The Martin and Elaine Rosenberg Charitable Foundation is overwhelmingly focused on supporting Orthodox Jewish religious education, channeling almost all of its funding to Oholei Torah yeshiva institutions. Grants are large and targeted, often directed to the same institutional recipients, indicating a clear preference for sustaining specific Jewish educational organizations rather than broad-based or diversified philanthropy. The foundation appears to fund institutional operating or program support for yeshivas with ties to the Chabad/Lubavitch educational network.
Highly concentrated giving: very few grants (5 total) with the vast majority of dollars going to one beneficiary and a close affiliate; repeated, large gifts to the same institutions rather than many small or diverse grantees.
A defining feature of the Martin and Elaine Rosenberg Charitable Foundation is its repeated support for Educational Institute Oholei Torah in Brooklyn. Across the most recent grants on file, the foundation made four seven-figure awards to that institution, with two gifts in 2024 and two more in 2023 and 2025. The pattern points to sustained backing for a single Orthodox Jewish educational organization rather than a broad portfolio of grantees. The foundation’s recent giving centers on religious education, especially yeshiva schooling tied to the Oholei Torah network. Its grants are described as contributions to school or as help with activities of a public charity, indicating support for institutional operations and program activity. The same recipient appears in multiple years, which suggests continuity in funding relationships. The foundation also gives at a sizable scale. Recent awards cluster around the high end of seven figures, and the latest 990 year on file is 2025. Although the foundation is headquartered in Brentwood, California, its recent grants have gone to recipients in New York, with no awards shown to California recipients in the provided data.
Orthodox Jewish day and yeshiva education is the clearest theme in the foundation’s giving. In 2025, it gave $1,924,621 to Educational Institute Oholei Torah for a contribution to school. Institutional support appears to be the main funding mode. In 2024, the foundation awarded $1,968,370 to Educational Institute Oholei Torah, again described as a contribution to school, and another 2024 grant of $1,773,065 followed the same pattern. Program activity is also part of the relationship. A 2023 grant of $1,968,360 to Educational Institute Oholei Torah was earmarked to help activities of this public charity. That same year, the foundation also gave $1,200,000 to Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc to help activities of a 501(c)(3) public charitable institution.
Recent grants are tightly clustered around a narrow band: the 25th percentile is $1,773,065, the median is $1,924,621, and the 75th percentile is $1,968,360. That places most awards near roughly $1.8 million to $2.0 million. The recipient pattern is recurring rather than one-off: the same Brooklyn-based institution appears across 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is structured as a charitable foundation, not a fund for individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The grant descriptions point to contribution-style support for school operations and activities rather than application-based project funding.
$8.8M
$32.5M
$2.2M
$2.6M
Most grants fall between $1.8M and $2M, with a median of $1.9M.
25th Percentile
$1.8M
Median
$1.9M
75th Percentile
$2M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Educational Institute Oholei Torah, Educational Institute Oholei Torah of Brooklyn Inc
All of the recent grants in the data went to U.S. recipients, and the recipient-country distribution is entirely domestic. By count, New York is the top state for the foundation’s giving. The named recipients are in Brooklyn, NY, while the foundation’s headquarters are in Brentwood, CA. No California recipients appear in the recent grants list provided.
The recent grants point to Orthodox Jewish religious education, especially the Educational Institute Oholei Torah network in Brooklyn. The foundation’s grants are described as contributions to school or as help with activities of a public charity, which indicates support for educational institutions and their programs.
The recent grant-size distribution is highly concentrated: p25 is $1,773,065, the median is $1,924,621, and p75 is $1,968,360. That means recent awards cluster around the high end of seven figures.
No. The recipient-country distribution shows 5 grants to U.S. recipients, or 100.0% of the recent grants provided.
The pattern is recurring. Educational Institute Oholei Torah appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with multiple grants in both 2023 and 2024. That repeated appearance suggests an ongoing funding relationship rather than isolated gifts.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah | Brooklyn, NY | $1,924,621 | 2025 | contribution to school |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah | Brooklyn, NY | $1,968,370 | 2024 | contribution to school |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah | Brooklyn, NY | $1,773,065 | 2024 | contribution to school |
| Educational Institute Oholei Torah | Brooklyn, NY | $1,968,360 | 2023 | to help activities of this public charity |
| EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OHOLEI TORAH OF BROOKLYN INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,200,000 | 2023 | TO HELP ACTIVITIES OF VAR PUBLIC CHAR INST WHICH ARE EXEMPT UNDER 501 (C)(3) |
Educational Institute Oholei Torah
$1,924,621contribution to school
Educational Institute Oholei Torah
$1,968,370contribution to school
Educational Institute Oholei Torah
$1,773,065contribution to school
Educational Institute Oholei Torah
$1,968,360to help activities of this public charity
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OHOLEI TORAH OF BROOKLYN INC
$1,200,000TO HELP ACTIVITIES OF VAR PUBLIC CHAR INST WHICH ARE EXEMPT UNDER 501 (C)(3)