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American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry, advocates for a secure Israel achieving fair treatment in…

$2.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Itemized grants FY2024
28
Organizations funded FY2023
93%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$883k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$42,200
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$335M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 93% of the organizations American Jewish Committee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesReligionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving14$783k36%
FY202328$3.5M93%
FY202214$1.1M86%
FY20217$184k43%
FY20201$40k100%
FY20195$131k60%
FY20186$167k67%
FY201711$276kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$3.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$537kReligion$481kArts & Culture$425kPhilanthropy$395kHealth$301kFood & Nutrition$169kEducation$136kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of American Jewish Committee by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Givat Haviva$500,00018%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$450,00020%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$407,50011%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$313,5235n/a
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$300,00010%
American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center$300,00023%
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc$295,00012%
American Friends of Assuta Ashdod Hospital Inc$275,000128%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$250,00010%
American Friends of Natal Inc$250,00012%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$250,00020%
Zaka North Inc$170,0002n/a
Kavod$169,00021%
Zaka North Inc$150,00011%
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ$150,00020%
Hias Inc$135,76350%
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America$100,00012%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$100,00010%
American Friends of Shalva Israel Inc$100,00011%
American Friends of Migdal OHR$100,00011%
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc$100,00010%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$65,0002n/a
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$61,75030%
Physicians for Human Rights Inc$58,00020%
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation$51,0002n/a
American Friends of Wgh Western Galilee Hospital Nahariya C/O the Lapin Group$50,00014%
Thinc Foundation$50,000129%
Israel Rescue Coalition Inc$50,000165%
Reut USA$50,00011%
Brothers for Life$50,00010%
The Koby Mandell Foundation Inc$50,00016%
The Afya Foundation of America Inc$50,00010%
Bayit Brigade$50,00014%
Global Development Corporation(GDC) Incorporated$50,0001n/a
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University$38,00010%
Muflehun$36,00024%
Refugees International Inc$30,00011%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$30,00010%
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc$30,00010%
The Brooklyn College Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Cadena Foundation Inc$30,00011%
American Friends of Galilee Medical Center$28,2621n/a
Gregorian University Foundation Inc$27,0001n/a
Asylum Access$25,32511%
Jacob Burns Film Center Inc$25,00020%
U S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea$25,00016%
Social Science Research Council$25,00010%
Intl Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Inc$24,7501n/a
Center for Justice & Accountability$22,00013%
Equality Now Inc$18,20010%
American Society of International Law$18,00011%
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Inc$15,00013%
Houston Jewish Family Foundation$12,00011%
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc$10,7701n/a
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$10,0001n/a
High Atlas Foundation$10,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Hellenic American Leadership Council$10,0001n/a
Friends of Hagal Sheli Inc$10,00010%
Hias Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$10,00010%
Yeshiva of Los Angeles Girls High School$10,00010%
Jew or False LLC$10,0001n/a
New Zionist Congress Inc$10,0001n/a
Commonpoint Ny Inc$10,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

American Jewish Committee supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Givat Haviva: $500,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Agency for Israel - North American Council: $407,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Rambam Medical Center: $300,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc: $295,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Assuta Ashdod Hospital Inc: $275,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Natal Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKavod: $169,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetZaka North Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHias Inc: $135,763 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUkrainian Congress Committee of America: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Shalva Israel Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Sheba Medical Center Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAtlantic Council of the United States Inc: $61,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPhysicians for Human Rights Inc: $58,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Wgh Western Galilee Hospital Nahariya C/O the Lapin Group: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetThinc Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetIsrael Rescue Coalition Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetReut USA: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBrothers for Life: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Koby Mandell Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetThe Afya Foundation of America Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBayit Brigade: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAmerican Friends of Bar-Ilan University: $38,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMuflehun: $36,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetRefugees International Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Graduate Center Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Brooklyn College Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCadena Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAsylum Access: $25,325 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJacob Burns Film Center Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetU S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea: $25,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetSocial Science Research Council: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Justice & Accountability: $22,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $18,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Society of International Law: $18,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIran Human Rights Documentation Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHouston Jewish Family Foundation: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHigh Atlas Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Hagal Sheli Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundNY23.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · National Philanthropic Trust · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to American Jewish Committee?

Find your warmest path to American Jewish Committee through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About American Jewish Committee

How much does American Jewish Committee give?
American Jewish Committee reported 20 itemized grants totaling $882,533, out of $2,246,364 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does American Jewish Committee fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (57%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%), Religion (8%).
Who are American Jewish Committee's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Givat Haviva ($500k), The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ($450k), Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council ($408k).
Does American Jewish Committee fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Jewish Committee?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
Where is American Jewish Committee based?
American Jewish Committee is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 69 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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