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The Ylef Foundation

Accepts applications Brooklyn, New York · EIN 263587976

The Ylef Foundation is a private foundation in Brooklyn, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $47,301 in 9 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 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $20,514 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$20,5147$195,368
2024$47,3019$240,858

How to apply

ContactLeonard Friedman
193 Williamsburg St W, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone or email(718) 599-3136
What to submitNo specific form, just a clear description of the needed charity

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York9$47,301

Grants paid in 2024

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Tomchei Shabbos of KJ
Monroe, NY
donations$18,000
Individual
NY
donation$15,000
Individual
NY
donation$6,000
Individual
NY
donations$2,325
Individual
NY
donations$1,800
Individual
NY
donation$1,500
Individual
NY
donation$1,440
Individual
NY
donation$1,200
Individual
NY
donation$36

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Ylef Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Ylef Foundation give?

$47,301 in tax year 2024, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $1,800.

Who runs The Ylef Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Leonard Friedman (Trustee) and Esther Friedman (Trustee).

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