The Moriah Fund

What The Moriah Fund does

The Moriah Fund is a private philanthropic foundation established in 1985 by Robert and Clarence Efroymson to perpetuate their lifelong charitable commitment. Operating under the traditional Jewish values of Tikkun Olam ("repairing the world") and Tzedakah (advancing justice by helping others become self-sufficient), the foundation supports disadvantaged populations in the United States and overseas through four program areas: Civic Engagement, Education, Israel, and Women's Rights. Grants are awarded strictly by invitation only; the foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals, and outreach to prospective grantees is mission-driven and relationship-based.

The fund operates with a lean staff of approximately five people, including President Gideon Stein (grandson of co-founder Robert Efroymson, who assumed the role in 2019), Executive Director Alice Johnson Cain (a former Maryland Delegate with 35+ years across public service and philanthropy), Director of Israel Don Futterman (also founding Executive Director of the Israel Center for Educational Innovation), and Grants Manager Katie Delaney (joined May 2026). The sole operational technology is a third-party online grant portal (grantinterface.com) used for application intake, renewal grants, and reporting. Notable affiliated vehicles and flagship grantees include the Fund for Global Human Rights (founding chair Mary Ann Stein, $165M+ to 1,400+ organizations since 2002), the Israel Center for Educational Innovation (15,000+ students across 60+ schools in 29 municipalities), and the 1998 establishment of the Efroymson Fund at the Central Indiana Community Foundation with a $90 million transfer.

The foundation generates no commercial revenue in the conventional sense; it operates on endowment and investment returns, which are not publicly disclosed. Its "go-to-market" is the invitation-only grant pipeline, with applications, reporting, and grantee communication managed through the online portal. Customer segments are best understood as the NGO and nonprofit organizations working on civic engagement, education access, women's rights, and Israeli civil society that the fund selectively invites to partner under a trust-based philanthropy framework emphasizing mutual respect, candor, and long-term collaboration.

Name

The Moriah Fund

Legal name

The Moriah Fund

Website

https://moriahfund.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Moriah Fund is a private foundation established in 1985 that makes invitation-only grants to NGOs advancing civic engagement, education, and women's rights for disadvantaged populations in the U.S., Israel, and globally through trust-based philanthropy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Foundation / Philanthropic Grantmaking

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Private foundation grantmaking
• Philanthropic grants
• Civic engagement funding
• Women's rights philanthropy
• Israel education grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Endowment/Investment Returns: As a private foundation, The Moriah Fund generates revenue through investment returns on its endowment established by founders Robert and Clarence Efroymson in 1985. The foundation distributes grants from these investment returns.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Moriah Fund is a private foundation that makes philanthropic grants to nonprofit organizations working in four program areas: Civic Engagement, Education, Israel, and Women's Rights. Grants are awarded by invitation-only through an online grant portal, supporting emerging leaders, innovative programs, and cross-sector collaborations in the U.S. and overseas.

Product overview

The Moriah Fund is a private foundation that operates as a grant-making organization, not a technology product company. Its primary offering is an Online Grant Portal accessible via grantinterface.com, which enables invited organizations to submit applications and current grantees to submit required interim and final reports. The Fund does not offer a platform-plus-modules architecture; it operates a single grant management system for its philanthropic activities focused on four program areas: Civic Engagement, Education, Israel, and Women's Rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civic Engagement Grants

Quantifiable outcome

• Fund for Global Human Rights has made $165M+ in grants to 1,400+ organizations worldwide
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Israel Center for Educational Innovation (ICEI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Mary Ann Stein established ICEI in 2009, and Don Futterman serves as founding Executive Director. The organization focuses on dramatically improving literacy outcomes among Israel's Ethiopian immigrants and now serves 15,000+ students per year across 60+ schools in 29 municipalities.
• Fund for Global Human RightscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Mary Ann Stein served as founding chair of the Fund for Global Human Rights, established in 2002. Since its founding, the organization has made more than $165 million in grants to over 1,400 organizations worldwide. The partnership represents a significant initiative in global human rights funding.
• Global Campaign for MicrobicidesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Mary Ann Stein helped launch the Global Campaign for Microbicides in 2001. Working with the organization's executive director Lori Heise, Mary Ann's backing and leadership helped the Campaign raise more than $40 million in two years.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Ford Foundation: A large private foundation with overlapping civic engagement, education, and women's rights priorities; comparable mission areas but materially larger scale and broader portfolio.
• MacArthur Foundation: Major U.S. private foundation funding civic participation and education, including grantmaking to women's rights initiatives; broader scale and broader thematic mandate.
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Major private foundation with substantial civic engagement and education portfolios; much larger scale but overlapping programmatic focus with Moriah.
• Open Society Foundations: Global grantmaker with deep overlap in democratic participation, education, and human rights; much larger scale and broader geographic reach than Moriah.

Direct peers

• Central Indiana Community Foundation: A community foundation that houses the Efroymson Fund transferred from Moriah in 1998; similar grantmaking structure and Indiana-adjacent history.
• New Israel Fund: A grantmaking foundation supporting civil and human rights, civic engagement, and education in Israel — directly comparable programmatic overlap to Moriah's Israel portfolio and shared founding-era leadership lineage.
• Sandler Foundation: A private family foundation of similar scale that supports civil liberties, education, and human rights — analogous structure and program areas.
• Public Welfare Foundation: Private grantmaker focused on equity, economic opportunity, and democratic participation — closely aligned with Moriah's civic engagement and education priorities.
• Fund for Global Human Rights: A global grantmaking intermediary co-founded by Moriah leadership; comparable in grantmaking model, scale, and human-rights focus.
• Wellspring Philanthropic Fund: Private grantmaking organization with overlapping priorities in human rights, civic engagement, and women's rights, including international programming comparable to Moriah's.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/moriah-fund-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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