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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 95-4337380

Jacob Kornwasser Foundation

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Oct 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,900,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $16,500,275

  • Tax year 2023

    $900,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $16,917,907

  • Tax year 2022

    $900,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $16,347,175

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $16,577,524

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,371,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $15,562,988

  • Tax year 2019

    $425,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $14,709,307

  • Tax year 2018

    $361,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $14,745,757

  • Tax year 2017

    $1,023,900

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $13,535,379

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jewish Community FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    General use

    $950,000
  2. Friends of Jerusalem College of TechnologyCedarhurst, NY

    General use

    $500,000
  3. Mosdos Hatorah Vhachesed of Pnei Menachem IncBrooklyn, NY

    General use

    $180,000
  4. Nefesh Yehudie IncBrooklyn, NY

    General use

    $150,000
  5. American Friends of Jerusalem Institute of Talmudic ResearchKew Gardens, NY

    General use

    $70,000
  6. Central Fund of IsraelNew York, NY

    General use

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $500,00056% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $180,00020% of the total
  3. Religion1 grant $150,00017% of the total
  4. International aid1 grant $70,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $950,000
  2. New York5 grants $950,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Mila KornwasserPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Judith HagerSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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