Yms Foundation Inc primarily supports Orthodox Jewish religious life and education, funding yeshivas, girls' religious schools, synagogues, and community religious institutions largely in Brooklyn/Monsey area. Grants are typically operational/program support to institutions rather than project-specific philanthropy, indicating a preference for sustaining ongoing community and education infrastructure. The foundation repeatedly funds a core set of congregations and yeshivas, reflecting close ties to particular Orthodox networks.
Concentrated, relationship-driven giving: many small-to-midsize grants focused on religious and educational institutions, frequent repeat grants to the same organizations, and emphasis on core operational/program support rather than one-off large national grants.
A recurring pattern in Yms Foundation Inc’s recent giving is support for Orthodox Jewish religious life and education through grants that help organizations promote their activities. The largest grant in the current list went to Yeshivat Yishrei Lev in Queens, a $30,000 award in 2023, followed by $25,000 to Yeshiva Ohr Torah in Monsey and $23,500 to Nachlat Yehoshua in New York. Those awards sit alongside funding for congregations, girls’ religious schools, and community religious institutions, showing a grantmaking profile built around sustaining schools and worship communities rather than one-off projects. The foundation’s giving is concentrated in institutions tied to Brooklyn, Monsey, Spring Valley, and nearby Jewish communities. Several recipients appear more than once, including Ichud Mosdot Gur, Cong Mishkan Yecheskel, The Ojc Fund, Bnos Yakov Educational for Girls, and Mosdos Sanz of Monsey, which suggests ongoing relationships with a core network of organizations. Grant purposes are consistently described as promoting organizational activities, indicating that the foundation often backs operational visibility and ongoing program delivery for institutions already serving established constituencies.
Yms Foundation Inc supports Orthodox yeshivas and rabbinical schools through grants such as $30,000 to Yeshivat Yishrei Lev in Queens and $25,000 to Yeshiva Ohr Torah in Monsey, both aimed at promoting organizational activities. It also funds other rabbinical institutions, including $10,000 to Yeshiva Tzoin Yosef Pupa Inc in Spring Valley and $3,600 to Yeshivas Novominsk in Brooklyn. Girls’ religious education is another clear area of support. The foundation gave $7,200 to Bais Esther School and $3,600 to Bnos Yakov Educational for Girls, both in Brooklyn. Community religious infrastructure appears as well, with grants to congregations such as Congregation Zichron Chaim and Congregation Bais Berliner, each reflecting the same activity-promotion language used across the list.
Typical grant size is modest: the 25th percentile is $1,800, the median is $2,750, and the 75th percentile is $6,338. The grant list shows repeated awards to several recipients across multiple years, including Ichud Mosdot Gur, Cong Mishkan Yecheskel, The Ojc Fund, Bnos Yakov Educational for Girls, and Mosdos Sanz of Monsey, which points to ongoing support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a private grantmaker; it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The recent awards are consistently described as support to promote organizational activities, a pattern that suggests broad operating or program support for recipient institutions.
$135K
$3.9M
$88K
$137K
Most grants fall between $2K and $6K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$6K
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Notable grantees: Yeshivat Yishrei Lev, Yeshiva Ohr Torah, Nachlat Yehoshua, The OJC Fund, Mosdos Sanz of Monsey
Giving is heavily concentrated in New York, with 98% of grants going to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state and the top giving state also New York. Recent recipients are clustered in Brooklyn, Monsey, Spring Valley, Queens, New York, and Airmont. Queens appears through Yeshivat Yishrei Lev; Monsey and Spring Valley appear through Yeshiva Ohr Torah, Mosdos Sanz of Monsey, and Yeshiva Tzoin Yosef Pupa Inc; Brooklyn shows up repeatedly across congregations, schools, and yeshivas. All listed recent grants went to U.S. recipients.
The foundation supports Orthodox Jewish religious and educational institutions, including yeshivas, rabbinical schools, congregations, girls’ religious schools, and community religious organizations. Recent examples include schools, synagogues, and umbrella community funds in Brooklyn, Monsey, Spring Valley, Queens, and New York.
Recent grants are generally small to mid-sized. The 25th percentile is $1,800, the median is $2,750, and the 75th percentile is $6,338.
Its recent grantmaking is overwhelmingly New York-based: 98% of grants went to recipients in NY, and New York is the top state by grant count. The recent recipient cities include Brooklyn, Monsey, Spring Valley, Queens, New York, and Airmont.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Ichud Mosdot Gur, Cong Mishkan Yecheskel, The Ojc Fund, Bnos Yakov Educational for Girls, and Mosdos Sanz of Monsey. That pattern suggests continuing relationships with a core set of institutions.
