Alabama · Public charity
Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc
The birmingham jewish foundation is dedicated to nurturing and promoting jewish life in birmingham, nationally, in israel and throughout the world; is involved in building a better birmingham through alliances and partnerships with other community groups, and is committed to helping all people in need in times of crisis.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $970,897
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $2.2M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.7M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $816k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $1.0M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $1.2M | 32% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| N E Miles Jewish Day School | $1,564,840 | 8 | 35% |
| Collat Jewish Family Services of Birmingham | $804,903 | 8 | 22% |
| Levite Jewish Community Center | $636,306 | 5 | 7% |
Plus 78 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.3M), not named here.
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: The Frank & Fred Friedman Family Foundation · Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc
- How much does Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc give?
- Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc reported 23 itemized grants totaling $2,220,566, out of $2,650,546 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Education (17%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: N E Miles Jewish Day School ($1.6M), Collat Jewish Family Services of Birmingham ($805k), Levite Jewish Community Center ($636k).
- Does Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Frank & Fred Friedman Family Foundation, Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.
- Where is Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc based?
- Birmingham Jewish Foundation Inc is based in AL.
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