The Meh Family Foundation concentrates its giving on Orthodox Jewish religious life and communal support, primarily funding yeshivas, girls’ Jewish schools, synagogues, and local Jewish relief/chevra organizations in the New York area. Grants are directed toward institutional operating or charitable support rather than broad secular causes, signaling a focus on sustaining neighborhood religious education and community services.
Meh Family Foundation Inc. centers its grantmaking on Orthodox Jewish institutions in New York, with the largest recent award going to Mesivta Tiferes Shmuel Alexsander for $50,000 in 2025. The pattern is straightforward: support for religious schools, synagogues, and communal relief groups serving local Jewish neighborhoods. In the recent grant list, Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov received $36,000 in 2024, while Congregation Keren Hagemach received $30,000 in 2023, showing that both educational and congregational organizations sit near the center of its giving. The foundation’s recipients are all in the United States, and every listed grant lands in New York, with Brooklyn appearing repeatedly alongside Spring Valley and Monsey. The grantee names also point to a consistent emphasis on faith-based infrastructure rather than broad secular programming. That includes support for mesivtas, Bais Yaakov schools, and organizations associated with charitable aid and neighborhood religious life. Across the available grants, the foundation appears to fund established local institutions that provide ongoing educational, congregational, or relief functions within Orthodox communities.
Orthodox Jewish education is a major theme in the foundation’s recent giving. Mesivta Tiferes Shmuel Alexsander received $50,000 for charitable support, and Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov received $36,000 for charitable support. Congregational and synagogue-related support is also visible: Congregation Keren Hagemach was awarded $30,000, and Congregation Yeshias Yisroel received $10,000. The foundation also backs chevra and relief organizations tied to community assistance. Nechomas Yisroel received $25,000, and Tomche Shabbos received $1,800, indicating some support for charitable aid functions within the local Jewish community. Another grant went to Vyazrein Inc for $25,000, showing that the foundation’s giving extends to locally rooted institutions beyond schools alone.
Grant sizes cluster around modest institutional gifts, with a p25 of $7,100, a median of $10,000, and a p75 of $27,500. The recent list suggests a mix of mid-sized operating or charitable awards, with occasional larger commitments such as the $50,000 grant in 2025. Several recipients appear across multiple years at the neighborhood-institution level, but the available grant list does not show the same organization repeated in the entries provided. Meh Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation; it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. No application process is shown in the data.
$75K
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Most grants fall between $7K and $28K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$28K
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Concentrated, faith-based giving: a small number of moderate-to-large awards (mostly $10k–$50k) to religious and community institutions. The foundation appears to favor repeat and core institutional grantees within the Jewish community rather than broad or one-off national grants.
Notable grantees: Mesivta Tiferes Shmuel Alexandser, Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov, Congregation Keren Hagemach, Nechomas Yisroel
Grantmaking is concentrated entirely in New York, which accounts for 100% of listed grants. Brooklyn appears most often, including recipients in Brooklyn, NY such as Mesivta Tiferes Shmuel Alexsander, Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov, and Congregation Keren Hagemach. Other New York recipient locations include Spring Valley, NY and Monsey, NY, showing a local footprint beyond Brooklyn. The country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with no non-U.S. grantees in the recent list.
Its recent grants go to Orthodox Jewish schools, congregations, and relief organizations. Examples in the data include a mesivta, a Bais Yaakov school, multiple congregations, and Jewish charitable-aid groups such as Nechomas Yisroel and Tomche Shabbos.
The grant-size distribution is centered on relatively modest awards: p25 is $7,100, the median is $10,000, and p75 is $27,500. The recent list also includes a larger $50,000 award, showing some variation above the middle of the range.
All listed grants go to recipients in New York, and the country distribution is entirely U.S.-based. Brooklyn appears repeatedly, with additional recipients in Spring Valley and Monsey.
No. The provided data says it funds individuals: false and makes program-related investments: false, so its grantmaking is limited to institutional charitable support.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESIVTA TIFERES SHMUEL ALEXSANDER | BROOKLYN, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| NECHOMAS YISROEL | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| YESHIVA SHALSHELET BAIS YAAKOV | BROOKLYN, NY | $36,000 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| VYAZREIN INC | SPRING VALLEY, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| CONG TORAS CHAIM SLATFINA | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,000 | 2024 | CHARITABLE |
| CONGREGATION KEREN HAGEMACH | BROOKLYN, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| CONGREGATION YESHIAS YISROEL | SPRING VALLEY, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| CONG EZER YESHIVA | MONSEY, NY | $7,200 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
| TOMCHE SHABBOS | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2023 | CHARITABLE |
MESIVTA TIFERES SHMUEL ALEXSANDER
$50,000CHARITABLE
NECHOMAS YISROEL
$25,000CHARITABLE
YESHIVA SHALSHELET BAIS YAAKOV
$36,000CHARITABLE
CONG TORAS CHAIM SLATFINA
$7,000CHARITABLE
CONGREGATION KEREN HAGEMACH
$30,000CHARITABLE
CONGREGATION YESHIAS YISROEL
$10,000CHARITABLE
CONG EZER YESHIVA
$7,200CHARITABLE
TOMCHE SHABBOS
$1,800CHARITABLE