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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3565658

Birkat Esther Inc

A private foundation in Highland Beach, FL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $55,280 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $55,280

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,079

  • Tax year 2023

    $242,910

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,569

  • Tax year 2022

    $275,378

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $131

  • Tax year 2021

    $60,740

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,243

  • Tax year 2020

    $166,645

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $4,823

  • Tax year 2019

    $297,543

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $75,078

  • Tax year 2018

    $357,140

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,465

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Darchan Ben ZionIsrael

    General support

    $26,810
  2. Keren Yad Shmuel Ve TamarIsrael

    General support

    $12,600
  3. Beit Chabad Abu TurIsrael

    General support

    $6,120
  4. Chabad of West Boca Raton Synagogue IncBoca Raton, FL

    General support

    $5,500
  5. Agudat Refuah V'chaimBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $4,000
  6. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (university of Miami)Miami, FL

    General support

    $250

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Religion1 grant $5,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida2 grants $5,750
  2. New York1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Edmund I ShamsiPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Helene ShamsiSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Pnina ShamsiTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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