Joseph and Martha Melohn Tzedaka Fund
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-3395219 · reported 2023–2025
51grants reported
$1,000median award
$400lower quartile
$180smallest grant
$3.1Mtotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 12 of its 51 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $20K 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
Co Melohn 250 West 55TH St 17TH F
New York, NY 10019-0000
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Ojc Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $900,000 |
| Bas Mikroh | Spring Valley, NY | $750,000 |
| The Ojc Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $400,000 |
| Agudath Israel of America | New York, NY | $355,000 |
| Yeshiva of Spring Valley Inc | Suffern, NY | $275,000 |
| Cong Yeshiva of Greater Monsey | Spring Valley, NY | $100,000 |
| Cong Peer Bais Yaakov | Monsey, NY | $100,000 |
| American Friends of Yeshiva D'Mir | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 |
| Cong Yeshiva of Greater Monsey | Spring Valley, NY | $50,000 |
| Cong Yeshiva of Greater Monsey | Spring Valley, NY | $18,000 |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan | New York, NY | $13,000 |
| Bais Medrash of Haverstraw | Pomona, NY | $10,000 |
| Yeshiva Darchei Torah | Far Rockaway, NY | $10,000 |
| Cong Zichron Mordchai Shlomo | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Kahal Ahavas Yitzchok | Monsey, NY | $5,000 |
| Monsey Shidduch Initiative Inc | Suffern, NY | $5,000 |
| The Jewish Conference and Retreat Center Inc | Kerhonkson, NY | $5,000 |
| Congregation Mesifta Beth Shraga | Airmont, NY | $5,000 |
| Khal Zachor L'avraham | Monsey, NY | $5,000 |
| Yeshiva Darchei Torah | Far Rockaway, NY | $3,000 |
| Rccs | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 |
| Rccs | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 |
| Chabad of the West Side | New York, NY | $2,500 |
| Congregation Bnai Israel Chaim | New York, NY | $2,400 |
| Congregation Bnai Israel Chaim | New York, NY | $1,300 |
| Cong Anshei Chesed | Monsey, NY | $1,000 |
| Yad Lacmhu Anyu Lenitzruchin Choq Liyisroel GENREAL SUPPORT | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 |
| Young Israel of the West Side | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Kehilas Bais Avraham | Monsey, NY | $1,000 |
| Westside Kollel | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Congregation Bnai Israel Chaim | New York, NY | $800 |
| Congregation Ohav Shalom | New York, NY | $600 |
| Congregation Ohav Shalom | New York, NY | $600 |
| Westside Kollel | New York, NY | $500 |
| Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim | Monsey, NY | $500 |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan | New York, NY | $500 |
| Jewish Womens Club Inc | New York, NY | $500 |
| Jewish Womens Club | New York, NY | $500 |
| West Side Hatzolah | New York, NY | $400 |
| Cong Adas Yerein Vien | Brooklyn, NY | $400 |
| Tomchei Shabbos | Brooklyn, NY | $300 |
| Tomchei Shabbos | Brooklyn, NY | $300 |
| Kupat Ramban | Brooklyn, NY | $300 |
| Tomchei Shabbos | Brooklyn, NY | $300 |
| Cong Heichal Moshe | New York, NY | $300 |
| American Friends of Peace of Mind | Edison, NJ | $250 |
| Bikur Cholim of Manhattan | New York, NY | $200 |
| Koznitz Congregation Avodas Yisroel Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $200 |
| Cong Avodas Yisrael | Monroe, NY | $200 |
| Koznitz Congregation Avodas Yisroel Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $200 |
| Ezras Torah | Pomona, NY | $180 |
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