The Ramallah Foundation primarily funds Palestinian-focused humanitarian, community and educational organizations, with a strong emphasis on supporting institutions that serve the Ramallah diaspora and broader Palestinian relief efforts. Most grants are unrestricted operating support, suggesting trust in grantee leadership and a preference for flexible funding. The foundation concentrates its giving on a small group of organizations rather than spreading many small awards across sectors.
Highly concentrated: few, large unrestricted grants (including repeat funding) to a small set of regional/diaspora organizations rather than many diversified recipients.
Ramallah Foundation Inc made a $1,830,000 unrestricted grant in 2025 to United Palestian Appeal Inc, the clearest signal in its recent giving: large, flexible support for Palestinian-focused humanitarian work. Across the grant record on file, the foundation backs organizations serving Palestinian relief, Ramallah diaspora communities, and education tied to those communities. The pattern is not broad dispersal; it is concentrated support for a small set of organizations that appear to anchor its priorities. The foundation’s recent awards also show repeated support for the same institutions over multiple years, including United Palestian Appeal Inc and the American Ramallah Federation Education Fund. All of the grants in the file went to U.S.-based nonprofits, and the awards are framed as unrestricted grants to support each recipient’s exempt purpose. That language points to a preference for core operating flexibility rather than project-specific restrictions. Its giving is tied to Palestinian community institutions and relief efforts, with educational and human-services organizations appearing alongside humanitarian aid groups. The foundation’s profile is therefore defined less by a wide thematic spread than by sustained support for organizations connected to Ramallah and broader Palestinian community needs.
In humanitarian relief and development for Palestine, Ramallah Foundation Inc gave $1,830,000 to United Palestian Appeal Inc for an unrestricted grant to support the organization’s exempt purpose. That single award sits alongside a smaller prior grant to the same group, showing sustained support for Palestinian relief work. The foundation also supports Ramallah diaspora community institutions. It gave $10,000 to American Federation of Ramallah Palestine Human Services Network for unrestricted support of exempt purpose, indicating attention to community-based services tied to Ramallah identity and mutual aid. Education is another recurring thread. In 2023, the foundation awarded $46,000 to American Ramallah Federation Education Fund, and in 2025 it followed with an additional $1,000 to the same organization. Those grants connect the foundation to scholarship and education programs serving Ramallah and Palestinian communities. Overall, the named grantees point to a focused grantmaking pattern centered on relief, community continuity, and educational support.
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$2.8M
$243K
$11K
Most grants fall between $28K and $48K, with a median of $46K.
25th Percentile
$28K
Median
$46K
75th Percentile
$48K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Notable grantees: United Palestinian Appeal, Inc., American Ramallah Federation Education Fund, American Federation of Ramallah Palestine Human Services Network
Ramallah Foundation Inc’s grants cluster tightly around a narrow size band, with a p25 of $28,000, a median of $46,000, and a p75 of $48,000. The recent record also includes one much larger outlier at $1,830,000, which stands apart from the typical award size. The foundation shows repeat support to the same organizations across years, including 2023, 2024, and 2025 awards in the file. Grants are structured as unrestricted support for exempt purpose, which suggests a general operating or core-support approach rather than project-specific funding. The grant record does not show any individual giving or program-related investments.
All recorded grants in the file went to U.S. recipients. The highest concentration is in Michigan, where recipient organizations in Westland appear multiple times. Washington, DC is another recipient location in the recent grants list. The foundation’s headquarters are in New York, but none of the listed grants went to New York-based recipients, so the giving footprint is separate from its HQ location.
The recent grants point to Palestinian-focused humanitarian, community, and educational organizations. Named recipients include United Palestian Appeal Inc, American Ramallah Federation Education Fund, and American Federation of Ramallah Palestine Human Services Network, all funded with unrestricted grants to support exempt purpose.
Yes. The recent grants listed for 2023, 2024, and 2025 are all described as unrestricted grants to support the recipient organizations’ exempt purpose, which indicates flexible support rather than project-only funding.
Typical awards are in the tens of thousands: the p25 is $28,000, the median is $46,000, and the p75 is $48,000. The recent record also includes one $1,830,000 grant, which is much larger than the rest of the distribution.
By recipient location, Michigan appears most often in the grant record, with Westland, MI showing up multiple times. The file also includes Washington, DC recipients, and 100% of the listed grants went to U.S.-based organizations.
Yes. United Palestian Appeal Inc appears in both 2024 and 2025, and American Ramallah Federation Education Fund appears in 2023 and 2025. That pattern suggests the foundation makes repeat awards to the same organizations over time.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED PALESTIAN APPEAL INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,830,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AMERICAN RAMALLAH FEDERATION EDUCATION FUND | WESTLAND, MI | $1,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| UNITED PALESTIAN APPEAL INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF RAMALLAH PALESTINE HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK | WESTLAND, MI | $10,000 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
| AMERICAN RAMALLAH FEDERATION EDUCATION FUND | WESTLAND, MI | $46,000 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
AMERICAN RAMALLAH FEDERATION EDUCATION FUND
$1,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF RAMALLAH PALESTINE HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK
$10,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
AMERICAN RAMALLAH FEDERATION EDUCATION FUND
$46,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.