Mallah Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Mallah Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to health, human services, education, and Jewish causes.

IP TAKE: The foundation does not maintain a website, which restricts transparency about grantmaking strategies and guidelines. This is one of several philanthropies related to the Mallah family.

PROFILE: Established in 2015, the Mallah Family Foundation is steered by parking mogul Sheldon Mallah. The foundation does not maintain a website, which makes it difficult to locate further information on its priority areas and grantmaking strategies. Tax filings suggest that the Mallah Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to health, human services, education, and Jewish causes.

The foundation typically funds grants for general support. The foundation's health grantmaking appears to focus on local hospitals and medical centers. The extended family steadily support Columbia University, home to the Mallah Family Professor of Cardiology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians. This Mallah vehicle — there are several — also supports research at New York Institute of Technology.

Grants range between $5,000 and $500,000. In a recent year, the foundation gave away around $670,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking primarily focuses on New York. Past local grantees include Beth Am Temple, Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, and the Daniels Music Foundation.

The foundation keeps a low profile and does not accept unsolicited proposals.

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CONTACT:

Mallah Foundation
555 US Highway 1 S, Ste 300
Iselin, NJ 08830