A&h Shamah Family Foundation Incorporated
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes, with a strong emphasis on Jewish organizations and community service initiatives. Its mission reflects a commitment to faith-based activities, health-related charities, and the overall welfare of the community. The foundation primarily serves religious institutions, educational organizations, and health charities, focusing on enhancing the quality of life for individuals and communities. It predominantly operates within the Jewish community, reflecting its values through unrestricted charitable purposes. The foundation's activities are largely concentrated in New York, where it provides significant support to local organizations.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established Jewish or faith-based organizations (often New York–based) with demonstrated local impact, capacity for multi-year unrestricted support, and network ties to the foundation's community.
Good Fit
- • Mission clearly aligned with Jewish community, congregational, or faith-based services.
- • Organizational presence or programmatic impact in New York.
- • Established reputation and existing relationships with local Jewish nonprofits or mutual funders.
- • Capacity to absorb mid-size to large unrestricted grants and report impact.
Geography
Although grants appeared in four states in the latest year, 93% of dollars were awarded to New York organizations, indicating a strongly New York–centered footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows nine distinct recipients and the foundation has added new grantees in multiple years, but funding dollars are highly concentrated (one grantee received ~51% and the top five received 86%), so the recipient set is moderately diverse but fiscally concentrated.
New Applicants
There is no public application route and the foundation reports funding only preselected applicants; while several new grantees have appeared across years (indicating invitations or nominations do occur), an unfamiliar applicant lacks a clear mechanism to apply.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
