The Zahler Family Foundation concentrates almost exclusively on Jewish education and religious community support, directing the bulk of its funding to Orthodox-leaning yeshivas and affiliated community education funds. Giving is highly concentrated and local/communal in nature, with a small number of large gifts and multiple disbursements to the same primary recipient. The foundation favors institutional operating or program support rather than broad secular causes.
Highly concentrated giving: few (5) grants total with very large amounts, repeat major beneficiary (The OJC Fund received ~82% of total giving across 3 grants), focused on institutional support for Jewish education rather than many small or geographically diverse grants.
A single theme defines Zahler Family Foundation Inc’s recent giving: almost every grant is routed to Jewish education, with the largest awards flowing to The Ojc Fund in Brooklyn for the same purpose across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That recurring support points to a funder that uses repeated, local institutional grants rather than one-off, broad-based philanthropy. The pattern is reinforced by other sizable gifts to Orthodox Jewish educational organizations and community institutions, including Yeshiva Noam Hatorah in Monsey and Mayim Chayim Inc in Jackson. The foundation’s grants also extend to congregations and affiliated community entities in Monroe, Kiryas Joel, Spring Valley, Lakewood, and Mount Kisco, showing a narrow but active footprint within Jewish communal life. Across the recent grants list, the stated purpose is consistently to further Jewish education, suggesting a highly focused grantmaking approach centered on schools, educational funds, and religious community infrastructure. Its recent activity shows both larger institutional commitments and smaller local awards, but the common thread is sustained support for Jewish learning and observance-related institutions.
Jewish education is the clear center of this foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $506,250 to The Ojc Fund in Brooklyn in 2025 for Jewish education, after awarding $534,500 in 2024 and $369,500 in 2023 for the same purpose. That kind of repeated support suggests an ongoing relationship rather than a one-time gift. The foundation also backs Orthodox day school and yeshiva settings directly, including $155,000 to Yeshiva Noam Hatorah in Monsey for Jewish education. Its giving reaches community-based institutions as well, such as $100,000 to Cong Marbh Lusova in Monroe and $26,000 to American Friends of Ora V'simcha Inc in Monsey, both framed around Jewish education. Smaller grants to congregational entities show the same pattern at a more local level.
Typical grant size falls at $9,500 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $125,000 at the 75th percentile, indicating a mix of smaller local awards and much larger institutional grants. The grant list also shows recurring support to the same recipient across multiple years, most notably The Ojc Fund in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That repeated pattern is consistent with a targeted foundation structure rather than broad, one-off grantmaking. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments, so its activity is concentrated in direct grants to organizations.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $125K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$125K
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Notable grantees: THE OJC FUND, YESHIVA NOAM HATORAH, MAYIM CHAYIM INC
Grantmaking is highly local and concentrated in New York, which accounts for 87% of grants. Brooklyn appears repeatedly among recipient cities, along with Monsey, Monroe, Spring Valley, and Kiryas Joel. Outside New York, the recent grants list includes Jackson and Lakewood in New Jersey. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 17 grants in the United States.
Its recent grants are centered on Jewish education and religious community support. Every recent grant in the list is described as being made to further Jewish education, with recipients including schools, yeshivas, congregations, and community education funds.
Yes. The Ojc Fund in Brooklyn appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with grants of $369,500, $534,500, and $506,250. That repeated pattern shows ongoing support rather than isolated gifts.
Its typical grant size is $9,500 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $125,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list includes both smaller awards, such as $1,200, and larger awards above $500,000.
New York is the top state by grant count, with 87% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recipient cities in the recent list include Brooklyn, Monsey, Monroe, Spring Valley, Kiryas Joel, and Mount Kisco.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE OJC FUND | BROOKLYN, NY | $506,250 | 2025 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| MARBAH LESOVA | KIRYAS JOEL, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| THE OJC FUND | BROOKLYN, NY | $534,500 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| YESHIVA NOAM HATORAH | MONSEY, NY | $155,000 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| MAYIM CHAYIM INC | JACKSON, NJ | $150,000 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| CONG MARBH LUSOVA | MONROE, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| MEITIV WHOLESALE | MONROE, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORA V'SIMCHA INC | MONSEY, NY | $26,000 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| BAIS AMRAM | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| CONG KINYON TORAH | MONROE, NY | $9,000 | 2024 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| THE OJC FUND | BROOKLYN, NY | $369,500 | 2023 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| CHAIM V'CHESSED | BROOKLYN, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| CONGREGATION IMRIE CHINE DELATYN | SPRING VALLEY, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| ATERES SHALOM INC | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $10,000 | 2023 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| CONGREGATION YISMACH MOSHE OF CYL INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $8,000 | 2023 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| YETEV-LEV D JERUSALEM INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,200 | 2023 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
| YESHIVA TORAS CHEMED INC | MT KISCO, NY | $1,200 | 2023 | TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION |
MARBAH LESOVA
$25,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
YESHIVA NOAM HATORAH
$155,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
MAYIM CHAYIM INC
$150,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
CONG MARBH LUSOVA
$100,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
MEITIV WHOLESALE
$50,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORA V'SIMCHA INC
$26,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
BAIS AMRAM
$10,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
CONG KINYON TORAH
$9,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
CHAIM V'CHESSED
$25,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
CONGREGATION IMRIE CHINE DELATYN
$20,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
ATERES SHALOM INC
$10,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
CONGREGATION YISMACH MOSHE OF CYL INC
$8,000TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
YETEV-LEV D JERUSALEM INC
$7,200TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION
YESHIVA TORAS CHEMED INC
$1,200TO FURTHER JEWISH EDUCATION