The listed awards are consistently described as being to promote the activities of the recipient organization. That phrasing appears across schools, congregations, and community institutions, indicating a preference for general support tied to ongoing organizational activity.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends Of Mosdot Goor Inc | BROOKLYN, NY | $97,600 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Congregation Gur Of Lakewood Inc | BROOKLYN, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Kollel Ner Simcha Foundation | LAKEWOOD, NY | $12,000 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Various | sprING VALLEY, NY | $5,720 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| TOV LKOL | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cure And Healig Inc | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Chizuk Hatorah | BROOKLYN, NY | $720 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cong Nuam Elimelech Lizensk | BROOKLYN, NY | $720 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Knesseth Bais Yaakov | LAKEWOOD, NY | $600 | 2026 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cong Yad Hakohen Dushinsky | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,600 | 2025 | to promote activities of organization |
| Bais Esther School | Brooklyn, NY | $2,400 | 2025 | to promote activities of organization |
| KEDUSHAT ZION | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,000 | 2025 | to promote activities of organization |
| Mosdos Satmar BP Inc | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2025 | to promote activities of organization |
| Bnai Elozer Inc | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cong Tiferes Moshe | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | to promote activities of organization |
| CONG BETH MEDRASH MEOR YITZCHOK INC | MONSEY, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cong Mishkan Yecheskel | Brooklyn, NY | $9,600 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| Various | sprING VALLEY, NY | $7,500 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| ICHUD MOSDOT GUR | BROOKLYN, NY | $6,600 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cong Bnai Shloma Zalman | Brooklyn, NY | $5,550 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY | SPRING VALLEY, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| THE OJC FUND | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,520 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| BNEI AVROHOM | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,000 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| YESHIVAS NOVOMINSK | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,600 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| CONGREGATION BAIS BERLINER | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,500 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| American Freinds of Shaarei Daas | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,300 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| KEDUSHAT ZION | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| ZICHRON AVROHOM | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| YESHIVA BETH YITZCHOK DSPINKA | bROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| TORAH ACADEMY FOR GIRLS | FAR ROCKAWAY, NY | $1,800 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| KUPAS EZRA KEREN EZRIEL YECHIEL | Brooklyn, NY | $700 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| Bobover Yeshiva Of Monsey | Brooklyn, NY | $400 | 2024 | to promote activities of organization |
| Yeshivat Yishrei Lev | Queens, NY | $30,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| YESHIVA OHR TORAH | MONSEY, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| NACHLAT YEHOSHUA | NEW YORK, NY | $23,500 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| TOV LKOL | BROOKLYN, NY | $18,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| ACH TOV V CHESED | BROOKLYN, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| THE OJC FUND | BROOKLYN, NY | $13,200 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| YESHIVA TZOIN YOSEF PUPA INC | SPRING VALLEY, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| ICHUD MOSDOT GUR | BROOKLYN, NY | $9,200 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| Bais Esther School | Brooklyn, NY | $7,200 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| CENTRAL UTA OF MONSEY | AIRMONT, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| CONGREGATION ZICHRON CHAIM | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| Bobover Yeshiva Of Monsey | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cong Mishkan Yecheskel | Brooklyn, NY | $4,800 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| BNOS YAKOV EDUCATIONAL FOR GIRLS | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,600 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| Cong Bnai Shloma Zalman | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY | SPRING VALLEY, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
| YESHIVOS KARLIN STOLIN BETH ARON VEISRAEL RABBINICAL INSTITUTE INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | to promote activities of organization |
Congregation Gur Of Lakewood Inc
$15,000to promote activities of organization
Kollel Ner Simcha Foundation
$12,000to promote activities of organization
Various
$5,720to promote activities of organization
TOV LKOL
$1,800to promote activities of organization
Cure And Healig Inc
$1,000to promote activities of organization
Chizuk Hatorah
$720to promote activities of organization
Cong Nuam Elimelech Lizensk
$720to promote activities of organization
Knesseth Bais Yaakov
$600to promote activities of organization
Cong Yad Hakohen Dushinsky
$3,600to promote activities of organization
Bais Esther School
$2,400to promote activities of organization
KEDUSHAT ZION
$2,000to promote activities of organization
Mosdos Satmar BP Inc
$1,800to promote activities of organization
Bnai Elozer Inc
$1,000to promote activities of organization
Cong Tiferes Moshe
$1,000to promote activities of organization
CONG BETH MEDRASH MEOR YITZCHOK INC
$10,000to promote activities of organization
Cong Mishkan Yecheskel
$9,600to promote activities of organization
Various
$7,500to promote activities of organization
ICHUD MOSDOT GUR
$6,600to promote activities of organization
Cong Bnai Shloma Zalman
$5,550to promote activities of organization
MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY
$5,000to promote activities of organization
BNEI AVROHOM
$4,000to promote activities of organization
YESHIVAS NOVOMINSK
$3,600to promote activities of organization
CONGREGATION BAIS BERLINER
$2,500to promote activities of organization
American Freinds of Shaarei Daas
$2,300to promote activities of organization
KEDUSHAT ZION
$2,000to promote activities of organization
ZICHRON AVROHOM
$1,800to promote activities of organization
YESHIVA BETH YITZCHOK DSPINKA
$1,800to promote activities of organization
TORAH ACADEMY FOR GIRLS
$1,800to promote activities of organization
KUPAS EZRA KEREN EZRIEL YECHIEL
$700to promote activities of organization
Bobover Yeshiva Of Monsey
$400to promote activities of organization
Yeshivat Yishrei Lev
$30,000to promote activities of organization
YESHIVA OHR TORAH
$25,000to promote activities of organization
NACHLAT YEHOSHUA
$23,500to promote activities of organization
TOV LKOL
$18,000to promote activities of organization
ACH TOV V CHESED
$15,000to promote activities of organization
YESHIVA TZOIN YOSEF PUPA INC
$10,000to promote activities of organization
ICHUD MOSDOT GUR
$9,200to promote activities of organization
Bais Esther School
$7,200to promote activities of organization
CENTRAL UTA OF MONSEY
$5,000to promote activities of organization
CONGREGATION ZICHRON CHAIM
$5,000to promote activities of organization
Bobover Yeshiva Of Monsey
$5,000to promote activities of organization
Cong Mishkan Yecheskel
$4,800to promote activities of organization
BNOS YAKOV EDUCATIONAL FOR GIRLS
$3,600to promote activities of organization
Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok
$3,000to promote activities of organization
Cong Bnai Shloma Zalman
$2,500to promote activities of organization
MOSDOS SANZ OF MONSEY
$2,500to promote activities of organization
YESHIVOS KARLIN STOLIN BETH ARON VEISRAEL RABBINICAL INSTITUTE INC
$2,500to promote activities of organization