New York · Public charity
American Jewish World Service Inc
Inspired by the jewish commitment to justice, american jewish world service works to realize human rights and end poverty in africa, asia, latin america and the caribbean. (see schedule o)
- $19M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $562,865
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $79M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations American Jewish World Service Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 26 | $1.5M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.6M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $1.4M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $1.5M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $1.3M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $1.4M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $1.1M | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Public Radio Inc | $4,500,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc | $455,134 | 4 | 2% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association | $399,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Solidarity Uganda Inc | $382,000 | 8 | 53% |
| Singh Foundation Inc | $349,211 | 6 | 15% |
| Beyond Borders Inc | $334,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Global Action for Trans Equality Inc | $302,012 | 3 | 5% |
| The Population Council Inc | $302,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Accountability Project | $270,000 | 8 | 13% |
| Escr-Net International | $270,000 | 6 | 4% |
Show all 70 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
American Jewish World Service Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 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: Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · The Ford Foundation · Open Society Institute · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · Foundation for a Just Society · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Arcus Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About American Jewish World Service Inc
- How much does American Jewish World Service Inc give?
- American Jewish World Service Inc reported 31 itemized grants totaling $2,235,639, out of $18,932,061 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Jewish World Service Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), International (28%), Civil Rights (22%).
- Who are American Jewish World Service Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Public Radio Inc ($4.5M), Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc ($455k), Unitarian Universalist Association ($400k).
- Does American Jewish World Service Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Jewish World Service Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc, Foundation to Promote Open Society, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is American Jewish World Service Inc based?
- American Jewish World Service Inc is based in NY.
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