Connecticut · Public charity
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD is the community leader and agent of change. Our mission is to support, coordinate and develop priority programs and services that welcome all jewish families; bring unique jewish education and leadership training to greater hartford; improve the quality of life for the neediest in greater hartford,…
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $692,814
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 17 | $1.5M | 12% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $2.5M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.3M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $1.1M | 7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc | $2,682,000 | 9 | 7% |
| The Joyce D & Andrew J Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center Inc | $2,334,328 | 9 | 3% |
| Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Inc | $1,796,131 | 9 | 7% |
| New England Jewish Academy | $1,397,451 | 9 | 7% |
| The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Inc | $857,500 | 9 | 86% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $602,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford Hillel | $492,185 | 9 | n/a |
| BNai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Connecticut | $376,027 | 9 | 10% |
| The Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy | $335,729 | 3 | 7% |
| Jewish Association for Community Living Inc | $241,000 | 9 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc · The Zachs Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Gelles Family Foundation · Jmz Charitable Foundation Inc · Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford with peer funders
About Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
- How much does Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford give?
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford reported 34 itemized grants totaling $2,893,964, out of $3,120,280 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (50%), Human Services (20%), Education (14%).
- Who are Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc ($2.7M), The Joyce D & Andrew J Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center Inc ($2.3M), Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Inc ($1.8M).
- Does Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc, The Zachs Family Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford based?
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford is based in CT.
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