Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
Bethesda, MD · EIN 20-1135004. Reported 305 grants totalling $20.6M to 114 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 17 grants totalling $1,665,000 to them. That is 10% of the $16.6M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Maryland | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | community foundation | District of Columbia | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $295,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership | grantmaking organization | New York | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $1,833,200.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Is | Portland, OR | $5,139,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in I | Portland, OR | $1,610,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Washington | North Bethesda, MD | $625,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | $557,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| DC Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance | New York, NY | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| DC Fiscal Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| DC Vote | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Imagine North Carolina First | Raleigh, NC | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miriam's Kitchen | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | $352,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bread for the City Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $295,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| N Street Village Inc | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Forklift | Edmonston, MD | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jews United for Justice | Washington, DC | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice | New York, NY | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| DC Action | Washington, DC | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless | Washington, DC | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friendship Place | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Progeorgia | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Voto Latino Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| State Leadership Project | Raleigh, NC | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Interfaith Network | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emgage Foundation Inc | Lakeland, FL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation DC | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rock the Vote | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Student Organizing Inc | Boston, MA | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's National Hospital Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Middle East Peace | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp (bronx House Emanuel Camps) | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Environmental Health | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community of Hope Inc | Washington, DC | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peace By Tourism | New York, NY | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Neve Shalomwahat Al-Salam | Glendale, CA | $91,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bright Beginnings Inc | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Defense Education Fund Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $79,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Clinic Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Research & Action Center | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Givat Haviva Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spur Local (formerly Catalogue for Philanthropy Greater Washington) | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Abraham Initiatives (north America) | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thrive DC | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unity Health Care | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Naples | Naples, FL | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pathway Homes Inc | Fairfax, VA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington | North Bethesda, MD | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coalition of Immokalee Workers | Immokalee, FL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marine Conservation Institute | Seattle, WA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sixth & I Synagogue Inc | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Male Voter Project Ef | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blueprint North Carolina | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bronx House-Emanuel Camps Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bronx-House Emanuel Camps (dba Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp) | Chappaqua, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civica Initiatives | Redwood City, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Conference on Citizenship | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Hampshire Democracy Fund | Portsmouth, NH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina a Philip Randolph Institute | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Impact | Alexandria, VA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Israel Policy Forum | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Abraham Initiatives | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Campus Election Engagement Project | Lewes, DE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catalogue for Philanthropy Inc Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| DC Appleseed for Law and Justice | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Research and Action Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Givat Haviva Educational Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhizome Action Network Inc | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | Washington, DC | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Parents Circle Families Forum | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Downtown Cluster of Congregations Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism (friends of Impj) | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sixth & I Historic Synagogue | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American University Center for Israel Studies | Washington, DC | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom House | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peaceplayers International | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation | College Park, MD | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League Washington Region | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Collier Community Foundation | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fair Chance | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latin American Youth Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Jewish Committee Washington Region | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti-Defamantion League Washington Regional Office | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Environmental Law Institute | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peace Players International -- Middle East | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida | Sarasota, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
77 of 114 (68%) 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 84%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Greater Washington Community Foundation
SOCIAL JUSTICE & CIVIC AFFAIRS - Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & CHOICE - Community Clinic Inc
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & JUSTICE - Latin American Youth Center
EDUCATION & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 212 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 | 76 | $4,542,500 | $27,500 |
| 2022 | 78 | $5,061,200 | $25,500 |
| 2023 | 72 | $5,378,200 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 79 | $5,633,000 | $30,000 |
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
35% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation'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: Po Box 30100, Bethesda, MD, 20824. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 20-1135004 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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