Ohio · Public charity
Jewish Federation of Columbus
Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.
- $9.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,476,148
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Columbus funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 | 30 | $4.4M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $3.8M | 18% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $3.3M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $2.9M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $2.7M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $2.0M | 39% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $2.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus | $5,900,427 | 8 | 8% |
| Jewish Family Services | $3,755,091 | 8 | 15% |
| Wexner Heritage Village | $2,989,776 | 8 | 4% |
| Columbus Torah Academy | $2,587,953 | 8 | 10% |
| The Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at the Ohio State University | $1,321,016 | 8 | 27% |
| Jewish Agency For Israel | $1,131,340 | 7 | n/a |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $845,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Columbus Jewish Day School | $742,355 | 8 | 6% |
| Government Affairs Committee of Ohio Jewish Communities Inc | $509,391 | 8 | 20% |
| Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council | $444,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus | $5,900,427 | 8 | 8% |
| Jewish Family Services | $3,755,091 | 8 | 15% |
| Wexner Heritage Village | $2,989,776 | 8 | 4% |
| Columbus Torah Academy | $2,587,953 | 8 | 10% |
| The Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at the Ohio State University | $1,321,016 | 8 | 27% |
| Jewish Agency For Israel | $1,131,340 | 7 | n/a |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $845,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Columbus Jewish Day School | $742,355 | 8 | 6% |
| Government Affairs Committee of Ohio Jewish Communities Inc | $509,391 | 8 | 20% |
| Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council | $444,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Beth Shalom of Columbus | $354,087 | 7 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $330,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merkaz Hatzedaka Corp | $320,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Community Kollel | $298,852 | 7 | n/a |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $289,304 | 4 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Tikvah | $283,271 | 7 | n/a |
| Congregation Tiferth Israel | $263,450 | 6 | n/a |
| Temple Israel | $210,795 | 6 | n/a |
| Congregation Agudas Achim | $200,112 | 7 | n/a |
| American Friends of Orr Shalom Inc | $128,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Chabad of Columbus Inc | $113,406 | 7 | 1% |
| Congregation Ahavas Sholom | $60,848 | 2 | n/a |
| Beth Jacob Congregation | $60,756 | 4 | n/a |
| Chabad on Campus at Osu | $60,024 | 2 | n/a |
| Tamid Israel Investment Group Ltd | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Lawfare Project Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Torat Emet | $46,256 | 4 | n/a |
| Temple Israel Foundation of Columbus Ohio | $36,047 | 1 | 6% |
| American Friends of Reichman University Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gan Ephraim Inc | $31,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Jewish Historical Society | $31,040 | 4 | 11% |
| Ort America Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $19,423 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Tifereth Israel Foundation | $18,009 | 1 | n/a |
| Midwest Campers Inc | $13,777 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Moshava of Wild Rose Inc | $13,426 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | $8,353 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association and Irene Kaufmann Cent | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Minyan | $1,168 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jewish Federation of Columbus supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Columbus Jewish Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Jay and Jean Schottenstein Foundation · Nutis Foundation Inc · Lori Schottenstein Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Saul Schottenstein Foundation D · Jewish Communal Fund · The Donald E & Eydie R Garlikov Family Foundation · Jon and Susan Diamond Family Foundation · Ann and Ari Deshe Foundation · Saul Schottenstein Foundation C
How this is measured
About Jewish Federation of Columbus
- How much does Jewish Federation of Columbus give?
- Jewish Federation of Columbus reported 32 itemized grants totaling $5,873,618, out of $9,243,187 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Jewish Federation of Columbus fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (37%), Religion (18%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Jewish Federation of Columbus's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus ($5.9M), Jewish Family Services ($3.8M), Wexner Heritage Village ($3.0M).
- Does Jewish Federation of Columbus fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Columbus?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Jewish Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Jay and Jean Schottenstein Foundation.
- Where is Jewish Federation of Columbus based?
- Jewish Federation of Columbus is based in OH.
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