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The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo: 9 grants to organizations, $1.6 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The Zahava & Moshael J Straus Family Fo, a private foundation in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, paid 9 grants to organizations totaling $1,554,286 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on June 3, 2026. The largest was $1,214,286 to Yeshiva University in New York, NY for straus center for torah and western thought..
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- EIN
- 133913229
- Based in
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Assets
- $6,241,802
- Grants paid
- $1,554,286
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed June 3, 2026, IRS object ID 202611549349100801. It reported $1,554,286 in grants paid; 9 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | Straus center for torah and western thought. | Education | $1,214,286 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | General donation | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uc Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | Research | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Moriah School of Englewood | Englewood, NJ | Early childhood center | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bergen Hatzalah Emergency Medical Services Inc | Englewood, NJ | General donation | Health care | $36,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sefaria | New York, NY | Builder giving circle | Education | $36,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Moriah School of Englewood | Englewood, NJ | General donation | Education | $18,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Eretz Hemdah | Chicago, IL | General donation | International, foreign affairs and national security | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Project Ezrah Needs Inc | Englewood, NJ | General campaign | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed June 24, 2025, IRS object ID 202501759349101000. It reported $1,975,917 in grants paid; 8 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | Straus center for torah and western thought. | Education | $1,214,286 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | General donation | Education | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Moriah School of Englewood | Englewood, NJ | Early childhood center | Education | $237,631 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel | New York, NY | Philanthropy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ohr Torah Stone | New York, NY | General donation | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uc Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | Research | $44,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Amit Children Inc | New York, NY | Annual gift | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sinai Schools | Paramus, NJ | General donation | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $3,220,203 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $40,000 |
| Health care | $36,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $3,039,572 |
| New Jersey | $356,631 |
| California | $119,000 |
| Illinois | $15,000 |
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Updated June 3, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.