Dana and Joseph Kekst Family Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 84-4265994 · reported 2023–2025
18grants reported
$12Kmedian award
$5,000lower quartile
$540smallest grant
$206Ktotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 10 of its 18 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $95K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
205 E 85TH St PH 1d
New York, NY 10028-3229
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Heschel School GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Heschel School GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $18,000 |
| Heschel School GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $18,000 |
| 92ND Street Y GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $17,500 |
| New York Presbyterianweill Cornell GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $16,667 |
| New York Presbyterianweill Cornell GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $16,667 |
| 92ND Street Y GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| The Jewish Museum GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| 92ND Street Y GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $12,500 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $10,540 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| The Jewish Museum GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $7,500 |
| The Jewish Museum GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $7,500 |
| Beth EL Synagogue GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New Rochelle, NY | $5,540 |
| The Jewish Theological Seminary GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| American Friends of Israeli Unit 669 GENERAL ACTIVITIES | Livingston, NJ | $3,600 |
| Student Advocacy GENERAL ACTIVITIES | Elmsford, NY | $1,800 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue GENERAL ACTIVITIES | New York, NY | $540 |
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