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Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona

Jewish philanthropies of southern arizona (jpsa) is committed to achieving the full potential of jewish philanthropy, now and for future generations. Comprised of jewish federation of southern arizona (jfsa or federation) and jewish community foundation (jcf), jpsa provides planning, vision, programming, and funding to address…

$15M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
141
Grants FY2024
137
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,000,000
Organizations funded a year
88 to 137
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$171M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

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EducationHealthInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving130$11M28%
FY2023137$9.2M35%
FY202297$6.8M33%
FY202188$4.8M35%
FY202094$4.6Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$36MEducation$7.7MHuman Services$6.0MHealth$5.2MInternational$4.5MArts & Culture$3.5MReligion$3.2MFood & Nutrition$1.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Arizona Foundation$4,173,16351%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$3,137,07151%
Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc$2,704,78659%
Tucson Hebrew Academy$1,686,253518%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$1,470,03230%
Protect Democracy Project$1,425,00033%
Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Inc$1,355,000435%
Interfaith Community Services$1,339,80056%
Hillel Foundation at the University of Arizona$908,621533%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc$816,46954%
Community Food Bank Inc$801,14450%
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger$650,00030%
Congregation Anshei Israel$580,5345n/a
Social Venture Partners Tucson$564,200423%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$506,00051%
Initiative for Medicines Access & Knowledge (I-Mak) Inc$500,00038%
Uc Law Sf Foundation$500,00033%
Global Investment Foundation for Tomorrow Inc$450,000326%
Kol Ami Synagogue$444,7963n/a
Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra$421,000525%
The Jewish History Museum$387,497526%
Peter Michael Foundation$375,000230%
Arizona Theatre Company$340,65052%
Banner Health Foundation$330,34031%
Arizona Opera Company$307,96742%
The Conversation US Inc$300,00014%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$283,49150%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$250,00010%
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$250,00011%
The Drawing Studio Inc$246,440513%
Sculpturetucsonorg Inc$239,000538%
Step Up To Justice$221,200514%
Reid Park Zoological Society$209,05040%
Youth on Their Own$183,10651%
Ikar$182,0001n/a
Angel Charity for Children Inc$177,50055%
Hias Inc$163,55320%
Tucson Symphony Society$161,79051%
Tmc Health Foundation$159,43941%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$150,00020%
St Lukes in the Desert Inc$142,50043%
B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization$127,29240%
Congregation Chofetz Chayim$125,0865n/a
Tucson Desert Song Festival$125,000369%
Lead Guitar$121,50054%
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona Inc$119,75034%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$115,30030%
Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging$114,24540%
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary$113,38350%
Pima Council on Aging$107,61320%
El Rio Foundation Inc$107,50032%
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum$102,50011%
Anti-Defamation League$102,05850%
Southern Az Childrens Advocacy Ctr Inc$100,50042%
Bettertogether Forever$100,002111%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$98,17830%
From The Heart Productions$90,75050%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson Inc$89,24651%
Temple Beth Sholom$86,6685n/a
YMCA of Southern Arizona$82,70020%
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc$81,75051%
Chabad Lubavitch of Frederick Inc$80,7505n/a
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$80,00030%
Friends of Chabad Lubavitch San Diego$78,4005n/a
Esperanza Dance Project$77,500435%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$75,00010%
National Academy of Sciences$75,00010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$75,0001n/a
Israel Center for Excellence Through Education$73,69745%
Integrative Touch$70,42044%
Bravo Colorado at Beaver Creek-Vail Inc Dba Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival$70,00030%
Congregation or Chadash$67,8804n/a
The Gregory School$67,50040%
Woods Services Foundation$67,13053%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$65,15030%
American Jewish Committee$64,63320%
Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc$64,60042%
Temple Aliyah Inc$62,1704n/a
Our Family Services Inc$61,25020%
University of Denver$60,00040%
Tucson Chinese Association Inc$60,00036%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$57,30040%
Congregation Bet Shalom$56,9103n/a
Temple Emanu-El$56,0423n/a
Watershed Management Group Inc$55,60022%
Law College Association of the University of Arizona$55,31611%
Beauty Changes Lives$52,49033%
Gastric Cancer Foundation$50,00015%
Balanced Budget Now$50,000114%
Hesperian Health Guides$50,00012%
The Primavera Foundation Inc$48,90020%
Take Stock in Children in Nassau County Inc$47,00024%
Bay Laurel Elementary School Parent Faculty Association$46,80055%
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Tucson Inc$46,000223%
Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc$44,57440%
Center for American Culture and Ideas Dba Polyhymnia$43,500110%
Feeding America$43,40040%
The Amerind Foundation Inc$43,00012%
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation$42,00011%
