Connecticut · Community foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc
The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford unlocks the transformative power of individuals and collective philanthropy to address problems, strengthen community organizations,and provide permanent support for the Jewish Community of Greater Hartford.
- $6.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 116
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 81
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,499
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,581,176
- Organizations funded a year
- 57 to 81
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $192M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $614k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 102 | $3.9M | 23% |
| FY2024 | 81 | $3.5M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 70 | $2.8M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 72 | $2.5M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 66 | $3.0M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $2.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc | $1,990,021 | 6 | 5% |
| The Joyce D & Andrew J Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center Inc | $1,640,411 | 6 | 5% |
| New England Jewish Academy | $1,212,828 | 6 | 5% |
| Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Inc | $1,083,983 | 6 | 6% |
| Hebrew Home & Hospital | $981,604 | 6 | 6% |
| Chabad House of Conn Inc | $656,398 | 6 | n/a |
| The Loomis Institute D/B/A the Loomis Chaffee School | $579,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Association for Community Living Inc | $567,981 | 6 | 3% |
| Congregation Beth Israel Beth Israel Synagogue | $527,926 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Hartford | $516,370 | 6 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 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: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Zachs Family Foundation Inc · Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Burton & Phyllis Hoffman Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
How this is measured
Compare Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc with peer funders
About Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc
- How much does Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc give?
- Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc reported 116 itemized grants totaling $6,245,353, out of $6,845,204 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 81 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (38%), Education (16%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc ($2.0M), The Joyce D & Andrew J Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center Inc ($1.6M), New England Jewish Academy ($1.2M).
- Does Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, The Zachs Family Foundation Inc, Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc based?
- Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc is based in CT.
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