California · Community foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of the West
To enhance charitable giving; facilitate philanthropy both locally and worldwide; and build permanent financial resources to strengthen organizations and programs that serve the Jewish families of Northern California
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,989
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Jewish Community Foundation of the West funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $877k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $741k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1000k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $492k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $490k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $561k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $514k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $600k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple or Rishon Sunrise Jewish Congregation | $569,567 | 7 | n/a |
| Mosaic Law Congregation | $509,788 | 8 | n/a |
| Hillel at Davis and Sacramento | $482,506 | 8 | 12% |
| Shalom School | $404,963 | 8 | 3% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $368,698 | 6 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Israel | $356,718 | 8 | n/a |
| Einstein Jewish Community Services | $255,290 | 6 | 4% |
| Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trust Fund for the Jewish Elderly | $164,481 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Bet Haverim Jewish Fellowship of Davis | $129,960 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple or Rishon Sunrise Jewish Congregation | $569,567 | 7 | n/a |
| Mosaic Law Congregation | $509,788 | 8 | n/a |
| Hillel at Davis and Sacramento | $482,506 | 8 | 12% |
| Shalom School | $404,963 | 8 | 3% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $368,698 | 6 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Israel | $356,718 | 8 | n/a |
| Einstein Jewish Community Services | $255,290 | 6 | 4% |
| Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trust Fund for the Jewish Elderly | $164,481 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Bet Haverim Jewish Fellowship of Davis | $129,960 | 6 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $70,350 | 7 | 0% |
| North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation | $62,831 | 2 | n/a |
| The Uc Davis Foundation | $55,150 | 2 | 0% |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | $49,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Tahoe Family Solutions Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Kenesset Israel Torah Center | $43,598 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $39,531 | 3 | n/a |
| Morrie Miller Athletic Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $26,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $22,560 | 1 | 0% |
| Tahoe Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crocker Art Museum Association | $19,650 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Yolo County | $16,376 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Reyim | $16,240 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Bet Haverim | $15,989 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $15,118 | 1 | 0% |
| Michael Levin Lone Soldier Foundation Inc | $15,100 | 2 | 1% |
| Minnesota Beethoven Festival | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Camp Ramah in Northern California | $14,894 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Bnai Israel | $13,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Cameron Community Club | $11,543 | 1 | n/a |
| Association for Mathematical Research | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | $10,377 | 2 | 0% |
| Koh Library | $10,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Crisis Intervention Services Dba Sierra Community House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Elnet | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McE Social Capital | $9,290 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $6,416 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $6,280 | 1 | 0% |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Public Radio Endowment Inc Fdba Kxpr Kxjz Endowment Inc | $5,350 | 1 | 4% |
| Grom Father Foundation | $5,273 | 1 | n/a |
| Women's Empowerment | $5,229 | 1 | 0% |
| 916 Ink | $5,104 | 1 | 1% |
| Ahavath Israel Congregation | $5,050 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jewish Community Foundation of the West supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Jewish Federation of the Sacra · The Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Morton and Marcine Friedman Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Jewish Community Foundation of the West
- How much does Jewish Community Foundation of the West give?
- Jewish Community Foundation of the West reported 28 itemized grants totaling $1,147,173, out of $1,280,704 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jewish Community Foundation of the West fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Philanthropy (20%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Jewish Community Foundation of the West's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Temple or Rishon Sunrise Jewish Congregation ($570k), Mosaic Law Congregation ($510k), Hillel at Davis and Sacramento ($483k).
- Does Jewish Community Foundation of the West fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Community Foundation of the West?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Jewish Federation of the Sacra.
- Where is Jewish Community Foundation of the West based?
- Jewish Community Foundation of the West is based in CA.
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