Los Cabos Children's Foundation$41,00021%
Merkos Chabad-Lubavitch Organization$38,2263n/a
National Council of Young Israel$38,0944n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County Inc$38,00040%
Washburn University Foundation$37,22020%
Beth Shalom Temple Center$36,8895n/a
Congregation Chaverim$36,5452n/a
Emory University$36,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$36,00020%
Baja Community Foundation$35,50023%
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc$35,00030%
Tucson Children's Museum Inc Dba Children's Museum Tucson$35,00011%
Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc$33,64350%
Gootter-Jensen Foundation$30,10034%
Bosque School$30,00010%
More Than a Bed$30,00012%
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc$30,00021%
Asante Foundation$30,00030%
Catalina Foothills School District Foundation$30,00037%
Connecting a Caring Community$30,00036%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$29,00010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$28,50030%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$28,38710%
Menorah Park Center for Senior Living$28,34650%
Fuchs Mizrachi Schools$28,34650%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$28,26010%
Make Way For Books$27,37311%
Pima Community College Foundation Inc$27,00011%
Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc$26,2551n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$26,00020%
Tucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse$25,20010%
Mitzvah Corp$25,0001n/a
Gap Ministries$25,00010%
Friends of Monarch Effect Foundation Inc$25,000123%
Tucson Girls Chorus Association Inc$25,00031%
Steadman Philippon Research Institute$25,00010%
Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation$24,00030%
Sister Jose Women's Center$23,55021%
America Israel Democracy Coalition$21,50010%
Loft Cinema Inc Fka Tucson Cinema Foundation Inc$20,70021%
United Way of New York City$20,09710%
The Chick Mission Inc$20,00011%
Arizona Youth Partnership$20,00010%
Vetsveterans Exploring Treatment Solutions$20,00021%
Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society$20,00020%
Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation$20,00012%
Roycemore School$20,00010%
The Uc Davis Foundation$20,00010%
St Ambrose University$20,00010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$20,0001n/a
Baboquivari Educational Foundation$20,0002n/a
Ridgeview Foundation$20,00010%
Tucson Festival of Books$19,00022%
Friends of Elnet$18,00010%
Jayden Asher Harrison Foundation$18,0001n/a
Disability Belongs$18,00011%
Arizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc$17,75022%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona Inc$17,75020%
Darchei Noam Congregation Mn$16,0001n/a
Invisible Theatre$15,50014%
National Jewish Health$15,47720%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$15,10010%
University of Nebraska Foundation$15,00010%
Bps Foundation$15,00010%
Tucson Rescue Now Inc$15,0002n/a
Zoological Society of San Diego$15,00010%
National Breast Cancer Coalition$15,00014%
Jewish Women International$14,88820%
Congressional Hunger Center Inc$14,00020%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$13,28510%
The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona$13,00020%
Parent Teacher Organization of the Woodstock Public Schools$12,747140%
Chabad of North Hollywood$12,7001n/a
Way Station Inc$12,60010%
Advaita Society$12,5001n/a
Youth Arts Unlocked$12,50017%
Arts Express$12,00012%
Congregation Kol Ami$12,0001n/a
Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin$12,0002n/a
Humane Society of Southern Arizona$11,65020%
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts$11,50020%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc$11,20010%
Plenitud Iniciativas Eco-Educativas Inc$11,00011%
Fighting Against Mediocrity Foundation DBA FAME Foundation$11,00028%
Intermountain Centers for Human Development Inc$10,90020%
Hawkeye Community College Fdn$10,00010%
University of California Davis$10,0001n/a
Indiana University Foundation$10,00010%
Sequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center$10,00012%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc$10,00010%
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Inc$10,00010%
Mama's Kitchen$10,00010%
Yula High School$10,00010%
Vail Religious Foundation$10,00011%
Tucson Auto Museum Inc$10,00011%
Arizona Repertory Singers$10,000117%
The American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel Inc$10,00010%
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Charitable Organization$10,0001n/a
United States Association for UNHCR$10,00010%
Causa Justa Just Cause$10,00010%
Haven Totes Inc$10,000110%
Temple Solel of Northern San Diego County Inc$9,2501n/a
Congregation Young Israel$8,8721n/a
Tucson Botanical Gardens$8,50010%
Greater Tucson Leadership Inc$8,00013%
Friends of Pima Animal Care Center$8,00010%
Friends of Tucson's Birthplace$8,00012%
Chabad at the University of Arizona$7,7001n/a
Alameda County Community Food Bank$7,50010%
American Friends of Latet Humanitarian Aid Inc$7,50010%
Sunnyside Foundation$7,3001n/a
Cru$7,2001n/a
Boys to Men$7,1001n/a
Casting for Recovery$7,00010%
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies Inc$7,00010%
American Friends of Lema'An Achai$7,00010%
American Friends of Dvi$6,96814%
Bbyo Fund for the Future Inc$6,60110%
The Breasties Inc$6,50011%
Big Sunday$6,50011%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$6,45010%
The American Friends of the Association for the Advancement Of$6,40811%
Chamah$6,4081n/a
Samaritan's Purse$6,30010%
New Shul$6,1001n/a
Congregation King David$6,0231n/a
Flowing Wells Educational Foundation$6,0001n/a
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary-Denver$6,0001n/a
