The Joe A. Esses & Sons Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on Sephardic Jewish religious life and education in the New York area, funding synagogues, yeshivas/kollels, mikveh facilities, seminaries, and scholarship programs. Grants are often directed to local Orthodox institutions and recurring recipients, indicating an emphasis on sustaining community religious infrastructure and Torah study rather than broad secular causes.
A defining feature of Joe a Esses & Sons Foundation Inc C/o Esoriginals Inc is its repeated support for Sephardic Jewish religious life and education in New York, especially institutions that sustain synagogue worship, Torah study, and community ritual needs. Its largest recent grant, $34,000 to Yeshiva Darche Eres Inc in Brooklyn, reflects that emphasis on local Orthodox educational infrastructure. Other sizable awards include $24,800 to Edmund J Safra Synagogue in New York and $18,000 to The Sephardic Mikveh of Midwood in Brooklyn, showing a pattern of backing both worship spaces and ritual facilities. The foundation also funds seminaries, kollels, scholarship programs, and Jewish educational resources, with grants often directed to recurring recipients such as Edmund J Safra Synagogue, Yde, and Sephardic Torah Center Kollel. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on community-based institutions that serve Sephardic Orthodox families and students, rather than a broad range of secular causes. Its recent activity shows a practical focus on sustaining operating needs and community religious infrastructure through modest-to-mid-sized awards.
The foundation’s grantmaking is especially visible in synagogue support. It gave $24,800 to Edmund J Safra Synagogue in New York for charity, followed by additional grants of $17,800, $10,000, $6,400, and $1,800 to the same institution across 2023. In education, it awarded $34,000 to Yeshiva Darche Eres Inc in Brooklyn and $7,500 to the same grantee in another 2023 gift, showing support for school operations over time. Ritual infrastructure is another clear theme: The Sephardic Mikveh of Midwood received $18,000 in 2023. The foundation also backed adult and rabbinical study through $7,200, $5,400, $5,400, and $3,600 grants to Sephardic Torah Center Kollel in Kew Gardens, New Jersey.
Typical grants are modest-to-mid sized, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $1,800, and a p75 of $5,350. The pattern includes repeated awards to the same organizations across years, especially in 2023 and 2024, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts. Several recipients appear multiple times, and the foundation’s total annual grants of $252,197 sit alongside very small total assets of $3,000. The legal structure is a private foundation filing under Joe a Esses & Sons Foundation Inc C/o Esoriginals Inc, and the data does not indicate an individual-giving or program-related investment model.
$252K
$3K
$38K
$46K
Most grants fall between $1K and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 80% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Concentrated, community-focused giving with multiple repeat grants to a small set of Sephardic Orthodox institutions; gift sizes are modest-to-mid (several thousand to tens of thousands) and aimed at operational/program support rather than one-off national campaigns.
Notable grantees: Edmund J Safra Synagogue, Yeshiva Darche Eres (YDE), Sephardic Torah Center Kollel, The Sephardic Mikveh of Midwood, HHAF Sammy Arthur Scholarship Fund
Grantmaking is local and overwhelmingly concentrated in New York. The top state by grant count is NY, and 80% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s headquarters state. Brooklyn appears frequently through grantees such as Yeshiva Darche Eres Inc, Yde, Mikdash Eliyahu, Park Ave Synagogue, and Keter David. New York City recipients also include Edmund J Safra Synagogue and The Sephardic Heritage Museum. Outside New York, grants in the recent list reach Kew Gardens, NJ; Lakewood, NJ; Ocean Township, NJ; and Tenafly, NJ, but all listed recipients are in the US.
Its recent grants go mainly to Sephardic Jewish synagogues, yeshivas and kollels, mikveh facilities, seminaries, scholarship funds, and Jewish educational resources. Examples in the list include Edmund J Safra Synagogue, Yeshiva Darche Eres Inc, The Sephardic Mikveh of Midwood, and Sephardic Torah Center Kollel.
The typical grant size is modest: p25 is $1,000, median is $1,800, and p75 is $5,350. Recent awards include both smaller gifts around $1,800 and larger ones such as $34,000 to Yeshiva Darche Eres Inc.
Yes. Several recipients appear more than once in the recent grants list, including Edmund J Safra Synagogue, Yde, Sephardic Torah Center Kollel, Mikdash Eliyahu, and Park Ave Synagogue. The repeated awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025 suggest continuing relationships.
The foundation gives locally, with NY as the top state by grant count and 80% of grants going to recipients in New York. Brooklyn and New York City names recur often, while a smaller share goes to nearby New Jersey locations such as Kew Gardens, Lakewood, Ocean Township, and Tenafly.
