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Jdb Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$430
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$3.9MInternational$1.4MHealth$284kPhilanthropy$172kEducation$102kHuman Services$84kRecreation & Sports$18kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$360
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NETZACH FOUNDATION$430
Individual grant recipient$360
JAZZ HOUSE KIDS$150
IZMAN TORAH SOLUTIONS$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Bikur Cholim of Cleveland: $7k → 17%Bikur Cholim of Cleveland: $17k → 15%Bikur Cholim: $4k → 17%Bikur Cholim of Cleveland: $9k → 15%Acheizer Community Resource Center Inc: $500 → 6%Our Place in New York Inc: $11k → 17%Zichron Mattel: $6k → 11%Our Place In New York Inc: $4k → 17%Zichron Mattel: $6k → 11%Zichron Mattel: $5k → 11%American Friends of Yisa Bracha: $1k → 11%Ezer LeYisroel: $500 → 11%NETZACH FOUNDATION: $430 → 11%Tehillat Naava Sclach Lachmecha Foundation Inc: $5k → 20%ATIME: $260 → 20%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

IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MD
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 26 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +126% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
105

Total granted

$2.0M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+126%
+37%

Still filing today

38%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesInternationalEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DARCHEI HILLEL INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $94k · revenue +126%
  • TC
    Torah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $53k · revenue +184%
  • BC
    BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND
    4× · 2017–2020 · $37k · revenue +298%

Funded once

  • KB
    Kehlias Bals Yehuda Tzvl
    one grant, 2018 · $497k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BINYAN AV
    one grant, 2021 · $300k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF GALILEE MEDICAL
    one grant, 2021 · $270k
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.

04Its 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
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
2
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
3
Sherit Isroel
—
4
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
5
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
6
Keren Yaakov Ben Menachen Tzvi Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Zichron Moshe Elihu Tzedoka Fund
Philanthropy
8
Zicron Eliyahu Inc
—
9
University of Judaism Foundation
—
10
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

—
11
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
12
American Friends of Yeshivat Nachalat Yossef

The organization will provide financial assistance to educational institutions that promote the observance of the jewish religion, its laws and traditions, and sacred texts, including yeshivat nachalat yossef, located in jerusalem, israel.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mesorah Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Talmudic Commentaries Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

50 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. 50 of the 140 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/50
Grantees still filing
40/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEMILOS CHASODIM CHASDEI MOSHE: $831,038 · OtherGEMILOS CHASODIM CHASDEI MOSHEKehilas Bais Yehuda Tzvi: $705,180 · OtherKehilas Bais Yehuda TzviKehlias Bals Yehuda Tzvl: $496,838 · OtherKehlias Bals Yehuda TzvlAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BINYAN AV: $300,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BINYAN AVAMERICAN FRIENDS OF GALILEE MEDICAL: $270,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF GALILEE MEDICALIndividual grant recipient: $234,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAYANEI HAYESHU: $172,000 · Other+97 more: $1,062,644 · Other+97 morePEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $966,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT …FRIENDS OF DARCHEI HILLEL INC: $93,730 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF DARCHEI HI…DONORS FUND INC: $52,500 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF AHAVATH SHALOM INC: $50,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $874 · PhilanthropyMosdos Rabbainu Nachum Meshadyk: $202,000 · ReligionMAALOT: $114,300 · ReligionTorah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc: $53,262 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KUPAT HA'IR: $50,000 · ReligionLEV BEREL INC: $36,251 · Religion+6 more: $17,440 · ReligionJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL: $124,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEN YAD-BRAZIL INC: $36,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD YEMIN INC: $16,650 · International+3 more: $3,136 · InternationalBIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $36,980 · Human ServicesZichron Mattel Inc: $17,100 · Human ServicesOUR PLACE IN NY INC: $14,100 · Human ServicesTEHILLAT NAAVA SHLACH LACHMECHA FOUNDATION INC: $5,200 · Human Services+5 more: $2,690 · Human ServicesCAMP RUACH HACHAIM INC: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsKIDS-N-CAMP FUND INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsMESORAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,071,700Philanthropy$1,163,104Religion$473,253International$179,786Human Services$76,070Recreation & Sports$20,500Arts & Culture$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 budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $966,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMosdos Rabbainu Nachum Meshadyk: $202,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL: $124,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAALOT: $114,300 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetBAR ILAN UNIVERSITY IN ISRAEL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF DARCHEI HILLEL INC: $93,730 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetTorah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc: $53,262 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetDONORS FUND INC: $52,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF KUPAT HA'IR: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF AHAVATH SHALOM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $36,980 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetLEV BEREL INC: $36,251 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEN YAD-BRAZIL INC: $36,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCAMP RUACH HACHAIM INC: $18,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetZichron Mattel Inc: $17,100 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD YEMIN INC: $16,650 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOUR PLACE IN NY INC: $14,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMESORAH HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTALMUDIC COLLEGE OF FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMUDIM COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEHILLAT NAAVA SHLACH LACHMECHA FOUNDATION INC: $5,200 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHAYIM V CHESED: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Ramot Torah Schools: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS-N-CAMP FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetZICHRON YEHUDA FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMESIVTA OF CLIFTON INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEOR INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHVUT AMI: $1,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JERUSALEM FELLOWSHIPS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZICHRON ELIYAHU INC: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMESIVTA OF NORTH JERSEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEREN ESTHER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yisa Bracha Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYAD YISROEL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEZER LEYISROEL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEER HAGOLAH INSTITUTES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FUND INC: $430 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NETZACH FOUNDATION INC: $430 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAS NER DOVID INC: $360 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAISHEL RASHBI: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALEPH INSTITUTE INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTALMUDIC COMMENTARIES FOUNDATION: $180 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAKIRAH INC: $84 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $36 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mosdos Rabbainu Nachum Meshadyk ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MAALOT ↗
  • Who funds BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY IN ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF DARCHEI HILLEL INC ↗
  • Who funds Torah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc ↗
  • Who funds DONORS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KUPAT HA'IR ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF AHAVATH SHALOM INC ↗
  • Who funds BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds LEV BEREL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEN YAD-BRAZIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RUACH HACHAIM INC ↗
  • Who funds Zichron Mattel Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD YEMIN INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR PLACE IN NY INC ↗

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.

The Ojc FundJack Adjmi Family Fou…Jewish Communal FundThe Jimmy and Berta K…Associated Jewish Cha…Jewish Community Foun…The Jmg FoundationDonors Fund IncNational Society for …Toras Chesed IncZichron Btz Tzedakah …Aar Charitable Founda…
The Ojc FundNY58.6× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Jmg Foundation · Donors Fund Inc · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Toras Chesed Inc · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · Aar Charitable Foundation

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 Jdb Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jdb Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mesorah Heritage Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • The Aleph Institute Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 140 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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