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Birthright Israel Foundation

See schedule obirthright israel seeks to ensure that every eligible young jewish adult around the world, especially the less connected, is given the opportunity to visit israel on this educational journey.Birthright Israel Foundation raises funds in the united states to support birthright israel, a program which currently provides young…

$79M
Granted FY2017
36
Grants FY2017
22
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 36 grants below total $550,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $79,479,396 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $78,929,396 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2017

  • $10k–50k35 grants · $350k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$71M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta$200,000
Chabad at the University of Wisconsin$10,000
Minnesota Hillel$10,000
Dartmouth Chabad$10,000
Rutgers Hillel$10,000
Tulane Hillel$10,000
Delaware Hillel$10,000
Hillel at Binghamton$10,000
Arizona State University Hillel$10,000
University of Miami Hillel$10,000
UVA Hillel$10,000
Hillel at the University of Vermont$10,000
Hillel at Drexel University$10,000
University of Central Florida Hillel$10,000
Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh$10,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Arizona State University Hillel: $10k → 11%Delaware Hillel: $10k → 10%Northeastern Hillel: $10k → 16%Minnesota Hillel: $10k → 11%Jewish Enrichment Center Inc: $10k → 10%Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh: $10k → 11%Hillel at Drexel University: $10k → 22%Hillel of Silicon Valley: $10k → 8%Hillel 818: $10k → 14%Santa Barbara Hillel: $10k → 14%Cornell Hillel: $10k → 16%Hillel at Binghamton: $10k → 20%Texas Hillel: $10k → 10%University of Central Florida Hillel: $10k → 11%Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach: $10k → 11%University of Miami Hillel: $10k → 15%University of Florida Hillel: $10k → 19%Michigan State University Hillel: $10k → 16%Chabad at the University of Wisconsin: $10k → 10%Hillel at the University of Connecticut: $10k → 11%Rohr Chabad House at Vanderbilt: $10k → 14%The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta: $200k → 13%Hillel of Colorado: $10k → 12%Indiana Hillel: $10k → 18%Ohio State University Hillel: $10k → 15%Rutgers Hillel: $10k → 8%George Mason Hillel: $10k → 6%UVA Hillel: $10k → 8%Virginia Tech Hillel: $10k → 21%Hillel at the University of Vermont: $10k → 10%Tulane Hillel: $10k → 23%Dartmouth Chabad: $10k → 10%Boston University Hillel: $10k → 16%Guideline Services co Penn Chabad: $10k → 22%USC Hillel: $10k → 14%Hillel at Ithaca College: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
DE
AZ
TN
LA
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $46M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$46M · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: EDUCATION

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its field

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.

1
Hillel Foundation at Miami University

Hillel at Miami University, the center of Jewish life on campus, seeks to engage, connect, and empower students to explore their Jewish identity creating a vibrant Jewish community and inspiring the next generation of Jewish leaders.

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2
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Providing social and educational activities in order to create a community for Jewish students at Sonoma State University. Primary programs include celebrating Jewish holidays as a community, holding monthly Sabbath dinners (COVID…

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3
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

To Enrich the lives of Jewish students on the UAlbany campus

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4
The University of Iowa Louis Shulman Hillel Foundation

The mission of Iowa Hillel is to enhance the lives of Jewish students at the University of Iowa, so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Iowa Hillel envisions a world for our students where they find a community here at Iowa…

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5
Hillel At Florida International University

Enrich the lives of jewish students

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6
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

social, religious, cultural programs for Jewish students at Bradley University

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7
Hillel of San Luis Obispo

Enriching the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

Religion
8
American University Hillel Inc

To enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

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9
Hillel At the University of Rochester Inc

To enhance jewish life for the university community.

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10
Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life

Hillel of Buffalo serves the Jewish community at the State University of New York at Buffalo and encourages the participation of Jewish students and faculty from colleges and universities throughout the greater Buffalo area. Hillel of…

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11
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Enriching the lives of jewish students so that they may enrich the jewish people & the world hillel students leaders, professional & lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming & inclusive environment for jewish college…

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12
Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life at the University of Washington

The mission of Hillel at the University of Washington (Hillel UW) is to inspire students and young adults (ages 18-35) to explore, embrace, and celebrate Jewish life and identity.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Southern California Hillel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Chabad At the University of Wisconsin Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
27/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILLEL FOUNDATION AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · OtherTEXAS HILLEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL JEWISH UNIVERSITY CENTER: $10,000 · OtherTHE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL AT VA TECH INC: $10,000 · OtherNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HILLEL ADVISORY: $10,000 · OtherCHABAD AT DARTMOUTH: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL FOUNDATION OF ITHACA COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherBNai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Connecticut: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $10,000 · OtherHillel at Binghamton Inc: $10,000 · OtherROHR CHABAD HOUSE AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherMINNESOTA HILLEL: $10,000 · OtherTHE HILLEL JEWISH CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $10,000 · OtherGUIDELINE SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherGeorge Mason University Hillel: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INC: $10,000 · OtherCORNELL HILLEL: $10,000 · OtherKRISTOL CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE INC: $10,000 · OtherGREATER MIAMI HILLEL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $10,000 · OtherRutgers Hillel Corporation: $10,000 · OtherBOSTON UNIVERSITY HILLEL INC: $10,000 · OtherGAINESVILLE JEWISH STUDENT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL 818: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $10,000 · OtherHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HILLEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INCSanta Barbara Hillel: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Student Enrichment Center Inc: $10,000 · ReligionCHABAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 · ReligionCONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL: $10,000 · ReligionTHE BNAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Civil RightsPENN HILLEL: $10,000 · Education
Other$290,000Philanthropy$210,000Religion$30,000Civil Rights$10,000Education$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHILLEL FOUNDATION AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTEXAS HILLEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHILLEL JEWISH UNIVERSITY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BNAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CENTRAL FLORIDA HILLEL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHILLEL AT VA TECH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJewish Student Enrichment Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HILLEL ADVISORY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBNai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Connecticut: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHillel at Binghamton Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMINNESOTA HILLEL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHABAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGeorge Mason University Hillel: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCORNELL HILLEL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKRISTOL CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGREATER MIAMI HILLEL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Hillel: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHILLEL OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRutgers Hillel Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBOSTON UNIVERSITY HILLEL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HILLEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
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.

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.

Seed the Dream Founda…Hillel the Foundation…Maccabee Task Force F…Combined Jewish Phila…Jewish Communal FundIsrael on Campus Coal…Chabad on Campus Inte…The Jewish Federation…Jewish Community Foun…The Jewish Federation…National Philanthropi…Baird Foundation Inc
Seed the Dream FoundationPA51.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seed the Dream Foundation · Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Maccabee Task Force Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Israel on Campus Coalition Inc · Chabad on Campus International Inc · The Jewish Federations of North America Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Baird Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Birthright Israel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Birthright Israel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    8get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $46M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2017, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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