Covenant Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 36-3722029. Reported 156 grants totalling $11.2M to 103 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Covenant Foundation, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B00J) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 103 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 24% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $140,000; the smallest was $8,000 and the largest $225,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fjc | New York, NY | $561,300 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Beloved Builders Inc | Northampton, MA | $425,800 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $299,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Moed Incorporated | Chevy Chase, MD | $241,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc | New York, NY | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Center for Creative Change | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Imagination Lab | Northbrook, IL | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hebrew College | Newton, MA | $218,850 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Svivah Inc | Washington, DC | $217,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Inheiritance Project Ltd | New York, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish Studio Project | Berkeley, CA | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc | New York, NY | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc | New York, NY | $171,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mechon Hadar | New York, NY | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | San Francisco, CA | $159,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Onetable Inc | New York, NY | $158,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish University | Sherman Oaks, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camp Ramah in New England | Norwood, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Council of Jewish Emigre Community Organizations Inc Cojeco | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dorot Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ikar | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Jewish and Community Research | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute of Southern Jewish Life Inc | Jackson, MS | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Keshet Inc | Newton, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Luria Academy of Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| M2 the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moving Traditions | Elkins Park, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President & Trustees of Colby College | Waterville, ME | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacred Spaces Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy | Riverdale, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Storahtelling Lab Shul Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Svara | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Temple Beth Am | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Theatre Dybbuk | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vilna Shul Boston Center for Jewish Culture Inc | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Brandeis School of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $149,872 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilderness Torah | Berkeley, CA | $147,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Repair the World Inc | New York, NY | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Communitiesof Vermont Inc | Burlington, VT | $141,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc | New York, NY | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adamah Inc | Reisterstown, MD | $136,460 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hannah Senesh Community Day School | Brooklyn, NY | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tkiya Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Growtorah Inc | Teaneck, NJ | $134,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hebrew at the Center Inc | Westborough, MA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| South Philadelphia Shtiebel | Philadelphia, PA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | New York, NY | $124,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Edge Grant Leveraging Success | Tbd, NY | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Grandparents Network Inc | Stevenson, MD | $100,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covenant Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Learning Venture | Jenkintown, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Modern Jewish Couples (fs Beloved Builders Fl) | Florence, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Orot the Center for New Jewish Learning | Deerfield, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Makom Community | Philadelphia, PA | $97,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jimena Inc | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opendor Media Inc | Sunrise, FL | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Within the Image Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Centers Association of North America | New York, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Idea School | Tenafly, NJ | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hazon | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israelnow Education Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Let It Ripple Inc | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shefa School | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Womens Archive Inc | Auburndale, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good People Fund Inc | Millburn, NJ | $39,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aleph-Alliance for Jewish Renewal | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Contemporary Jewish Museum | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reboot Inc | Longmeadow, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin | San Rafael, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 70 Faces Media Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ammud the Joc Torah Academy Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| At the Well Project Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ayin Institute Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Jewish Family Life Inc | Spring Valley, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coastal Roots Farm | Encinitas, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Embrace Community Programs | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Farmer Network | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mishkan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Performance Zone Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rekindle | Beachwood, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative | Hollywood, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Solomon Schechter Day School Inc | Newton, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tribe 12 | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Greensboro Contemporary Jewish Museum | Greensboro, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Beit Midrash | Scottsdale, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yetzirah | Asheville, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Zamir Choral Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nations Capital | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paradigm Project | Mundelein, IL | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Chorus Life | Flushing, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women in Film & Video Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Association of Reform Jewish Educators | Bryn Mawr, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 103 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 84 of 103 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $2,291,524 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $2,472,124 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $1,560,084 | $42,062 |
| 2024 | 24 | $1,945,800 | $50,000 |
| 2025 | 34 | $2,895,000 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
38% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Covenant Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 34 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 45 Rockefeller Plaza Ste 2300, New York, NY, 10111.
EIN 36-3722029 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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