected-student program is the clearest signal in Machon by Charitable Trust’s recent giving: this is a funder built around Orthodox Jewish education and support services for students who are not well served by standard school pathways. The foundation also backed Bnot Chaya Academy with $100,000 for high school programs for troubled teens, showing a parallel concern for adolescents who need alternative placements and structured intervention. Across the recent grants list, the pattern extends beyond schools into disability services, special-needs camps, patient support, and community aid. Grants to organizations such as Tal Academy, Tafkid, and Bonim Lamokom point to sustained attention to learning disabilities and Down syndrome services, while awards to Hatzolah Flatbush and Bnei Aharon show support for emergency medical response and help for cancer patients. The overall picture is of a hands-on community charity funding direct services, institution-building, and targeted assistance for children, teens, and families within Orthodox Jewish communal life.
Special education is one of the foundation’s strongest themes. It gave $100,000 to Tal Academy for learning disabilities, $75,000 to Tafkid for children with disabilities, and $50,000 to Bonim Lamokom for Down syndrome. Youth intervention is another clear focus: Project Extreme received $25,000 for teenage addiction, while Project Fresh Start received $25,000 for a trauma center. Education support also appears in grants such as $50,000 to Manhattan High School for a scholarship fund and $25,000 to Agudath Israel for education. The foundation’s community aid work includes $25,000 to Karen Sholom Shalba for food distribution and $18,000 to Avigdor Helping for orphans and widows, showing that its giving reaches both school-based and family-support needs.
Machon by Charitable Trust’s recent grants are concentrated in a middle range: the 25th percentile is $18,000, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is $36,000. The list also includes several larger awards at $100,000 and $150,000, indicating a mix of anchor grants and smaller program supports. The recipient pattern suggests repeated attention to the same community type rather than a single one-time initiative, with multiple grants aimed at schools, disability services, and youth support in the same year. The foundation is a public charity, not a fund for individuals, and the grants shown are all program or institutional awards.
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Concentrated, community-focused grantmaking with several large gifts ($50k–$150k) to key institutions supplemented by numerous mid-size and smaller grants; favors program/institutional support to local Orthodox Jewish organizations and service providers rather than national policy or research. The portfolio shows repeated thematic giving across education, special needs, and local social services rather than highly diversified or purely one-off grants.
Notable grantees: Tifereth Shmuel, Tal Academy, Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation, Hatzolah Flatbush, Bonim Lamokom
Grant recipients are overwhelmingly in the United States, with 29 grants and no non-U.S. recipients in the recent list. The largest share of giving appears in the New York metro area, including Brooklyn, New York City, Forest Hills, Flushing, Cedarhurst, Staten Island, Suffern, Monsey, Rockaway Park, Lawrence, and Mountaindale. Brooklyn recurs often as a recipient city, alongside other New York communities such as Lakewood, NJ, and Waterbury, CT in nearby regional Orthodox networks. The spread is regional rather than national, but it includes at least a few out-of-state awards such as Memphis, Boston, Southfield, and Waterbury.
Its recent grants go mainly to Orthodox Jewish schools, special-needs services, youth intervention programs, and community support organizations. Examples include grants for learning disabilities, troubled teens, Down syndrome services, food distribution, orphans and widows, and emergency ambulance support.
In the recent grants list, the 25th percentile is $18,000, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is $36,000. The list also includes larger awards of $100,000 and $150,000.
Yes. Recent grants include $100,000 to Tal Academy for learning disabilities, $75,000 to Tafkid for children with disabilities, $50,000 to Bonim Lamokom for Down syndrome, and $36,000 to Menucha Services for handicap camp support.
The recent grants are all to U.S. recipients. Brooklyn appears frequently, and other recipient cities include New York, Lakewood, Monsey, Forest Hills, Flushing, Cedarhurst, Staten Island, Rockaway Park, Suffern, Memphis, Boston, Southfield, Waterbury, and Mountaindale.
