Touro Synagogue Foundation
The Touro Synagogue Foundation is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, nonsectarian organization, dedicated to maintaining and preserving touro synagogue, the colonial jewish cemetery, patriots park, and to promoting and teaching religious diversity, colonial jewish history and the history of touro synagogue. Touro synagogue is a national historic site. The Touro Synagogue Foundation operates public programs in partnership with the national park service, the national trust for historic preservation and is a project of save America's treasures.
Touro Synagogue Foundation at a glance
In short: Touro Synagogue Foundation gave $13K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $13K), mostly in Rhode Island. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $12,600
- -29.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $12,600
- -29.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $12,600
- Total assets
- $1,861,620
- +38.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Rhode Island (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Touro Synagogue Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Congregation Jeshuat Israel ($13K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Touro Synagogue Foundation gives
- Giving grew 80% 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
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2021) to $37K (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $13K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Congregation Jeshuat Israel Newport, RI | Gen'l Operating Supt | $12,600 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,861,620 | $747,475 | $236,464 | $12,600 | 1 | $46,186 |
| 2024 | $1,344,251 | $368,966 | $209,867 | $17,911 | 1 | $16,468 |
| 2023 | $1,155,674 | $199,961 | $171,504 | $7,000 | 1 | $7,448 |
| 2022 | $1,135,320 | $282,144 | $152,039 | $7,000 | 1 | $20,847 |
| 2021 | $1,024,257 | $268,880 | $110,738 | $6,515 | 1 | $65,525 |
| 2020 | $879,352 | $188,894 | $175,494 | $36,630 | 2 | $20 |
About Touro Synagogue Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Touro Synagogue Foundation is a public charity, based in Newport, RI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $13K. Net investment income was $46K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Touro Synagogue Foundation is led by Laura Freedman, Chair since 2021 (on filings since 2020); none of the 32 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Laura Freedman
Chair
First Vice C → Chair, 2021
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Beverly Bavly
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Elliott Slom
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Evan Smith
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Gary Naftalis
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Lawrence Sheftel
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Melvin Prostkoff
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Morris Bergman
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Rita Slom
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Sam Shamoon
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Shirley Saunders
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Susan Goldberg
Director
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Honorable Jed Rakoff
Director
On filings since 2021
No compensation reported
Kimberly Dumpson
Director
On filings since 2021
No compensation reported
Debi Epstein Reissmann
Director
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Eliza De Sola Mendes
Director
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Gretchen Markert
Director
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Yeh Sindy
Director
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Alexandra Teitz
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Emily Colbert Cairns
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Kimberlee Murphy
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Nelly Gorbea
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Rachel King
Director
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Adam Silverman
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Hannah Krispin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Andrew Teitz
Vice Chair
Vice Chair → First Vice C, 2021
First Vice C → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
John Laramee
Secretary
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Keith Stokes
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2021
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Pamela Ellman
First Vice C
Director → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → First Vice C, 2023
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Richard Rudick
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2021
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Jill Greenberg
Assistant Tr
Director → Assistant Tr, 2025
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
James Ross
Treasurer
Assistant Tr → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Former officers (31)
- Former: Benjamin Gordon (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Bernard Gewirz (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Colonel Jonathan Desola Mendes (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Donna Podrat (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Harvey Wolinetz (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: John Grosvenor (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Louise Ellen Teitz (2020–2024) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Michael Feldberg (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Michael Pimental (2020–2024) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Stanley Goldberg (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Stephen Huttler (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: William Stern (2020–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Larry Kahn (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Rabbi Stephen Belsky (2024) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Daniel Snydacker (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Pierre Gentin (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Rabbi Marc Mandel (2020–2023) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Sharon Shapiro (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jay Ross (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kimberlee Phelan (2023) — Director
- Former: Bernard Wax (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Honorable Zal Newman (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Paul Tobak (2020–2022) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Bethany Kendall (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: David Brodsky (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Deborah Feinstein (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Rabbi Van Lanckton (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Rebecca Ackerman (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Sally Abbey (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: B. Schlessinger Ross (2020) — Chair
- Former: Barbara Epstein (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Touro Synagogue Foundation
How much does Touro Synagogue Foundation give each year?
Touro Synagogue Foundation gave $13K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $18K across 1 grant.
How large is Touro Synagogue Foundation?
Touro Synagogue Foundation reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $747K.
Where does Touro Synagogue Foundation operate?
Touro Synagogue Foundation has awarded grants in New York, Rhode Island.
What is Touro Synagogue Foundation's EIN?
Touro Synagogue Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 05-0255359. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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