Illinois · Private foundation
Fund for Jewish Education Inc
TO SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS TO DULY ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 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.
- $163k
- Granted FY2020
- 11
- Grants FY2020
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $59,795
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $127k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 36% of the organizations Fund for Jewish Education Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11 | $163k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $240k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $468k | 74% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $511k | 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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev Berel Inc | $205,735 | 4 | 2% |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $112,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzener Cheder Inc | $105,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Veitzener Kollel | $100,018 | 4 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago | $63,343 | 4 | 0% |
| Cong Agudath Israel of Boro Park | $50,848 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Central Committee for Taharath Hamishpacha in Il | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tova Uvrucha Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ohel Shaim D Kaalev Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sinai Academy | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lev Berel Inc | $205,735 | 4 | 2% |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $112,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzener Cheder Inc | $105,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Veitzener Kollel | $100,018 | 4 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago | $63,343 | 4 | 0% |
| Cong Agudath Israel of Boro Park | $50,848 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Central Committee for Taharath Hamishpacha in Il | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tova Uvrucha Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Ohel Shaim D Kaalev Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sinai Academy | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
| A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange | $36,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tshechenov Institutions in Israel Zechuta D Avraham | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leo Gluck Charitable Foundation Co Irving Gluck | $36,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Chicago Center for Torah & Chesed Inc | $26,200 | 2 | n/a |
| LeChaim Charities Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $18,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Guardians of the Sick Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Foundation of Jewish Unity | $15,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Congregation Adas Yeshurun Anshe Kanesses Israel | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Toras Chaim | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohel Tefillah | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesed Lavraham | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onward Living Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sephardic Community Shaare Mizrah | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Orchos Chaim Inc | $7,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Misaskim Corp | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Tiferes Tzvi | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Limudei Da'As Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakewood Cheder School Inc | $5,986 | 1 | 0% |
| Zichron Eliyahu Inc | $5,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Tiferes Tzvi | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Zichron Refoel Inc | $5,180 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($235k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fund for Jewish Education Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Lakewood Cheder School Inc · Regina Goldwasser Foundation · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · Donors Fund Inc · The Pharmore Drugs Charitable Foundation · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fund for Jewish Education Inc
- How much does Fund for Jewish Education Inc give?
- Fund for Jewish Education Inc reported 11 grants totaling $163,280 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Fund for Jewish Education Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (25%), Religion (24%), Health (4%).
- Who are Fund for Jewish Education Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Lev Berel Inc ($206k), Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago ($112k), Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzener Cheder Inc ($106k).
- Does Fund for Jewish Education Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fund for Jewish Education Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fund for Jewish Education Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is Fund for Jewish Education Inc based?
- Fund for Jewish Education Inc is based in IL.
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