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. The foundation typically funds grants for general support. It does not accept unsolicited applications and makes contact challenging, except by snail-mail.

PROFILE: Established in 2015, the Mallah Family Foundation is steered by parking mogul Sheldon Mallah. Sheldon Mallah served as COO of Icon Parking Systems, which sold to a fund run by Australian Macquarie Bank for $634 million. The Mallah clan keeps an exceptionally low profile.

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.

Grants for Health

The foundation's health grantmaking appears to focus on local hospitals and medical centers. The Mallahs are steady supporters of Columbia University, home to the Mallah Family Professor of Cardiology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians. He's also supported NYU Winthrop Hospital. Other grantees have included American Cancer Society and Rogosin Institute, which deals with kidney disease.

Grants for Higher Educaiton

This Mallah vehicle — there are several — also supports research at New York Institute of Technology.

Grants for Jewish Causes and the Arts

The couple also earmark funds for Jewish causes and the arts. Grantees have included Beth Am Temple and the Daniels Music Foundation.

Important Grant Details:

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