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Anti-Defamation League
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (the "league") is a leading anti-hate organization that was founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of antisemitism and bigotry. (continued in sch. O)its timeless mission is to stop the defamation of the jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. Today, the league continues to fight…
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 77%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,205,728
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $101M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 77% of the organizations Anti-Defamation League funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 11 | $2.6M | 64% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $1.2M | 77% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $270k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $459k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $453k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jlens | $2,898,422 | 2 | 90% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $315,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $169,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Urban League Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Historical Society | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie View a and M University | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Chabad on Campus International Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jlens | $2,898,422 | 2 | 90% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $315,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $169,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Urban League Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Historical Society | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie View a and M University | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Chabad on Campus International Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Houston | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Louisiana State University | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New York University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Southern University Foundatio | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Southern University | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $43,360 | 2 | n/a |
| American University | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Fact Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mechon Hadar | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morasha Olami Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Texas Tech University System | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atid Movement Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sigma Delta Tau Society | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Richardson Center for Global Engagement | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mpac NYC Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Action Network Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Anti-Defamation League supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: Fjc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Anti-Defamation League
- How much does Anti-Defamation League give?
- Anti-Defamation League reported 13 itemized grants totaling $2,658,728, out of $3,221,319 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Anti-Defamation League fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (61%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Anti-Defamation League's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Jlens ($2.9M), The Trustees of Princeton University ($315k), Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($169k).
- Does Anti-Defamation League fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Anti-Defamation League?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fjc, Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Anti-Defamation League based?
- Anti-Defamation League is based in NY.
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