Its largest recent grant in the list is $34,000 to Yeshiva Darche Eres Inc in Brooklyn. Other large awards include $24,800 to Edmund J Safra Synagogue in New York and $18,000 to The Sephardic Mikveh of Midwood in Brooklyn.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YESHIVA DARCHE ERES INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $34,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| PARK AVE SYNAGOGUE | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,440 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| KETER DAVID | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| DARCHEI DAVID FOUNDATION | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,200 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL | OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ | $1,200 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMOT TORAH SCHOOLS | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| MIRRER YESHIVA CENTRAL INSTITUTE | BROOKLYN, NY | $700 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| AHI EZER YESHIVA | BROOKLYN, NY | $500 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CONGREGATION SHAARE RAHAMIM | BROOKLYN, NY | $360 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| YESHIVAT ATERET SHELOMO | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $201 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| YDE | BROOKLYN, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL | KEW GARDENS, NJ | $3,600 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| PARK AVE SYNAGOGUE | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,220 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| SHALSHELET COMMUNITY | TENAFLY, NJ | $2,900 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| KETER DAVID | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $1,800 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,500 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| CONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL | OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ | $1,200 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| DARCHEI DAVID FOUNDATION | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,200 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| AMER FRIENDS OF KOLLEL DITZER SHAS CANADA INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMOT TORAH SCHOOLS | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| MIRRER YESHIVA CENTRAL INSTITUTE | BROOKLYN, NY | $750 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| SHAARE RAHAMIM | BROOKLYN, NY | $301 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| YESHIVAT ATERET SHELOMO | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $152 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| ZICHROW MOSHE YESHIVA | SOUTH FALLSBURG, NY | $150 | 2024 | CHARITY |
| EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $24,800 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| THE SEPHARDIC MIKVEH OF MIDWOOD | BROOKLYN, NY | $18,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $17,800 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| HHAF SAMMY ARTHUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND | GARNERVILLE, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| YDE | BROOKLYN, NY | $8,100 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| SHAARE BINAH SEMINARY | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,500 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| YESHIVA DARCHE ERES INC | BROOKLYN, NY | $7,500 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL | KEW GARDENS, NJ | $7,200 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $6,400 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL | KEW GARDENS, NJ | $5,400 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL | KEW GARDENS, NJ | $5,400 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| MIKDASH ELIYAHU | BROOKLYN, NY | $5,200 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| THE JEWISH LIBRARY FOUNDATION | LAKEWOOD, NJ | $5,200 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCE | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,600 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| MIKDASH ELIYAHU | BROOKLYN, NY | $3,500 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| CONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL | OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ | $3,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC RABBINICAL COLLEGE | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,600 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,600 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| MATTAN BASSETER | BROOKLYN, NY | $2,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| THE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $1,800 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| CONGREGATION SHARRE ZION | BROOKLYN, NY | $1,800 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| KESHER ORGANIZATION | HARRISON, NY | $1,800 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE | NEW YORK, NY | $1,800 | 2023 | CHARITY |
YESHIVA DARCHE ERES INC
$34,000CHARITY
PARK AVE SYNAGOGUE
$2,440CHARITY
KETER DAVID
$1,800CHARITY
DARCHEI DAVID FOUNDATION
$1,200CHARITY
CONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL
$1,200CHARITY
SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND
$1,000CHARITY
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMOT TORAH SCHOOLS
CHARITY
MIRRER YESHIVA CENTRAL INSTITUTE
$700CHARITY
AHI EZER YESHIVA
$500CHARITY
CONGREGATION SHAARE RAHAMIM
$360CHARITY
YESHIVAT ATERET SHELOMO
$201CHARITY
YDE
$15,000CHARITY
SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL
$3,600CHARITY
PARK AVE SYNAGOGUE
$3,220CHARITY
SHALSHELET COMMUNITY
$2,900CHARITY
KETER DAVID
$1,800CHARITY
SEPHARDIC FOOD FUND
$1,800CHARITY
SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCE
$1,500CHARITY
CONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL
$1,200CHARITY
DARCHEI DAVID FOUNDATION
$1,200CHARITY
AMER FRIENDS OF KOLLEL DITZER SHAS CANADA INC
$1,000CHARITY
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RAMOT TORAH SCHOOLS
$1,000CHARITY
MIRRER YESHIVA CENTRAL INSTITUTE
$750CHARITY
SHAARE RAHAMIM
$301CHARITY
YESHIVAT ATERET SHELOMO
$152CHARITY
ZICHROW MOSHE YESHIVA
$150CHARITY
EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE
$24,800CHARITY
THE SEPHARDIC MIKVEH OF MIDWOOD
$18,000CHARITY
EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE
$17,800CHARITY
HHAF SAMMY ARTHUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND
$10,000CHARITY
EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE
$10,000CHARITY
YDE
$8,100CHARITY
SHAARE BINAH SEMINARY
$7,500CHARITY
YESHIVA DARCHE ERES INC
$7,500CHARITY
SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL
$7,200CHARITY
EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE
$6,400CHARITY
SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL
$5,400CHARITY
SEPHARDIC TORAH CENTER KOLLEL
$5,400CHARITY
MIKDASH ELIYAHU
$5,200CHARITY
THE JEWISH LIBRARY FOUNDATION
$5,200CHARITY
SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCE
$3,600CHARITY
MIKDASH ELIYAHU
$3,500CHARITY
CONGREGATION MAGEN DAVID OF W DEAL
$3,000CHARITY
SEPHARDIC RABBINICAL COLLEGE
$2,600CHARITY
SEPHARDIC BIKUR HOLIM
$2,600CHARITY
MATTAN BASSETER
$2,000CHARITY
THE SEPHARDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
$1,800CHARITY
CONGREGATION SHARRE ZION
$1,800CHARITY
KESHER ORGANIZATION
$1,800CHARITY
EDMUND J SAFRA SYNAGOGUE
$1,800CHARITY