The Sarna Family Charitable Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing financial support primarily to Jewish organizations and initiatives. Its mission focuses on promoting Jewish cultural heritage, community welfare, and health services, as evidenced by its funding of various nonprofits that serve these purposes. The foundation supports a wide range of causes, including Holocaust remembrance, health services, and community support, reflecting a commitment to both cultural and humanitarian efforts. While it operates primarily in New Jersey, its funding extends to organizations across multiple states.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small to mid-sized Jewish community, cultural-heritage, or human-services organizations that align with the foundation’s past recipients and seek modest grants (typically in the low-thousands up to mid five-figures).
Good Fit
- • Work focused on Jewish community, cultural heritage, Holocaust remembrance, or Israel-related causes.
- • Project budgets in the $500–$25,000 range or requests for general support.
- • Organizational presence in New York or New Jersey (or connections to organizations that operate there).
- • Existing relationships, referrals, or introductions into the donor’s network.
Geography
Grants are concentrated in three states with a strong tilt toward New York, where roughly three quarters of the dollars went in the latest year, indicating a regional footprint rather than a national program.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded many distinct organizations each observed year (28 in 2021, 17 in 2022, 15 in 2024) and the latest year included a high share of new recipients, showing a broad set of independent grantees despite some dollar concentration among top recipients.
New Applicants
Observed giving includes many new recipients (10 new recipients in the latest year), which shows entry is possible, but the foundation explicitly indicates it only funds preselected applicants and provides no public submission route, so unsolicited access appears unlikely without referral or nomination.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
