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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3252800

The Avi Chai Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $16.2 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $16,205,346

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $375,348,756

  • Tax year 2023

    $17,448,136

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $369,969,735

  • Tax year 2022

    $11,590,453

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $373,827,494

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,358,488

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $417,433,923

  • Tax year 2020

    $15,840,446

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $394,969,991

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Avi Chai IsraelJerusalem, Israel

    Grant to support jewish education programs in israel. The grant amount has been reduced by $100,000 of which the grantee did not spend out of corpus and therefore the foundation has not included as a qualified distribution. Name of recipient - avi chai israel grant for the use of a property in jerusalem, to support charitable and educational activities. The value of the use of the property for 2024 was $42,895

    $15,565,346
  2. Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North AmericaNew York, NY

    Grant to support jewish education.

    $640,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid1 grant $640,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $640,000

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

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

  • Alissa FriedCHAIRMAN Hours 15Pay $25,000
  • Andre RosenblattTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $25,000
  • Jacob WisseTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $25,000
  • Jennifer FeldTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $25,000
  • Neria BuzagloTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $25,000
  • Rebecca RitterTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $25,000
  • Sophia MerkinTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $25,000
  • Suzanne Dryan FelsonTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $25,000
  • Tamar DarmonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $25,000

The return

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