The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 83-3943012. Reported 228 grants totalling $6,537,059 to 96 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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". The Sarah and Daniel Rueven 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
3 of the organizations The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 11 grants totalling $417,500 to them. That is 8% of the $5,391,743 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership | grantmaking organization | New York | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Funders Network | grantmaking organization | New York | $62,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | 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 $16,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $36,000; the smallest was $26 and the largest $150,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $640,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Village Community School | New York, NY | $452,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| The American Independent Foundation | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $300,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | New York, NY | $237,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Tribeca | New York, NY | $220,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Jewish Climate Trust | Palm Beach, FL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $174,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Temple Sholom Inc | Greenwich, CT | $169,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ars Nova Theatre I Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | Pocantico Hills, NY | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | New York, NY | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Village Communtiy School | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ars Nova | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Slingshot Fund Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Uja-Federation of New York | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Foundation to Combat Anti Semitism | Foxborough, MA | $86,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition | Washington, DC | $86,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, NY | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hudson River Park Friends | Narrowsburg, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Birthright Israel | New York, NY | $72,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $62,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| City Harvest | Brooklyn, NY | $61,655 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of Ny | New York, NY | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Nyc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Slingshot | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Bedford | Bedford Corners, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Hudson River | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stone Barns Restoration Corp | Pocantico Hills, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Institute for Resilience | Hailey, ID | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Uja Federation New York | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $36,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York University Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Deve | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Israel Policy Forum Inc | New York, NY | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Campaign | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moishe House | Charlotte, NC | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Priorities USA Foundation | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Civic Nation | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown Day School | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greenwich Hospital | Cos Cob, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance - Standwithus | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council of New York Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nyu | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Hailey, ID | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Climate Cousins Foundation | New York, NY | $22,816 | 12 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Jumpstart Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Museum of Nyc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York Univeristy | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach Prep Inc | Stamford, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Western Landowners Alliance | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| To Be Honest | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Uja of Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brothers for Life | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soil Health Academy | Fort Paytne, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Soil Health Academy | Seymour, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of American Finance | New York, NY | $11,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sojourn | Atlanta, GA | $11,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 2164 Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Breast Cancer Alliance | Greenwich, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Human Rights Campaign | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish National Fund | Rockville Center, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Storahtelling Labshul Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Blackfoot Challenge | Ovando, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moving Traditions | Jenkintown, PA | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Regenerative Agriculture Alliance Inc | Northfield, MN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Police Dept | Greenwich, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greenwich Professional Firefighters Benevolent Fund | Greenwich, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mission Edge San Diego | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Silver Shield Association | Greenwich, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Zioness Movement | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $2,575 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenwich YMCA | Greenwich, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Storah Telling Labshul Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenwich Town Party Inc | New Haven, CT | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chabad on Campus International Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
45 of 96 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 62%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Brandeis University
BRANDEIS FUND/UNRESTRICTED - Temple Sholom Inc
SECURITY INITIATIVE AND KOL NIDRE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN - Village Community School
FOOD SYSTEM AND GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES - Jewish Community Relations Council of Ny
COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE - New York University Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Deve
$20,000 TO THE NUTRITION, FOOD STUDIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT GIFT ACCOUNT. $15,000 TO THE BRONFMAN CENTER. - Israel Policy Forum Inc
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES IN HONOR OF SUSIE GELMAN'S CHAIRPERSONSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 165 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 | 49 | $1,027,816 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $1,007,500 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 49 | $1,499,168 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $1,502,575 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | 45 | $1,500,000 | $18,000 |
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
63% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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 The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 126 East 56TH Street 26TH Floor, New York, NY, 10022. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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