The Gelman-shkury Family Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes, with a notable focus on Jewish organizations and community service initiatives. Its mission reflects a commitment to enhancing community welfare through unrestricted grants and specific programs, such as those benefiting Chabad and educational institutions. The foundation serves a diverse range of recipients, including religious, educational, and community service organizations, indicating a broad interest in cultural and social development. While it operates primarily outside its founding state, its funding activities are concentrated in states like New York and California.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small to mid-sized Jewish community or education organizations with local credibility in CA, NY, MA or PA, or organizations that can receive donor-advised fund transfers.
Good Fit
- • Mission aligned with Jewish community, education, or community service.
- • Existing relationship or introduction to the foundation leaders or their intermediaries.
- • Capacity to accept mid-sized one-time gifts or DAF-recommended transfers.
- • Located in or serving communities in California, New York, Massachusetts, or Pennsylvania.
Geography
Observed grants in four U.S. states (California, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania), so the footprint is multi-state although a single California payment dominated dollars.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation funded eleven distinct recipients across twelve grants, indicating a moderately diverse recipient set for a small private foundation, though dollar concentration is high because of one very large DAF payment; this conclusion is limited to the one observed year.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly marks grants as preselected/by invitation only, there is no website or public contact listed, and recipient-turnover cannot be tested from a single year — together these factors make it unlikely an unfamiliar applicant could access funding without a direct introduction.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
