California · Public charity
American Jewish University
AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY (aju) advances and elevates the jewish journey of individuals, organizations and our community through excellence in scholarship, teaching, engaged conversation, and outreach. Aju is a thriving center of jewish resources and talent that serves the jewish community of the twenty-first century. A portal for…
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,005,111
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,005,111
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $131M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations American Jewish University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.2M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $67k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $69k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $99k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $106k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $101k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $78k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skirball Cultural Center | $1,005,111 | 1 | 4% |
| Jack E & Rachel Gindi Foundation | $709,406 | 1 | 46% |
| Adat Ari El | $672,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Achievekids | $70,233 | 1 | 1% |
| Holocaust Heroes Worldwide | $70,233 | 1 | 36% |
| Treepeople Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern California | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Yashrut North America | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles | $25,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skirball Cultural Center | $1,005,111 | 1 | 4% |
| Jack E & Rachel Gindi Foundation | $709,406 | 1 | 46% |
| Adat Ari El | $672,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Achievekids | $70,233 | 1 | 1% |
| Holocaust Heroes Worldwide | $70,233 | 1 | 36% |
| Treepeople Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern California | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Yashrut North America | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles | $25,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Jewish Publication Society | $18,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Pico Union Project | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Schechter Institutes Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
American Jewish University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About American Jewish University
- How much does American Jewish University give?
- American Jewish University reported 1 itemized grants totaling $1,005,111, out of $3,022,195 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does American Jewish University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Philanthropy (22%), International (18%).
- Who are American Jewish University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Skirball Cultural Center ($1.0M), Jack E & Rachel Gindi Foundation ($709k), Adat Ari El ($672k).
- Does American Jewish University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Jewish University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is American Jewish University based?
- American Jewish University is based in CA.
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