Zell and Myrna Hurwitz Foundation
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1444499. Reported 183 grants totalling $2,337,879 to 111 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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". Zell and Myrna Hurwitz 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 Zell and Myrna Hurwitz Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 11 grants totalling $1,145,635 to them. That is 53% of the $2,149,194 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore | federated giving programme | Maryland | $904,255 | 5 | 5 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $241,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Swim Across America Inc | grantmaking organization | North Carolina | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 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 $1,054. Half of everything it gave fell between $360 and $3,000; the smallest was $18 and the largest $438,680.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Associated Jewish Charities | Baltimore, MD | $904,255 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Beth Tfiloh | Baltimore, MD | $739,692 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation | Miami, FL | $241,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Imadi | Randalstown, MD | $55,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lehrman Community Day School | Miami Beach, FL | $39,119 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Algemeiner Inc | New York, NY | $34,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley | Baltimore, MD | $30,120 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| B'nai Israel of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $24,490 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Defense of Democraci | Washington, DC | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chai Lifeline Mid-Atlantic | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Temple Menorah | Miami Beach, FL | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Temple Beth Sholom | Miami Beach, FL | $13,030 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Momentum | Rockville, MD | $12,800 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $12,025 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Defense of Democracy | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brothers and Sisters for Israel | North Kingstown, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fifth Avenue Synagogue | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jcc of Greater Baltimore | Owings Mills, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hillel University of MD College Par | College Park, MD | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | Boca Raton, FL | $5,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sinai Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $5,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Child Care Association | New York, NY | $4,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Temple Emanu-El of Greater Miami | Miami Beach, FL | $4,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls | Owings Mills, MD | $4,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kavannah Life | Miami Beach, FL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Shaarey Zedek | Southfield, MI | $3,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pj Library | Agawam, MA | $3,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Talmudical Academy of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $3,375 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zionist Organization of America | Hollywood, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Idf Miami | North Miami, FL | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| B'nai Jacob Shaarei Zion Congregati | Baltimore, MD | $2,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of the Hamptons | East Hampton, NY | $2,520 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chana | Pikesville, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Iceland | Brooklyn, NY | $2,136 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Downtown Miami Chabad | Miami, FL | $2,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends Israel Navy Seals | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kavanahlife | Miami Beach, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bnai Israel Congregation of B'more | Baltimore, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Hasc | Brooklyn, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Center and Blood Found | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goucher College Hillel | Baltimore, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Southampton | Southampton, NY | $1,620 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jemicy School | Owings Mills, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pardes Institue of Jewish Studies | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley Synago | Baltimore, MD | $1,465 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chizuk Amuno Congregation | Baltimore, MD | $1,360 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends - Magen David Adom | Palm Beach, FL | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Was | North Bethesda, MD | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of the East End | Coram, NY | $1,080 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,080 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Committee for Weizmann Institute | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of Unit 669 | Livingston, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad of Vail | Vail, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harry S Truman Library Institute | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maryland Food Bank | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ner Tamid Greenspring Valley Synagogue | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Baltimore Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of MD Robert Smith Sch of Bus | College Park, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Torah Academy of Bergen County | Teaneck, NJ | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pikesville Jewish Congregation | Baltimore, MD | $732 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Biscayne | Bay Harbor Islands, FL | $720 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Watermillchabad Mitzva Tank | Water Mill, NY | $720 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Resource Center | Ann Arbor, MI | $720 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Repair the World | New York, NY | $540 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | Yonkers, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aseret Global | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad at La Costa | Carlabad, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Etz Chaim Center | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House of Ruth | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sweet Dream Makers | Boca Raton, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| USO Department Ws | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hampton Library | Bridgehampton, NY | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Building Steps | Towson, MD | $430 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sid Jackson Jcc | East Hills, NY | $430 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Paps Corps | Boca Raton, FL | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Levindale Auxiliary Inc | Baltimore, MD | $378 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| B'nai Jacob Shaarei Zion Congregation | Baltimore, MD | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad of Buffalo | Getzville, NY | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Watermillchabad Mitzvah Tank | Water Mill, NY | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor, MI | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moses Montefiore Anshe Amuna | Baltimore, MD | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woman's Institute of Torah | Baltimore, MD | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wow | Baltimore, MD | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Isr | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town & Village Synagogue | New York, NY | $290 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ncsy | Baltimore, MD | $254 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Museum of the East End | Bridgehampton, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maad | Irving, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Madd | Irving, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beth El Congregation | Baltimore, MD | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Sunny Isles Beach | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Swim Across America | Charlotte, NC | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Penn Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hillel of Broward & Palm Beach | Boca Raton, FL | $136 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shalom Tikvah Inc | Pikesville, MD | $136 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Hunger Project | Timonium, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Play for Pink | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Federation of Jewish Women's Org | Baltimore, MD | $60 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $36 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
44 of 111 (40%) 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 33%, across 4 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 52 | $856,433 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 43 | $527,438 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $480,423 | $1,054 |
| 2023 | 19 | $175,387 | $1,800 |
| 2024 | 32 | $298,198 | $1,800 |
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
78% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland.
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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 Zell and Myrna Hurwitz Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 1777 Reisterstown Road 135 East, Baltimore, MD, 21208. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 52-1444499 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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