Jack Adjmi Family Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Jack Adjmi Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes, including educational, religious, and community organizations, as well as supporting organizations that work for/in Israel.
IP TAKE: The foundation lacks transparency, which limits information available on its grantmaking priorities and activities. Grantseekers in the Jewish causes space will need to network here.
PROFILE: The Jack Adjmi Family Foundation was established in 1983. It is steered by apparel mogul Eric Adjmi and family. Eric Adjmi is president and founder of Adjmi Apparel Group, which produces and distributes brands like Champion, Danskin and Fila. The foundation does not maintain a website, which makes it difficult to locate further information on its priority areas and grantmaking strategies. According to tax filings, the Jack Adjmi Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to Jewish causes, including educational, religious and community organizations, and supports organizations that work for/in Israel.
Grants for Jewish Causes and Israel
The foundation spreads its money quite widely, giving to a few hundred organizations annually. The family has given particularly strong support to Ateret Torah Center, whose mission is to “serve the cultural and educational needs of the Orthodox Sephardic community of Brooklyn, New York.” They’ve also given large sums to Keren Hayeshivot Trust, which “supports religious institutions of higher education in the U.S. and Israel to raise the level of Torah and Halachic observance in the Sephardic Orthodox Jewish community.”
Past grantees have included American Friends of Kindness and Charity, an “organization committed to helping provide support to the sick and elderly of Israel”; UJA Federation of New York, Sephardic Community Center, Ramaz School, Brooklyn Jewish Xperience and Congregation Bais Aharon.
Important Grant Details
Grants range from $18 to $650,902. In a recent fiscal year, the foundation gave away around $4 million. The Jack Adjmi Family Foundation keeps a low-profile and does not accept unsolicited proposals.
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CONTACT:
Jack Adjmi Family Foundation
463 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10018
