The Louis and Frances B Booke Memorial Foundation concentrates its giving in the Baltimore Jewish community, making sizable, single-purpose support grants to religious and educational institutions. Its recent grants equally funded a rabbinical college, a Talmudical day school, the local Jewish federation, and a synagogue, indicating a clear preference for sustaining Orthodox Jewish education, communal infrastructure, and congregational life in the region.
Concentrated, high-value gifts: four equal large grants totaling $492K, focused on a small set of local Jewish institutions rather than many small or geographically dispersed awards.
A single support grant of $123,000 to each of four Baltimore institutions defines the Louis and Frances B Booke Memorial Foundation’s recent pattern: Associated Jewish Charities, Talmudical Academy, Ner Israel Rabbinical College, and Chizuk Amuno all received the same amount in 2025. That even split points to a foundation that uses its giving to sustain Jewish communal and educational institutions rather than to seed one-off projects. The recent record also shows continued backing for Baltimore-area organizations beyond the core Orthodox education network, including the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Hope Lodge, Central Scholarship, Baltimore Community Foundation, and Man Alive Inc. The foundation’s grant list is short and locally concentrated, with recipients overwhelmingly in Maryland. Within that local frame, the giving reaches both religious life and community services, pairing rabbinical training and day-school education with federation, synagogue, museum, scholarship, and health-related support. The result is a portfolio that reads as institutional maintenance across a defined Jewish civic ecosystem in Baltimore.
Orthodox Jewish education is a clear throughline. In 2025, the foundation gave $123,000 to Ner Israel Rabbinical College for support, and the college also received a $10,000 grant in 2024. It made the same $123,000 support grant to Talmudical Academy in 2025, following a $10,000 grant in 2024. Beyond education, it backed communal infrastructure with $123,000 to Associated Jewish Charities in 2025 and another $10,000 in 2024. Synagogue life is also part of the pattern: Chizuk Amuno received $123,000 in 2025 and was listed again as Chizuk Amuno Congregation for a $10,000 grant in 2024. The foundation’s 2025 support for the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Central Scholarship, Hope Lodge, Baltimore Community Foundation, and Man Alive Inc shows that its local giving extends into cultural, scholarship, health, and community organizations as well.
Grant sizes cluster around institutional support checks rather than many small awards. The median grant is $10,000, with a lower quartile of $7,486 and an upper quartile of $61,500. In 2025, four recipients each received $123,000, while several others received $61,500, showing a stepped pattern rather than highly varied amounts. The foundation’s record also suggests recurring support: multiple organizations appear in both 2024 and 2025, often at different levels. Grants are described simply as support, and the foundation does not make program-related investments or grants to individuals. Its profile is local, and its giving is heavily concentrated in Maryland.
$874K
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$126K
$843K
Most grants fall between $7K and $62K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$62K
About 95% of grants go to recipients in MD.
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Notable grantees: Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Talmudical Academy, Associated Jewish Charities (Baltimore), Chizuk Amuno
The foundation’s giving lands almost entirely in Maryland: 95% of grants went to recipients in the HQ state. Baltimore is the main recipient city, including grants to Associated Jewish Charities, Talmudical Academy, Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Chizuk Amuno, the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Hope Lodge, Baltimore Community Foundation, and Man Alive Inc. Outside Baltimore, Owings Mills appears with Central Scholarship. The only non-Maryland recipient in the recent list is Friends of Israel Defense Forces in New York, NY. Across the sampled grants, the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The recent grants point to Jewish communal and educational institutions in Baltimore. Named recipients include Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Talmudical Academy, Associated Jewish Charities, and Chizuk Amuno, along with the Jewish Museum of Maryland and Baltimore Community Foundation.
Yes. Several organizations appear in both 2024 and 2025, including Chizuk Amuno, Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Talmudical Academy, Associated Jewish Charities, the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Hope Lodge, Central Scholarship, Man Alive Inc, and Baltimore Community Foundation.
The typical grant size is $10,000 at the median. The lower quartile is $7,486 and the upper quartile is $61,500, showing that the foundation often gives institutional support grants in the five-figure range.
Most grants go to Maryland recipients, and 95% of grants were made to organizations in the HQ state. Baltimore is the dominant recipient city, with additional giving in Owings Mills and one recent grant to New York, NY.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent record is entirely organizational support grants.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Jewish Charities | Baltimore, MD | $123,000 | 2025 | Support |
| Talmudical Academy | Baltimore, MD | $123,000 | 2025 | Support |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical Coll | Baltimore, MD | $123,000 | 2025 | Support |
| Chizuk Amuno | Baltimore, MD | $123,000 | 2025 | support |
| Central Scholarship | Owings Mills, MD | $61,500 | 2025 | Support |
| Man Alive Inc | Baltimore, MD | $61,500 | 2025 | Support |
| Baltimore Community Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $61,500 | 2025 | Support |
| Jewish Museum of MD | Baltimore, MD | $61,500 | 2025 | Support |
| Hope Lodge | Baltimore, MD | $61,500 | 2025 | Support |
| Friends of Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $9,971 | 2025 | Support |
| Talmudical Academy | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Chizuk Amuno Congregation | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2024 | support |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical Coll | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Associated Jewish Charities | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Hope Lodge | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Man Alive Inc | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Jewish Museum of MD | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Baltimore Community Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 2024 | Support |
| Central Scholarship | Owings Mills, MD | $5,000 | 2024 | Support |
Associated Jewish Charities
$123,000Support
Talmudical Academy
$123,000Support
Ner Israel Rabbinical Coll
$123,000Support
Chizuk Amuno
$123,000support
Central Scholarship
$61,500Support
Man Alive Inc
$61,500Support
Baltimore Community Foundation
Support
Jewish Museum of MD
$61,500Support
Hope Lodge
$61,500Support
Friends of Israel Defense Forces
$9,971Support
Talmudical Academy
$10,000Support
Chizuk Amuno Congregation
$10,000support
Ner Israel Rabbinical Coll
$10,000Support
Associated Jewish Charities
$10,000Support
Hope Lodge
$5,000Support
Man Alive Inc
$5,000Support
Jewish Museum of MD
$5,000Support
Baltimore Community Foundation
$5,000Support
Central Scholarship
$5,000Support