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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 25-6381619

Isadore & Yetta Joshowitz Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Braddock, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 80 grants and $149,620 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), 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

    $149,620

    Grants listed
    80
    Assets, end of year
    $1,912,333

  • Tax year 2023

    $131,280

    Grants listed
    74
    Assets, end of year
    $1,958,562

  • Tax year 2022

    $131,705

    Grants listed
    82
    Assets, end of year
    $1,973,139

  • Tax year 2021

    $154,590

    Grants listed
    89
    Assets, end of year
    $2,040,124

  • Tax year 2020

    $136,085

    Grants listed
    83
    Assets, end of year
    $2,092,030

Grants paid in 2024

80 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish Federation of GTR PGHPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $60,500
  2. Kollel Bais Yitzchok (kollel Jewish Learning Center)Pittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $16,000
  3. Hillel Academy of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $11,950
  4. Muscular Dystrophy AssociationChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. Yeshiva SchoolsPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  6. Congregation Poale ZedeckPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $2,600
  7. Banot Sherut of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  8. Camp StoneBeachwood, OH

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  9. Padres Institute of Jewish StudiesNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  10. Pittsburgh Jewish ChroniclePittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  11. Shaare TorahPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  12. Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  13. Young Isreal of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  14. Hillel InternationalWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $1,700
  15. Yesiva Nachlei TorahLakewood, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $1,500
  16. Other Miscellaneous OrganizationsBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,275
  17. Braddock Carnegie Library AssociationBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,200
  18. Borough of BraddockBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  19. Gemach Zichron MosheMonsey, NY

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  20. Jewish Community CenterPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  21. Ponevez YeshivaBnei Brak, Israel

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  22. Telshe YeshivaWickliffe, OH

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  23. The Aleph InstitutePittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  24. The Friendship CirclePittsbugh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  25. Yeshiva Torah VodaathBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  26. Central East NcsyPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $860
  27. FD NowBuffalo Grove, IL

    Unrestricted

    $750
  28. Hebrew Free Loan AssociationPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $600
  29. American Committee for Shaare ZedekNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $500
  30. American Friends of Keren Yad L'chaimBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $500
  31. American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $500
  32. American Friends of Nachlas ZviLakewood, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $500
  33. Breakaway From CancerCanonsburg, PA

    Unrestricted

    $500
  34. Central Fund of IsraelWoodmere, NY

    Unrestricted

    $500
  35. Chabad HouseAnn Arbor, MI

    Unrestricted

    $500
  36. Ner IsraelBaltimore, MD

    Unrestricted

    $500
  37. One Israel FundCedarhurst, NY

    Unrestricted

    $500
  38. Orthodox Community at PennPhiladelphia, PA

    Unrestricted

    $500
  39. Bais Tova SchoolLakewood, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $500
  40. Friends of Yad SarahNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $400
  41. Jewish Assistance FundPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $400
  42. Jewish Cemetary & Burial Association of GTR PGHPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $400
  43. Beth Jacob SynagogueBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $360
  44. Chabad House on Campus IncPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $350
  45. Yad L'achimNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $320
  46. Bais Hamedrash & Mesivta of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD

    Unrestricted

    $300
  47. OraNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $280
  48. Braddock North Braddock Little LeagueBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  49. Heritage Community InitiativesBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  50. Film PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  51. Jewish Women's League of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  52. PGH Jewish Womens LeaguePittsbugh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  53. Reading Ready PittsburghHomestead, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  54. Rivers Edge Vol Fire DepartmentBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $250
  55. American Assoc for Bikur Cholim HospitalNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $200
  56. Kollel of Greater BostonBrighton, MA

    Unrestricted

    $200
  57. Mesivta Yeshiva- Rabbi Chaim BerlinBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $200
  58. Religious Zionists of AmericaNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $200
  59. Rotary Club of BraddockBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $200
  60. Simon Weisenthal CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Unrestricted

    $200
  61. Talmudical Academy of AdelphiaAdelphia, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $200
  62. Yeshivat Ohr Davidohr David OutreachBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $200
  63. Congregation Adereth ElElizabeth, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $150
  64. Scranton Hebrew Day SchoolScranton, PA

    Unrestricted

    $150
  65. Yeshiva Michas Eluzar Co Rabbi GruenBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $125
  66. Temple Bnai IsraelWhite Oak, PA

    Unrestricted

    $120
  67. Chabad Soup Kitchen of MoldvaBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $100
  68. The Mayors Charitable FundBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  69. United Institutions of Karlin StolinBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $100
  70. Unity Baptist ChurchBraddock, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  71. American Friends of Maoz ChaimBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $100
  72. UPMC Childrens HospitalPittsbugh, PA

    Unrestricted

    $100
  73. B'nai B'rith InternationalNorth Washington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $50
  74. Jewish War Veterans of the USAWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $50
  75. Mifal Gevurah ShebechesedNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $50
  76. The Nature ConservatoryArlington, VA

    Unrestricted

    $50
  77. WJC American SectionLewiston, ME

    Unrestricted

    $50
  78. Parkinsons FoundationNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $50
  79. ToiremBrooklyn, NY

    Unrestricted

    $50
  80. AudubonNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $30

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $14,10045% of the total
  2. Health4 grants $11,15036% of the total
  3. Religion4 grants $1,7005% of the total
  4. Arts and culture2 grants $1,4505% of the total
  5. International aid2 grants $1,0003% of the total
  6. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $1,0003% of the total
  7. 4 other causes4 grants $8303% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania35 grants $117,155
  2. New York24 grants $11,215
  3. Illinois2 grants $10,750
  4. Ohio2 grants $3,000
  5. New Jersey5 grants $2,850
  6. District of Columbia3 grants $1,800
  7. Maryland2 grants $800
  8. Michigan1 grant $500
  9. California1 grant $200
  10. Massachusetts1 grant $200

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • James H JoshowitzTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Steven M JoshowitzTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

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