Meyer and Deanne Sharlin Foundation
Private foundation · Bethesda, MD · EIN 92-3830845 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Meyer and Deanne Sharlin Foundation
320grants reported
$20Kmedian award
$7,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$21.2Mtotal paid
21states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 59 of its 320 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $3.4M 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
4550 Montgomery Ave Ste 775n
Bethesda, MD 20814-3376
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Union for Reform Judaism SUPPORT FOR URJ, RAC, RAC SHER FELLOWSHIP, AND IMPJ | New York, NY | $1,350,000 |
| Union for Reform Judaism SUPPORT FOR URJ, RAC, RAC SHER FELLOWSHIP, AND IMPJ | New York, NY | $1,310,000 |
| Rabbinical Assembly SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY CENTER FOR THE CONSERVATIVE/MASORTI MOVE | New York, NY | $1,025,000 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Rabbinical Assembly SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY CENTER FOR THE CONSERVATIVE/MASORTI MOVE | New York, NY | $800,000 |
| Save A Child's Heart | Potomac, MD | $600,000 |
| Rabbinical Assembly of America | New York, NY | $600,000 |
| Save A Child's Heart | Rockville, MD | $600,000 |
| Save A Child's Heart | Potomac, MD | $600,000 |
| America Gives Inc KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| America Gives Inc KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Hendel Center Co Jewish Theological Seminary | New York, NY | $320,000 |
| Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel | New York, NY | $300,000 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary GENERAL SUPPORT AND SUPPORT OF RABBINIC TRAINING INSTITUTE | New York, NY | $300,000 |
| Interfaith Alliance Foundation | Washington, DC | $250,000 |
| DC Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Operation Understanding | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| DC Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Interfatih Alliance Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Operation Understanding | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Rabbinical Assembly of America | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Rabbinical Assembly of America | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| DC Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Interfaith Alliance Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Operation Understanding | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| New Israel Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $182,500 |
| New Israel Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $177,500 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY SHOM, HEN HANEGEV/KIBBUTZ KFAR AZZA, ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN | New York, NE | $170,000 |
| Temple Beth OR | Edmonds, WA | $167,000 |
| Temple Shalom CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND RABBI KAHN MITZVAH FUND | Chevy Chase, DC | $115,000 |
| Chicago Jewish Day School | Chicago, IL | $112,500 |
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| College Bound SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| DC Youth Orchestra | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Friends of Guest House | Alexandria, VA | $100,000 |
| Habitat Peninsula | Newport News, VA | $100,000 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Washington | Silver Spring, MD | $100,000 |
| Jewish Social Service Agency (jssa) | Rockville, MD | $100,000 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Temple Shalom CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND RABBI KAHN MITZVAH FUND | Chevy Chase, DC | $100,000 |
| Weinstein Jewish Community Center | Richmond, VA | $100,000 |
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| College Bound | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| DC Youth Orchestra | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Friends of Guest House | Alexandria, VA | $100,000 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| People for the American Way Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Weinstein Jewish Community Center | Richmond, VA | $100,000 |
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| College Bound SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| DC Youth Orchestra | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Friends of Guest House | Alexandria, VA | $100,000 |
| Habitat Peninsula | Newport News, VA | $100,000 |
| Jssa | Rockville, MD | $100,000 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Weinstein Jewish Community Center | Richmond, VA | $100,000 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Washington | Silver Spring, MD | $85,000 |
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