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Emet Vemunah Sam & Samantha Sasson Family Foundation

Accepts applications Brooklyn, New York · EIN 471913346

Emet Vemunah Sam & Samantha Sasson Family Foundation is a private foundation in Brooklyn, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.2 million in 31 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $325,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $1.7 million the year before.

32% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.7 million33$562,568
2024$1.2 million31$80,306

How to apply

ContactEmet V'emunah
1036 East 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11230
Phone or email(212) 944-9494

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Emet Vemunah Sam & Samantha Sasson Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York17$980,647
New Jersey14$224,701

Grants paid in 2024

All 31 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$325,500
Yad Yosef
Brooklyn, NY
Educational/ religious$242,053
Various Other Charities
Brooklyn, NY
Charitable$123,143
Yeshivat Ateret Torah
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$113,000
Congregation Ohr Meir
Brick, NJ
Religious$100,000
Yeshiva Kol Yaakov
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$36,000
Shore Area Mikvah
Oakhurst, NJ
Religious$35,000
Keren Hayeshiviot
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$31,101
Friends of Ahavat Shalom
New York, NY
Educational$27,600
Sephardic Medical Resource
Brooklyn, NY
Medical$26,000
Congregation Meshech Chochma
Lakewood, NJ
Educational$24,000
Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore
West Long Branch, NJ
Educational$15,200
Congregation Tifereth Shaul
Brooklyn, NY
Religious$12,000
Synagouge of Deal
Deal, NJ
Religious$10,000
Congregation Tzamra Inc
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$10,000
United Childrens Education Foundati
New York, NY
Educational$10,000
Bet Yaakov Oz Vehadar Inc
Lakewood, NJ
Educational$9,000
Jewish Success Initative
New Hyde Park, NY
Educational$8,800
Sephardic Congregation of Long Bran
Deal, NJ
Educational$6,500
Kesher
North Bergen, NJ
Religious$5,200
Yeshivat Yagdil Torah
Lakewood, NJ
Educational$5,200
Zichron Moshe Yeshiva
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$4,600
DSN Community Center
Oakhurst, NJ
Charitable$4,401
American Friends of Hebron Yeshiva
New York, NY
Educational$4,000
Kollel of the Jersey Shore
Lakewood, NJ
Religious/ educational$4,000
Ahi Ezer Yeshiva
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$3,000
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$2,850
Ohel Simcha
Long Branch, NJ
Religious$2,600
Ahavat Haim Vehessed
Deal, NJ
Religious$1,800
Yeshiva Gedola of Hamilton
Trenton, NJ
Educational$1,800
Edmond J Safra Synagouge
Brooklyn, NY
Educational$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Emet Vemunah Sam & Samantha Sasson Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Emet Vemunah Sam & Samantha Sasson Family Foundation give?

$1.2 million in tax year 2024, across 31 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Emet Vemunah Sam & Samantha Sasson Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Sam N Sasson (Trustee), Samantha Sasson (Trustee) and Isaac N Sasson (Trustee).

What does Emet Vemunah Sam & Samantha Sasson Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and education.

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