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$6,00010%
Momentum Unlimited Inc$6,00010%
Coronado Promenade Concerts$6,00012%
Tucson Interfaith HIVAIDS Network$6,00011%
Lake Burien Prebyterian Church$5,7001n/a
Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation$5,50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$5,50010%
Friends of Yad Sarah Inc$5,50010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,50010%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$5,25010%
University of Chicago$5,00010%
Colby Olsen Foundation$5,000161%
Beit T'Shuvah$5,00010%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $4,173,163 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $3,137,071 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTucson Jewish Community Center Inc: $2,704,786 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetTucson Hebrew Academy: $1,686,253 over 5y, 18% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $1,470,032 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProtect Democracy Project: $1,425,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSociety to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Inc: $1,355,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $1,339,800 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetHillel Foundation at the University of Arizona: $908,621 over 5y, 33% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc: $816,469 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $801,144 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEl Pasoans Fighting Hunger: $650,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSocial Venture Partners Tucson: $564,200 over 4y, 23% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $506,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetInitiative for Medicines Access & Knowledge (I-Mak) Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetUc Law Sf Foundation: $500,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetGlobal Investment Foundation for Tomorrow Inc: $450,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetSouthern Arizona Symphony Orchestra: $421,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetThe Jewish History Museum: $387,497 over 5y, 26% of budgetPeter Michael Foundation: $375,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $340,650 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $330,340 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetArizona Opera Company: $307,967 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetThe Conversation US Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $283,491 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Drawing Studio Inc: $246,440 over 5y, 13% of budgetSculpturetucsonorg Inc: $239,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetStep Up To Justice: $221,200 over 5y, 14% of budgetReid Park Zoological Society: $209,050 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYouth on Their Own: $183,106 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $177,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetHias Inc: $163,553 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTucson Symphony Society: $161,790 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTmc Health Foundation: $159,439 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetThe San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Lukes in the Desert Inc: $142,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetB'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization: $127,292 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTucson Desert Song Festival: $125,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetLead Guitar: $121,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetMobile Meals of Southern Arizona Inc: $119,750 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $115,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHandmaker Jewish Services for the Aging: $114,245 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary: $113,383 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPima Council on Aging: $107,613 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEl Rio Foundation Inc: $107,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetArizona-Sonora Desert Museum: $102,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ115.2× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The David and Lura Lovell · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Marshall Foundation · Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation · Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona · Angel Charity for Children Inc · Absolon 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.

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About Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona

How much does Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona give?
Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona reported 141 grants totaling $15,356,575 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 88 and 137 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Education (8%), Human Services (6%).
Who are Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Arizona Foundation ($4.2M), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($3.1M), Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc ($2.7M).
Does Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, The Hs Lopez Family Foundation, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc.
Where is Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona based?
Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona is based in AZ.

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 257 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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