No. Schools are a major part of the portfolio, but the foundation also funds youth addiction and trauma work, patient support, food distribution, orphan and widow aid, and emergency medical services such as Hatzolah Flatbush.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIFERETH SHMUEL | BROOKLYN, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | H.S. REJECTED STUDEN |
| CHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION | SUFFERN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GIRLS H.S. PROGRAMS |
| BNOT CHAYA ACADEMY | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | H.S. TROUBLED TEENS |
| TAL ACADEMY | ROCKAWAY PARK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | LEARNING DISABILITIE |
| TAFKID | BROOKLYN, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | CHILDREN W DISABILIT |
| BONIM LAMOKOM | BROOKLYN, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | DOWNS SYNDROME |
| MANHATTAN HIGH SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| ZICHRON SHOLOM REFAL | BROOKLYN, NY | $38,000 | 2025 | HOLIDAY DISBURSEMENT |
| MACHANANYIM | MEMPHIS, TN | $36,000 | 2025 | REHAB |
| HATZOLAH FLATBUSH | BROOKLYN, NY | $36,000 | 2025 | SPECIAL AMBULANCE |
| BNEI AHARON | BROOKLYN, NY | $36,000 | 2025 | CANCER PATIENTS |
| LEV WITH LOVE | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $36,000 | 2025 | SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDR |
| YESHIVA SHAAREI ZION | FOREST HILLS, NY | $36,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| CONGRAGATION EZER YEHUDA | MONSEY, NY | $36,000 | 2025 | HANDICAP |
| MENUCHA SERVICES | BROOKLYN, NY | $36,000 | 2025 | HANDICAP CAMP |
| ZICHRON MAYIR | MOUNTAINDALE, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | POST HS STUDENT AID |
| PROJECT FRESH START | SOUTHFIELD, MI | $25,000 | 2025 | TRAUMA CENTER |
| PROJECT EXTREME | LAWRENCE, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | TEENAGE ADDICTION |
| BINA | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | STROKE & BRAIN |
| YESHIVA ATERES SHLOMO | WATERBURY, CT | $25,000 | 2025 | SPECIAL PROGRAM |
| AGUDATH ISRAEL | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| ICHUD | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | SPECIAL EDUCATION |
| KAREN SHOLOM SHALBA | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | FOOD DISTRIBUTION |
| AVIGDOR HELPING | FLUSHING, NY | $18,000 | 2025 | ORPHANS & WIDOWS |
| SHULAMITH | CEDARHURST, NY | $18,000 | 2025 | LEARNING CENTER |
| GUMLEY CHESED | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | ILLNESS CASE |
| NE'EMAN FOUNDATION | BOSTON, MA | $15,000 | 2025 | ISRAEL SOLIDER MENTA |
| AID LSHOLOM | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | PATIENT TREATMENT |
| CONGREGATION PRES ESTATES | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $7,000 | 2025 | YOUTH PROGRAM |
BNOT CHAYA ACADEMY
$100,000H.S. TROUBLED TEENS
TAL ACADEMY
$100,000LEARNING DISABILITIE
TAFKID
$75,000CHILDREN W DISABILIT
BONIM LAMOKOM
$50,000DOWNS SYNDROME
MANHATTAN HIGH SCHOOL
$50,000SCHOLARSHIP FUND
ZICHRON SHOLOM REFAL
$38,000HOLIDAY DISBURSEMENT
MACHANANYIM
$36,000REHAB
BNEI AHARON
$36,000CANCER PATIENTS
LEV WITH LOVE
$36,000SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDR
YESHIVA SHAAREI ZION
$36,000EDUCATION
CONGRAGATION EZER YEHUDA
$36,000HANDICAP
MENUCHA SERVICES
$36,000HANDICAP CAMP
ZICHRON MAYIR
$25,000POST HS STUDENT AID
PROJECT FRESH START
$25,000TRAUMA CENTER
PROJECT EXTREME
$25,000TEENAGE ADDICTION
BINA
$25,000STROKE & BRAIN
YESHIVA ATERES SHLOMO
$25,000SPECIAL PROGRAM
ICHUD
$25,000SPECIAL EDUCATION
KAREN SHOLOM SHALBA
$25,000FOOD DISTRIBUTION
GUMLEY CHESED
$15,000ILLNESS CASE
AID LSHOLOM
$10,000PATIENT TREATMENT
CONGREGATION PRES ESTATES
$7,000YOUTH PROGRAM