Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1258672. Reported 159 grants totalling $8,101,951 to 93 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $16,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $36,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Jewish Federation of Baltimore - Philanthropic Fund | Baltimore, MD | $1,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chizuk Amuno | Baltimore, MD | $744,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Associated | Baltimore, MD | $671,405 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel - University of Maryland | College Park, MD | $609,849 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Associated Jewish Federation of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $511,950 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $333,334 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund | New York, NY | $262,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Technion Society | New York, NY | $242,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $242,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund (rashi) | New York, NY | $236,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Albert Einstein Collegemontefiore Einstein | Bronx, NY | $186,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Society for Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | New York, NY | $167,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rashi - STEM | Dedham, MA | $166,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Washington, DC | $152,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Associated Jewish Federation of Baltimore - Annual | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Center - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hebrew at the Center | Framingham, MA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $104,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sinai Hospital | New York, NY | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel - National | Washington DC, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshivas Lubavitz of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Middle East Forum | Philadelphia, PA | $81,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenlight Fund | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pj Library | Agawam, MA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington Institute | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Yeshivas Rashi Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rashi - Pedagogic Network | Dedham, MA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $54,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Ctr | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifebridge Health - Krieger Eye Institute Sinai | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berman Institute of Bioethics | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ajiri | Uppr Blck Edy, PA | $41,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Medical Center | Towson, MD | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Associated Jewish Federation of Baltimore - Pj Library | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Visionary Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Elnet | Albany, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel University of MD | College Park, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation | College Park, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aleph Society | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Investigative Project on Terrorism | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Emergency Preparedness Project | Wynnewood, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Report Inc | Jenkintown, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lawfare Project | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arts for Learning Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tofte Lake | Ely, MN | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St John's College | Baltimore, MD | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hillel Israel | Washington, DC | $15,450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Den Collective | Bethesda, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gilchrist Hospice | Hunt Valley, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kulanu Academy | Cedarhurst, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maccabi World Union | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pearl Stone Center | Reisterstown, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Team Up for 1 - Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore | Stevenson, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brigance Brigade Foundation | Hunt Valley, MD | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Galilee Dreamers Co North American Friends of Oranim | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel Int Host Committee | Washington DC, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Internet Development Fund | Chula Vista, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jcc Association of North America | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jcc Association of North America - Chaplain | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Audiences | Baltimore, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zamir Choral Foundation | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel | Teaneck, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feed Israel | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel - Washington and Lee | Lexington, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillel - Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel Washington & Lee | Lexington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Education in Media Inc (jewish Broadcasting Service) | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Center for the Study of Great Ideas | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tofte Lake Center Donation | Ely, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington & Lee University | Lexington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopewell Cancer Support | Lutherville, MD | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clyburn Arboretum | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hasbara Fellowships Inc | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans - Beit Halochem | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Upper Montgomery County | Gaithersburg, MD | $2,080 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clyburn Arboretum Friends Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aleph Beta | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hoffberger Institute for Text Study Inc (aleph Beta) | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ne'eman Foundation USA | Newtown, MA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hopwell Cancert Support | Lutherville, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Grandparents Network | Sandy Springs, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amcha Initiative | Santa Cruz, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cylburn Arboretum Friends Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
33 of 93 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 51%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 83 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $1,595,505 | $11,100 |
| 2022 | 44 | $2,825,935 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 40 | $1,787,600 | $17,725 |
| 2024 | 32 | $1,892,911 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
60% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $16,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 8 Reservoir Circle 202, Baltimore, MD, 21208. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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