UTF - United Torah Fund

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Supporting Torah Study and Community Services

United Torah Fund (UTF) is a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) and Sponsoring Organization dedicated to facilitating philanthropic distributions to Jewish Orthodox Torah study and communal service non-profit organizations.

About The United Torah Fund

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Administration

UTF accepts irrevocable charitable allocations from philanthropic leaders, extending programmatic flexibility to provide non-binding advisory recommendations over distribution allocations. Ultimate structural control remains optimized under statutory frameworks to fulfill pure philanthropic objectives.

Fiscal Sponsorship Services

UTF serves as an official fiscal champion for early-stage or evolving initiatives aligned with our foundational mandate, providing emerging non-profit community organizations with access to funding, seasoned fiscal oversight, and regulatory protection.

United Torah Fund's Rabbinical Council

To ensure permanent alignment with Orthodox rabbinic guidelines, UTF's Rabbinical Council provides the organization with Daas Torah insights on charity distribution.

Grant Guidelines

United Torah Fund engages in a thorough evaluation process to confirm that donor funds are distributed in accordance with its chartered organizational mandate. Grant-seeking organizations must meet specific threshold standards prior to formal boarding evaluation.

Conditions, Limitations, & Requirements:

  • Status Verification: Recipient organizations must hold explicit 501(c)(3) status or satisfy equivalence requirements. UTF is not permitted to provide assistance to individuals or to any party engaging in any political campaign intervention or prohibited legislative activity (lobbying) as defined by IRC §527.
  • Organizational Mandate Fit: Program activities must focus specifically on and exclusively on activities matching UTF's organizational mandate.
  • Compliance: Prospective applicants must clear anti-terrorism screenings and background verification and demonstrate that no funds will be used for private inurement or political activity.
Initiating a Request: Eligible organizations should initiate an introduction via grantintro<@>unitedtorah.org and our office will respond with follow up information.