The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedALBANY, NY, 12203The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2019 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 4 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2019).
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$295K
FY2019 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$0
FY2019 · end of year
Revenue
$16.9K
FY2019
Expenses
$298K
FY2019
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2019
990-PF
$16,890
$297,676
$294,927
$0
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Philanthropy and grantmaking$186K · 5
Community improvement$7,110 · 3
Disease research$1,200 · 2
Human services$770 · 2
Arts and culture$250 · 1
Housing$200 · 1
Where recipients are
NY$326K · 71
MA$89.5K · 7
CA$88.5K · 3
DC$2,750 · 2
FL$488 · 2
IL$400 · 2
MD$250 · 1
VT$200 · 1
Based on the 22% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Joyce Bookstein
PRESIDENT
1.00
$0
Paul Bookstein
VP, SECRETARY & TREASURER
1.00
$0
Donald Bookstein
DIRECTOR
0.00
$0
Julie Bookstein
ASSIST SECRETARY & TREASURER
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$0
FY2018
990-PF
$16,132
$118,438
$116,582
$280,786
$280,786
FY2017
990-PF
$19,561
$55,465
$53,445
$383,092
$383,092
FY2016
990-PF
$23,002
$44,773
$43,105
$418,996
$418,996
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIESMatched to this organization because 19 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.
BOSTON, MA
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$58,300
2019
SCHWAB CHARITABLESAN FRANCISCO, CA
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$58,267
2019
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NENYALBANY, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$30,000
2017
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NENYALBANY, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$30,000
2018
COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIESMatched to this organization because 19 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.BOSTON, MA
UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORKMatched to this organization because 22 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$5,000
2018
THE COMMUNITY HOSPICEALBANY, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$5,000
2019
LARCHMONT TEMPLELARCHMONT, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$5,000
2016
WMHTTROY, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$5,000
2019
FAMILIES IN NEED OF ASSISTANCEALBANY, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$5,000
2019
UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORKMatched to this organization because 22 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$4,000
2017
CHILDRENS NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (CNMC)WASHINGTON, DC
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$2,500
2016
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERALBANY, NY
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$2,350
2019
SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (SPAC)SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY