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The Alexander Firestone Foundation

Accepts applications New York, New York · EIN 421402538

The Alexander Firestone Foundation is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $44,280 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $1,800 and the largest $18,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $73,260 the year before.

17% of its 2025 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$63,24024$1.2 million
2024$73,26017$849,811
2025$44,28014$761,726

How to apply

ContactAlex Firestone
2109 Broadway No 6109, New York, NY 10023
Phone or email(212) 496-2639
DeadlinesDecember 31st

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York10$24,120
Texas1$18,000
California2$1,980
Ohio1$180

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Aviv Hatorah
Dallas, TX
General$18,000
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America
New York, NY
General$6,000
Chmol
Brooklyn, NY
General$6,000
Zaka
Brooklyn, NY
General$6,000
Just One Life
New York, NY
General$1,800
Religous Zionists of America
New York, NY
General$1,800
Stand With US
Pasadena, CA
General$1,800
The Hebron Fund
Brooklyn, NY
General$1,800
Diskin Orphan Home
Brooklyn, NY
General$180
Flame
Berkeley, CA
General$180
Gioh Jerusalem
New York, NY
General$180
Telshe Yeshiva
Wickliffe, OH
General$180
Individual
NY
General$180
Individual
NY
General$180

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Alexander Firestone Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: December 31st.

How much does The Alexander Firestone Foundation give?

$44,280 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $1,800.

Who runs The Alexander Firestone Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Alexander Firestone (President).

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