· Private foundation
Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $122k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $196k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PRO BONO LEAGAL SERVICES INC | $196,485 |
| JCC HOUSING CORP | $35,000 |
| JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC | $15,000 |
| GIRLS ON THE RUN INC | $15,000 |
| CHARLESTON JEWISH FEDERATION | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $12,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER CHARLE | $8,000 |
| US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER | $5,000 |
| CHARLESTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $3,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $3,000 |
| YASCHIK-ARNOLD JEWISH STUDIES CENTER | $2,500 |
| BNAI BRITH INTERNATIONAL | $2,000 |
| HILLEL INTERNATIONAL | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PBPRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES INC5× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +90% · 33% of their budget
- JHJCC HOUSING CORPORATION3× · 2022–2024 · $105k · revenue +52%
- TCTHE CHARIS CIRCLE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- COCHABAD OF CHARLESTON INCone grant, 2022 · $10k
- YOYMCA OF GREATER CHARLESTONone grant, 2020 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The jewish community center of charleston is a nonprofit for the purpose of providing educational, recreational, social and cultural activities for the jewish community in the charleston area.
The Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, inspiring students of all ages to confront bigotry and indifference, promote human dignity, and take action.
To educate jewish students based on chabad chassidic philosophy, advance their understanding of jewish ideas and foster their jewishness.
To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…
Founded in 2017, the Jewish Center for Justice (JCJ) is a distinguished social justice, education, and leadership development platform that meets each individual where they are in their journey to inspire change. JCJ's mission is to…
Charged with raising, collecting and distributing funds, the federation seeks to "advance the welfare of the total jewish community". the federation strongly supports israel and world jewry. additionally, the organization strives to…
To empower and inspire north carolina's jewish college students to pursue their own jewish journeys by creating strong communities and transformative experiences.
Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…
The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…
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The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…
The Organization operates an religious outreach center to promote and understand Judaism and the laws of Kosher.
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Charleston Jewish Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds JCC HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE CHARIS CIRCLE INC ↗
- Who funds Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
- Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CHABAD OF CHARLESTON INC ↗
- Who funds HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE ↗
- Who funds WINGS FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THE BUILDING ARTS ↗
- Who funds HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY ↗
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: Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Sherman Family Charitable Trust · Trident United Way · The Joanna Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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