Chasdei Dovid Elimelech primarily funds Orthodox Jewish congregations, yeshiva-style institutions and communal charities in the Brooklyn/NY Jewish community, providing direct financial aid and relief. Their grants are focused, repeat awards to a small set of congregations and mosdos (religious schools/chevras), indicating ongoing operational or client-facing support rather than large capital projects. The foundation consistently channels modest-to-midsize payments for financial assistance programs and community welfare within Hasidic/Orthodox networks.
Concentrated, repeat giving: relatively few grantees receive multiple modest-to-mid sized awards each year, focused on operational/financial-aid purposes rather than broad geographic diversification.
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc directs its giving toward Orthodox Jewish congregations, yeshiva-style institutions, and communal charities in Brooklyn, with grants that function as financial aid for neighborhood religious life. The largest recent award in the data was $26,000 to Cong Boyaner Kloiz Tms in 2023, a signal that the foundation can make larger support payments when a local institution needs it. Across the recent grant record, the same Brooklyn recipients appear repeatedly, including Minchas Zikaron and Cong Zichron Moshe, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The foundation’s support also reaches institutions with names tied to the Hasidic and Orthodox communal network, such as Mosdos Botoshan and Cong Zichron Mayer Leib. Its giving is highly concentrated geographically and organizationally, and the amounts suggest a pattern of modest-to-midsize operating relief rather than capital support. In practice, the grants appear to sustain congregational and school-based infrastructure within a narrow community setting, with financial aid as the dominant form of support.
A central theme in the foundation’s work is direct financial aid for congregational institutions. In 2024, it gave $9,800 to Cong Zichron Moshe for financial aid, and the recipient also appears in 2025 with a $4,650 award. Another recurring line of support is tied to yeshiva-style communal organizations: Mosdos Botoshan received $5,200 in 2025 after earlier grants of $4,800 in 2023 and $1,750 in 2024, all labeled financial aid. The foundation also backs smaller neighborhood chevra or kloiz institutions, as shown by $8,950 to Minchas Zikaron in 2025 and additional awards to the same recipient in 2023 and 2024. These patterns suggest a focus on sustaining operating needs, hardship relief, and community-based religious infrastructure.
Typical grants fall within a modest-to-midsize band: the p25 is $2,000, the median is $4,800, and the p75 is $7,650. The recent record shows repeat awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which indicates ongoing support relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation appears to operate as a private grantmaker with a local footprint, not a program funder with broad geographic dispersion. Every grant in the recipient-country distribution went to US-based organizations.
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$92K
$28K
$15K
Most grants fall between $2K and $8K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$8K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: Congregation Boyaner Kloiz TMS, Minchas Zikaron, Congregation Zichron Moshe, Mosdos Botoshan
Grantmaking is concentrated in New York, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The recent list places every named recipient in Brooklyn, including Cong Boyaner Kloiz Tms, Cong Zichron Moshe, Minchas Zikaron, and Mosdos Botoshan. That pattern points to a tightly local portfolio centered on one borough rather than a multi-state or national reach. The recipient-country distribution is entirely domestic, with all 20 recent grants going to US organizations.
Its recent grants go to Orthodox Jewish congregations, yeshiva-style institutions, and communal charities in Brooklyn. The named recipients include congregational and mosdos-style organizations, and every recent award is labeled financial aid.
The typical grant size is modest to midsize: the p25 is $2,000, the median is $4,800, and the p75 is $7,650. The recent record also includes a larger $26,000 award, showing that support can rise when needed.
Recipients often appear more than once across 2023, 2024, and 2025. For example, Minchas Zikaron, Cong Zichron Moshe, and Mosdos Botoshan each received multiple awards, which points to ongoing support relationships.
The giving is entirely local and entirely in New York. Every recent grant went to a Brooklyn recipient, and 100% of the grants in the country distribution were to US organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINCHAS ZIKARON | BROOKLYN, NY | $8,950 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON MAYER LEIB | BROOKLYN, NY | $8,800 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| MOSDOS BOTOSHAN | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,200 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| MINCHAS ZIKARON | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON MOSHE | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,650 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON MEIR LEIB | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,600 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG YAD LACHMU ANYU | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,000 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON ARYEH MORDECHAI | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,400 | 2025 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON MOSHE | BROOKLYN, NY | $9,800 | 2024 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON MEIR LEIB | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,650 | 2024 | FINANCIAL AID |
| MINCHAS ZIKARON | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHROIN ARYEH MORDECHAI | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,750 | 2024 | FINANCIAL AID |
| MOSDOS BOTOSHAN | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,750 | 2024 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG BOYANER KLOIZ TMS | BROOKLYN, NY | $26,000 | 2023 | FINANCIAL AID |
| MINCHAS ZIKARON | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,700 | 2023 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON MAYER LEIB | BROOKLYN, NY | $6,450 | 2023 | FINANCIAL AID |
| MOSDOS BOTOSHAN | BROOKLYN, NY | $4,800 | 2023 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON MOSHE | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,900 | 2023 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON ARYEH MORDECHAI | BROOKLYN, NY | $750 | 2023 | FINANCIAL AID |
| CONG ZICHRON ARYEH MORDECHAI | BROOKLYN, NY | $100 | 2023 | FINANCIAL AID |
MINCHAS ZIKARON
$8,950FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON MAYER LEIB
$8,800FINANCIAL AID
MOSDOS BOTOSHAN
$5,200FINANCIAL AID
MINCHAS ZIKARON
$5,000FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON MOSHE
$4,650FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON MEIR LEIB
$4,600FINANCIAL AID
CONG YAD LACHMU ANYU
FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON ARYEH MORDECHAI
$1,400FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON MOSHE
$9,800FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON MEIR LEIB
$7,650FINANCIAL AID
MINCHAS ZIKARON
$5,000FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHROIN ARYEH MORDECHAI
$1,750FINANCIAL AID
MOSDOS BOTOSHAN
$1,750FINANCIAL AID
CONG BOYANER KLOIZ TMS
$26,000FINANCIAL AID
MINCHAS ZIKARON
$7,700FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON MAYER LEIB
$6,450FINANCIAL AID
MOSDOS BOTOSHAN
$4,800FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON MOSHE
$3,900FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON ARYEH MORDECHAI
$750FINANCIAL AID
CONG ZICHRON ARYEH MORDECHAI
$100FINANCIAL AID