Strausman Family Fund Incorporated
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes. Its mission centers on enhancing community welfare through grants to organizations that focus on Jewish causes, healthcare, food security, and civil rights. The foundation primarily serves nonprofit organizations, including hospitals, food banks, and advocacy groups. It demonstrates a strong commitment to alleviating food insecurity and promoting health-related initiatives, particularly within the Jewish community. The foundation's grantmaking is concentrated in New York, reflecting its regional focus.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established charitable organizations, especially New York-based nonprofits with an existing relationship or visibility to the foundation's officers and networks, focused on Jewish causes, healthcare, food security, or community services.
Good Fit
- • Located in New York or serving New York communities
- • Existing relationship or introduction to a foundation officer or trusted intermediary
- • Program areas matching past grants (Jewish organizations, hospitals, food banks, community service)
- • Capacity to accept modest grants (many awards are under $5,000)
Geography
Giving is heavily concentrated in New York—about 79% of dollars—but grants were recorded across 18 states in the latest year, indicating a primarily NY-focused footprint with some multi-state reach.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 136 distinct recipients (most grants are small) and a large returning-recipient pool, demonstrating a broad set of independent grantees rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
The foundation states it funds only preselected recipients and has no public website or submission contact, and although about 13 new grantees appear each year, the overall pattern and stated policy make it unlikely an unfamiliar applicant could easily enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
