About Oorah
To help Jews everywhere connect with their rich heritage and traditions by providing a strong network of personal guidance, educational resources, year-round programs, events, and scholarships that make Judaic heritage personal, relevant, and meaningful.
Focus Areas
Jewish educationOutreach / kiruvYouth developmentCamping and retreatsScholarships / tuition assistanceCommunity events
Who They Fund
congregations and faith communitiesstudents in religious education programsreligious educators and clergyreligious schools
Funding Style
direct service / program support
About Oorah
A large share of Oorah Inc’s recent grantmaking supports religious education through named congregations, yeshivas, and related organizations, with several seven-figure commitments standing out in the record. The foundation’s biggest recent grant went to Junk for Joy Inc in Plano, Texas, and another major award supported Congregation Oorah in Staten Island, New York. Those grants sit alongside repeated support for Jewish schools, kollels, and seminary-adjacent programs, showing a pattern centered on Judaic learning rather than broad philanthropic categories. The stated summary for the funder is to help Jews connect with their heritage and traditions through personal guidance, educational resources, year-round programs, events, and scholarships. That mission is reflected in the recipients: educational institutions, faith communities, and organizations tied to religious instruction. Oorah Inc also appears to support the same ecosystem across multiple years, with several grantees receiving more than one award in the recent record. In practice, the foundation funds religious education as a mix of large institutional grants and smaller program support, all within a clearly faith-based frame.
What Oorah Funds
Jewish education is the clearest throughline in Oorah Inc’s grantmaking. It awarded $100,000 to Congregation Kehilas Ahron in Lakewood, New Jersey, and another $100,000 to Kollel International in Lakewood for religious education. The foundation also supported school-linked work with $14,300 to Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah in Lakewood in 2025 and $12,500 to the same grantee in 2024. Outreach and community programming also appear in the record: Agudath Israel of America received $39,600 in 2024 and $36,000 in 2025, each for religious education. For youth-focused support, Oorah Inc gave $23,400 to People WHO Care in Jackson, New Jersey. Its active programs also point to tuition assistance and Israel-based gap-year or seminary support.
How Oorah Gives
Typical grants cluster at a modest middle with a p25 of $10,000 and a median of $24,200, while the upper quartile reaches $100,000. The record also includes much larger awards, showing that Oorah Inc uses both mid-sized and very large grants. Several recipients appear more than once across 2024 and 2025, including Agudath Israel of America and Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah, which suggests recurring support rather than one-time awards only. The foundation’s active programs indicate direct application pathways: preliminary online applications for tuition scholarships and Shteigers assistance, with some renewal applicants receiving a private application by email. Oorah Inc does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$777K
Total Assets
$218.7M
Total Revenue
$47.1M
Total Expenses
$46.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $100K, with a median of $24K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$24K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ELIYOHU MINTZ
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