Asher Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes, primarily focusing on Jewish organizations and religious institutions. Its mission reflects a commitment to community service, education, and faith-based initiatives, providing unrestricted grants to enable recipients to carry out their charitable purposes. The foundation serves a range of organizations, including schools, hospitals, and community service clubs, with a notable emphasis on supporting the Jewish community. While it is based in Florida, its funding extends to various states, particularly New York and Massachusetts.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An established Jewish or faith-based institution (congregation, Jewish community center, school, or similar nonprofit) with a clear charitable mission and an existing institutional track record, particularly organizations operating in New York or other states previously funded.
Good Fit
- • Religious or Jewish communal mission (congregations, Chabad centers, Jewish schools).
- • Established nonprofit with prior audited stewardship and recognizable standing.
- • Located in New York (high share) or in states previously funded such as MA, TX, or FL.
- • Existing relationship or introduction to the trustees or current grantees.
- • Requests for general operating or unrestricted support rather than highly experimental pilot funding.
Geography
Grants are multi-state (NY, MA, TX, FL) but heavily concentrated in one state, which received roughly 72% of giving in the latest year.
Recipient Variety
The latest year funded 14 distinct, largely independent recipients and the foundation funded a similar number annually across three years, indicating a reasonably broad recipient set for a small private foundation despite dollar concentration in a few top grantees.
New Applicants
The foundation’s filings explicitly state it funds only preselected organizations (invitation-only), which reduces the likelihood that an unfamiliar applicant can enter the portfolio; however, some new grantees have appeared (four in the latest year), so occasional new entrants are possible but the process appears curated.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
