Lakewood Cheder School Inc
Lakewood, NJ · EIN 22-2137420. Reported 178 grants totalling $6,102,313 to 90 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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 Lakewood Cheder School Inc, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B240) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 90 distinct organizations, with 28% 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. 55% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than 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 $11,100. Half of what it reported fell between $8,100 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,250 and the largest $1,700,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Toldos Yaakov Yosef | Lakewood, NJ | $1,710,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bais Yaakov of Jackson | Lakewood, NJ | $783,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tomchei Shabbos Dlakewood Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $637,244 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Keren Orah | Brooklyn, NY | $305,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Zichron Moshe Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $292,175 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chasdie Lev | Brooklyn, NY | $243,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Congregation Nachlas Shimon | Brooklyn, NY | $169,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva Orchos Chaim Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $118,450 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov Elementary School-Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi Inc | Chicago, IL | $111,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Beth Medrash Govoha | Lakewood, NJ | $98,075 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Gates of Mercy | Lakewood, NJ | $76,170 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Veromamtanu Inc | Jackson, NJ | $71,125 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Derech Hachaim Fund | Lakewood, NJ | $66,970 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Masores Hachinuch Inc | Spring Valley, NY | $66,400 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mesivta of Long Beach | Long Beach, NY | $63,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Congregation Knesses Bais Levi Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $51,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Madraigos Inc | Woodmere, NY | $43,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nachlas Bais Yaakov Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $42,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Chaye Olom Inc | Spring Valley, NY | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign | Chicago, IL | $35,560 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bais Mordechai | Lakewood, NJ | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Congregation Ner Yisroel Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $34,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Elkins Park | Elkins Park, PA | $33,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Services for Children With Hidden Intelligence Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $31,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva Shaarei Oorah | Lakewood, NJ | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Gateshead Academy for Torah Studies | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Chasdei Ezriel Yehuda | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Zichrone Binyamin | Lakewood, NJ | $28,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Lakewood Chedar School | Lakewood, NJ | $27,800 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | $27,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Forest Glen | Lakewood, NJ | $25,050 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Agudath Israel of Greenspring Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bnos Melech of Lakewood Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $24,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Ktana of Waterbury Inc | Waterbury, CT | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Congregation Ramat Schlomo | Lakewood, NJ | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mesivta of Clifton | Passaic, NJ | $21,600 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Yeshiva Toras Aron Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bais Reuven Kamenetz of Lakewood Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $20,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bnei Emunim | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Ramapo Inc | Monsey, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Zichron Schneur | Lakewood, NJ | $19,280 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mesivta Ohr Torah of Lakewood Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Outreach Congregation | Monsey, NY | $18,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shemiras Sedorim Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $18,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tiferes Yisroel Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $18,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Congregation Oros Bais Yaakov of Lakewood | Lakewood, NJ | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bais Yaakov Highschool of Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $17,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Tiferes Tzvi | Monsey, NY | $17,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Congregation Bmba | Lincolnwood, IL | $17,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of Brick Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $15,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yeshiva Yashresh Yakov | Woodridge, NY | $15,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cong Khal Ohr Yisocher-Chodorov | Chicago, IL | $12,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Bnos Yaakov Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $12,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Yosef Aryeh | Lakewood, NJ | $12,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ateres Shalom Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Tiferet C/O Lcs | Lakewood, NJ | $11,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yeshivas Ner Moshe Association | Lakewood, NJ | $11,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Tzur Foundation Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beis Medrash Hadras Hatorah Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $10,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer Inc | Jackson, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bnei Torah | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cheder Toras Zev | Lakewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chesed of Lakewood | Lakewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cong Agudath Israel | Lakewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Halacha Berura Nj | Lakewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Knesst Simcha | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Living Kiddush Hashem Inc | Pikesville, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lubavitch Girls High School Inc | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mabas Fund Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshivath Beth Moshe-the Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School of | Scranton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zichron Menachem Inc | Monsey, NY | $9,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Gedola Naos Yaakov Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bais Shaindel | Lakewood, NJ | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Birchas Mordechai | Monsey, NY | $8,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Brisker Yeshiva Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzener Cheder Inc | Chicago, IL | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avos Ubonim | Lakewood, NJ | $7,140 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cong Khal Torath Chaim Viznitz of Bp | Brooklyn, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meiras Bais Yaakov Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tiferes Chaim Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $6,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Orchos Tzvi | Lakewood, NJ | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Beth Jacob Teachers Institute of Jerusalem | Lakewood, NJ | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Kol Aryeh of Lakewood | Lakewood, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Machzikei Hadas | Flushing, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Zichron Yisroel Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Toras Chesed Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshivath Torah Vodaath | Brooklyn, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Chasidei Nadvorna | Brooklyn, NY | $5,974 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Relief Resources Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
43 of 90 (48%) 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 62 of 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 | $582,761 | $11,850 |
| 2021 | 27 | $467,678 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $1,046,730 | $11,500 |
| 2023 | 44 | $1,223,605 | $11,650 |
| 2024 | 50 | $2,781,539 | $10,400 |
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
75% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. 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
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How to approach this grantmaker
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- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New Jersey.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lakewood Cheder School Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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.
Address of record on the latest return: 725 Vassar Avenue, Lakewood, NJ, 08701.
EIN 22-2137420 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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