The Harold Anfang Foundation focuses on supporting Jewish congregational life and local community services in the New York area, making multi-thousand-dollar contributions to synagogues, Jewish community centers, and youth-serving organizations. Grants are concentrated geographically (Manhattan and New Rochelle/Westchester) and often repeat to the same institutions, suggesting an emphasis on sustained support for a small portfolio of community partners.
Focus Areas
Conservative synagogue support in Manhattan (Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue)Suburban Jewish congregations in Westchester (Temple Israel of New Rochelle)Jewish community center programming (Marlene Myerson JCC)Youth development programs in New Rochelle (Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, mid-sized contributions with repeat grants to a few local organizations; primarily one-time contribution-style grants but exhibiting repeat funding to core grantees in NYC/Westchester.
Notable grantees: Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue, Temple Israel of New Rochelle, Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle, Marlene Myerson JCC
About Harold Anfang Foundation
The Harold Anfang Foundation Inc. shows a clear pattern of sustained support for Jewish congregational life in New York, especially through repeated five-figure contributions to the Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue and Temple Isreal of New Rochelle. Those awards sit alongside grants to community-serving organizations in the same metropolitan area, pointing to a local portfolio centered on institutions that anchor neighborhood life.
Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to favor organizations that combine faith-based community work with practical service. Marlene Myerson Jcc received support in both 2023 and 2024, while the Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle also appears in consecutive years, indicating that the foundation often returns to the same recipients rather than spreading gifts broadly across many institutions. Other supported organizations include Baruch College Fund, Bottomless Closet, Project Kesher, Carter Burden Network, Calvary Hospital, and You Gotta Believe.
The foundation’s stated areas of interest include quality education, health and well-being, supporting institutions of faith, and other community-serving charitable work. Its giving profile reflects those priorities in a compact New York-focused grant portfolio with a mix of religious, educational, youth, and social-service recipients.
What Harold Anfang Foundation Funds
Faith-based support is one of the foundation’s clearest themes. It gave $50,000 in 2024 to Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue for a contribution, and it also awarded $25,000 to Temple Isreal of New Rochelle in both 2023 and 2024.
Education-related giving appears through support for Baruch College Fund, which received $12,000 in 2023 and $12,000 in 2024. The foundation’s program language also includes pre-K through college, after-school support, tutoring, and college access.
Health and well-being show up in grants such as $5,000 to Calvary Hospital in 2024 and $5,000 to National Ms Society in 2024. Community-service giving also includes $10,000 to Carter Burden Network and $5,000 to New Rochelle Campership Fund, both in 2024.
How Harold Anfang Foundation Gives
Typical grant sizes cluster in the low-to-mid thousands: p25 is $5,000, the median is $5,300, and p75 is $17,075. The recent record also shows several larger awards at $25,000 and $50,000, alongside smaller gifts of $1,000 to $1,500. Grants recur across years to the same organizations, including multiple awards to the same recipients in 2023 and 2024. The foundation is structured as a grantmaking nonprofit, not a fund for individuals, and it accepts unsolicited applications through general grant, letter-of-inquiry, and year-round program pathways.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$304K
Total Assets
$3M
Total Revenue
$413K
Total Expenses
$499K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $17K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$17K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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Giving is heavily concentrated in New York: 90% of grants went to recipients in the HQ state, and the top state by grant count is NY. Recent recipients are clustered in New York City, New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Bronx, and Scarsdale, with repeated support in Manhattan and Westchester County. Every recent grant in the dataset went to a U.S. recipient, so the country distribution is entirely domestic.
Frequently Asked Questions About Harold Anfang Foundation
What kinds of organizations does The Harold Anfang Foundation Inc. support?
Its stated focus areas include quality education, health and well-being, supporting institutions of faith, and other community-serving charitable work. In the recent grants list, that mix shows up in support for synagogues, a college fund, a hospital, a social-service network, and youth-serving nonprofits.
Does the foundation make repeated grants to the same organizations?
Yes. The recent record shows multiple consecutive-year awards to the Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue, Temple Isreal of New Rochelle, Marlene Myerson Jcc, Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle, Bottomless Closet, Baruch College Fund, Project Kesher, New Jewish Home, Impact 100, and Jcc Mid-westchester.
How large are the foundation’s typical grants?
The p25 grant size is $5,000, the median is $5,300, and the p75 is $17,075. Recent gifts range from $1,000 and $1,500 up to $50,000.
How does the foundation receive proposals?
It accepts unsolicited applications through its general grant, letter-of-inquiry, and year-round grantmaking pathways. The program descriptions say it awards both general operating support and project support.
Where does the foundation give most often?
The top state by grant count is New York, and 90% of grants went to recipients in the HQ state. Recent recipient cities include New York, New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Bronx, and Scarsdale.
Latest 990 Filing
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Open Grant Opportunities
Current and upcoming funding from Harold Anfang Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Open nowRolling / open intake
General Grantmaking (Letters of Inquiry accepted)
Quality Education for AllHealth and Well-beingSupporting Institutions of Faith+1 more
Who can apply: Applicant must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Foundation will not fund organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief. The Foundation does not fund individuals or provide loans.
Deadline: Accepts letters of inquiry and awards grants throughout the calendar year on a rolling basis.
General Grantmaking (General Support & Project Support)
Quality educationAfter-school supportTutoring+6 more
Who can apply: Applicant must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The foundation does not support organizations that discriminate based on age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief. Funding is limited to organizations based within the United States, with special focus on the New York metropolitan area.
Deadline: Applications accepted throughout the calendar year.
Elder carePoverty alleviationBasic needs services+1 more
Who can apply: Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Foundation will not support organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Deadline: Grants awarded throughout the calendar year; accepts submissions year-round.
K-12 educationAfter-school programsTutoring+1 more
Who can apply: Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Foundation will not support organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Deadline: Grants awarded throughout the calendar year; accepts submissions year-round.
Deadlines and eligibility are summarized from public sources and may change — always confirm the details on the funder's official application page before applying.
