How much does Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area give?

Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area reported 14 itemized grants totaling $492,000, out of $941,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

Who are Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of the Desert ($1.2M), Bikur Cholim of Palm Springs ($984k), American Lutheran Publicity Bureau ($875k).

Does Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Inland Empire Community Foundation, Regional Access Project Foundation, The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation.

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California · Public charity

Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area

The federation is dedicated to promoting the values and quality of jewish life and is committed to fostering a continuity of jewish life for future generations. It is further committed to the unity of the jewish people worldwide, the strengthening of the state of israel, and helping of jewish people in need wherever they reside.

$941k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 14
Itemized grants FY2025: 18
Organizations funded FY2024: 33%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $492k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $140,000
Organizations funded a year: 12 to 20; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $9.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $193k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

InternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentReligionOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	14	$492k	14%
FY2024	18	$778k	33%
FY2023	14	$768k	50%
FY2022	12	$643k	0%
FY2021	12	$598k	0%
FY2020	14	$663k	7%
FY2019	18	$772k	22%
FY2018	20	$905k	10%

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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 2025.

International$2.7MReligion$2.2MPhilanthropy$2.0MHuman Services$1.6MCivil Rights$115kFood & Nutrition$90kArts & Culture$32kYouth Development$23kOther$0

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 the Desert	$1,159,600	9	11%
Bikur Cholim of Palm Springs	$984,000	9	n/a
American Lutheran Publicity Bureau	$875,000	6	n/a
Inland and Desert Hillel	$445,000	6	n/a
Temple Sinai of Palm Desert	$329,717	6	n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc	$300,000	2	0%
Inland and Desert Hillel Council	$288,000	3	59%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council	$275,500	4	0%
Angel View Inc	$223,265	8	0%
The Jewish Agency for Israel	$202,000	2	0%

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All grantees of Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Jewish Family Service of the Desert	$1,159,600	9	11%
Bikur Cholim of Palm Springs	$984,000	9	n/a
American Lutheran Publicity Bureau	$875,000	6	n/a
Inland and Desert Hillel	$445,000	6	n/a
Temple Sinai of Palm Desert	$329,717	6	n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc	$300,000	2	0%
Inland and Desert Hillel Council	$288,000	3	59%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council	$275,500	4	0%
Angel View Inc	$223,265	8	0%
The Jewish Agency for Israel	$202,000	2	0%
Temple Isaiah	$184,087	8	n/a
Mizell Center	$149,000	9	1%
Zaka North Inc	$115,000	4	n/a
Food in Need of Distribution Inc	$90,000	3	0%
Cove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center	$86,500	9	1%
Anti-Defamation League	$74,600	5	0%
Anti-Defamation League Foundation	$40,000	2	0%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc	$40,000	3	0%
Israel Emergency Alliance	$30,000	3	0%
Friends of Akim USA Inc	$30,000	3	10%
Congregation Beth Shalom	$27,500	3	n/a
Desert Arc	$22,500	3	0%
DAP Health Inc	$21,500	2	0%
Beth Shalom-East Valley Jewish Community Center	$21,218	3	n/a
McCallum Theatre Foundation Inc	$20,670	3	5%
American Friends of Meir Panim	$20,000	2	0%
Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley	$16,500	3	0%
Chabad of Palm Springs	$15,000	1	n/a
Congregation Beth Israel	$14,120	2	n/a
Palm Springs Art Museum	$11,400	1	0%
Onward Israel USA Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Jewish Sunshine Circle	$10,000	1	n/a
Eisenhower Medical Center Fdn	$8,000	1	n/a
Operation Safe House Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Tzedakah Fund	$6,000	1	n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs	$6,000	1	1%

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.

Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 23.

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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.

Inland Empire Community FoundationCA21× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Inland Empire Community Foundation · Regional Access Project Foundation · The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation · Charity Works · Houston Family Foundation · The Champions Volunteer Foundation · The Auen Foundation · The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · The Galen Family Foundation · The Art Laboe Foundation Inc

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 Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area

How much does Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area give?: Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area reported 14 itemized grants totaling $492,000, out of $941,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (30%), Religion (25%), Philanthropy (23%).
Who are Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of the Desert ($1.2M), Bikur Cholim of Palm Springs ($984k), American Lutheran Publicity Bureau ($875k).
Does Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Inland Empire Community Foundation, Regional Access Project Foundation, The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation.
Where is Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area based?: Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and Desert Area is based in CA.