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The Aron and Ritchel Zichron Kdoshim Free Loan Fund

Accepts applications Brooklyn, New York · EIN 200504976

The Aron and Ritchel Zichron Kdoshim Free Loan Fund is a private foundation in Brooklyn, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $449,944 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $25,000 and the largest $123,001. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was up from $418,094 the year before.

18% 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$418,09417$5.2 million
2024$449,94411$5.6 million

How to apply

ContactCo Zell Ettinger
3001 Avenue M, Brooklyn, NY 11210
Phone or email(718) 692-1212

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Aron and Ritchel Zichron Kdoshim Free Loan Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York8$352,644
Pennsylvania1$78,000
New Jersey2$19,300

Grants paid in 2024

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Various Charities
Brooklyn, NY
Charity$123,001
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Charity$78,000
Mirrer Yeshiva
Brooklyn, NY
Charity$75,000
A Time
Brooklyn, NY
Charity$60,000
Cong Bais Yeshaya
Brooklyn, NY
Charity$31,005
Central Fund of Israel
Cedarhurst, NY
Charity$25,000
Chemdas Shlomo
Brooklyn, NY
Charity$19,538
Tehila Ldovid
Brooklyn, NY
Charity$16,500
Tzur Foundation
Lakewood, NJ
Charity$16,000
Yeshiva Zichron Leyma
Union, NJ
Charity$3,300
Agudath Israel of America
New York, NY
Charity$2,600

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Aron and Ritchel Zichron Kdoshim Free Loan Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Aron and Ritchel Zichron Kdoshim Free Loan Fund give?

$449,944 in tax year 2024, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $25,000.

Who runs The Aron and Ritchel Zichron Kdoshim Free Loan Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists Aron Tessler (Trustee), Naomi Tessler (Trustee) and Mendel Tessler (Trustee).

What does The Aron and Ritchel Zichron Kdoshim Free Loan Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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