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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 93-3366016

Mekor Chaim Foundation

A private foundation in Oak Park, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $42,750 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 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

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $42,750

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $29,359
  • Tax year 2024

    $50,300

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $27,295
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $29,966

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Keren Kiryat SeferLakewood, NJ

    Program support

    $17,000
  2. Individual

    Program support

    $7,800
  3. Individual

    Program support

    $5,300
  4. Individual

    Program support

    $3,000
  5. Ner Gavriel FundToms River, NJ

    Program support

    $2,500
  6. Yeshivas Darchei TorahSouthfield, MI

    Program support

    $2,500
  7. Individual

    Program support

    $1,850
  8. Individual

    Program support

    $1,000
  9. Individual

    Program support

    $600
  10. Individual

    Program support

    $500
  11. Individual

    Program support

    $350
  12. Individual

    Program support

    $250
  13. Individual

    Program support

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $17,00087% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $2,50013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey2 grants $19,500
  2. Michigan1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mordchai GreenesPresident Hours 0Pay $0
  • Toby GreenesVice President Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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