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Menorah Park

Public charity · Grantmaker San Francisco, CA EIN: 94-2518498 Website

Project-based section 8 independent living building for seniors and those handicaps.

Menorah Park at a glance

In short: Menorah Park gave $3.9M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $3.9M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$3,872,776
+281.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$3,872,776
+281.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$3,872,776
Total assets
$17,112,023
+0.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Menorah Park

Who Menorah Park funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

San Francisco Foundation: $3.9MSan Francisco Foundation$3.9M

The largest 2025 recipient was San Francisco Foundation ($3.9M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M4$1–5M1$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

San Francisco

How Menorah Park gives

  • Giving fell 28% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M0 grants2019 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.0M (2024) to $5.4M (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $3.9M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CASupport charitable organizations working to create more low-income senior housing and prevent homelessness in our senior population in the sf bay area.$3,872,776
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$17,112,023$6,686,052$7,446,887$3,872,7761$490,077
2024$17,099,272$6,171,680$4,625,019$1,016,0001$332,389
2023$14,770,789$5,753,826$5,010,239$2,022,2501$237,114
2022$13,546,112$5,700,187$8,465,534$5,365,2001$166,630
2021$17,633,641$5,939,685$5,114,785$2,100,0001$141,134
2019$14,319,023$5,639,433$3,164,638——$8,655

About Menorah Park

Based on IRS filings

Menorah Park is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in San Francisco, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $17.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $3.9M. Net investment income was $490K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Menorah Park is led by Joan Levison, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 1 of 6 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Joan Levison

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    38 hrs/week

    $152K (2019) → $212K (2025)

  • Jason Bernstein

    President

    Vice President → Director, 2021

    Director → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Rosha

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Liz Orlin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ariel Feigenbaum

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kaia Burkett

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Shari Freedman (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bobby Lu (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jason Shemtob (2021–2024) — President
  • Former: Joan Laguatan (2021–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Sima Kaminsky (2022–2024) — Office Manager
  • Former: Alan Gordon (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ed Kaplan (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Laura Mason (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Orlee Rabin (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Bab Freiberg (2021–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Sam Salkin (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Andy Schwartz (2019) — Director · Filing note: Thru May 2019
  • Former: Diane Green (2019) — Vice President
  • Former: Eve Myers (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Joan Levison — Executive Director: $212KJoan LevisonExecutive Director$212K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $212K, to Joan Levison (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Menorah Park

How much does Menorah Park give each year?

Menorah Park gave $3.9M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.0M across 1 grant.

How large is Menorah Park?

Menorah Park reported $17.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.7M.

What is Menorah Park?

Menorah Park is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in San Francisco, CA. It holds $17.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Menorah Park operate?

Menorah Park has awarded grants in California.

What is Menorah Park's EIN?

Menorah Park's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-2518498. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 5, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 18, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 14, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 23, 2024)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 23, 2020)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2024

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