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Jewish Federation of San Antonio

The JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO is the coordinating and convening body dedicated to building the jewish community, nurturing the quality of jewish life, and securing a favorable jewish future in san antonio, israel and worldwide inspired by jewish religious teachings.

$1.3M
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$229k
Largest

Read this first · the figures below need context

67% of Jewish Federation of San Antonio’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 15 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Jewish Federation of San Antonio named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $956k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

12
17
14
18
5
19
20
20
21
21
28
22
17
23
20
24
15
25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Philanthropy$3.8MHuman Services$2.7MInternational$2.0MReligion$2.0MEducation$425kHealth$197kRecreation & Sports$128kYouth Development$114kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 21 grants below total $955,505 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,255,786 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $300,281 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k7 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $166k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $735k
$19,299
Median grant
3
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMERICA$228,558
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN ANTONIO$164,414
BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$156,013
JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - UKRAINE CRISIS$76,234
SHMUEL BASS TORAH ACADEMY OF SAN ANTONIO$55,100
TEXAS HILLEL$55,000
STARR FAMILY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$40,479
HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION$31,500
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY$21,333
CONGREGATION RODFEI SHOLOM$20,500
CONGREGATION AGUDAS ACHIM$19,299
JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION$12,000
TEMPLE BETH-EL$11,063
CHEVRA KADISHA$10,000
YOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION$9,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $196k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $188k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $173k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN ANTONIO: $164k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO: $162k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $157k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $156k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $153k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN ANTONIO: $149k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $143k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $139k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $138k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $137k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $135k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $126k → 16%BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $124k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $120k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CA
CO
AZ
AR
NC
OK
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.9M · 27 repeat orgs$860k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against -18% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
15

Total granted

$5.9M
$345k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
-18%

Still filing today

56%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $308k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalReligionHuman ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    Jewish Family Service of San Antonio Texas Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +44%
  • BJ
    BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +17%
  • SF
    STARR FAMILY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $614k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FRIENDS OF MOLDOVA
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -97%
  • FO
    Friends of Kishinev Jewry
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -42%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2021 · $28k · revenue -6%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Jewish Federation of El Paso and Las Cruces

Serving the jewish community by engaging, connecting, supporting and celebrating jewish life, values and culture in el paso, las cruces, israel and beyond.

2
Jewish Care System of San Antonio

Jcssa focuses on growing its endowment in order to continue supporting the work of golden manor, inc., dba san antonio jewish senior services, which addresses the needs and enriches the quality of life for san antonio jewish older adults…

Housing & Shelter
3
American Friends of Torah and Tefilah Ramat Eshkol Inc

To promote and support jewish religious charitable and educational activities in israel & usa.

Religion
4
University of Judaism Foundation
5
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
6
American Friends of Menuchas Asher Csenger Inc

To promote, benefit, and support jewish educational activities in israel

Religion
7
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

8
Texas Jewish Security Initiative
Crime & Legal
9
Jewish Federation of San Antonio

The jewish federation of san antonio is the coordinating and convening body dedicated to building the jewish community, nurturing the quality of jewish life, and securing a favorable jewish future in san antonio, israel and worldwide…

Philanthropy
10
Jewish Federation of the Sacra

To serve and enrich the Jewish community and those who support and identify with it, in the greater Sacramento area, Israel, and the world.

Philanthropy
11
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma

The jewish community federation and endowment fund is a philanthropic catalyst, connecting people to the power we have as a jewish community to improve the world. we partner with donors, nonprofits, & foundations to address the pressing…

Philanthropy
12
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and the most unlike its peers is Lake Tahoe Music Festival. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Food Banks and PantriesAddiction Recovery ServicesCancer Support ServicesUnited Way AffiliatesJewish Community Organizati…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr16%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr13%17%35–55yr16%65%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/54
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,511

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
20/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC — $3,126,668 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INCPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $1,462,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INCJGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC — $572,000 · PhilanthropyJGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC+3 more — $141,035 · PhilanthropyJewish Family Service of San Antonio Texas Inc — $1,335,139 · Human ServicesJewish Family Service of …BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO — $1,225,170 · Human ServicesBARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY …+1 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesTEXAS HILLEL — $391,150 · OtherTEXAS HILLELCONGREGATION RODFEI SHOLOM BNAI ISRAEL — $189,932 · OtherCONGREGATION RODFEI…CONGREGATION AGUDAS ACHIM — $144,342 · OtherCONGREGATION AGUDAS…CONGREGATION BETH-EL — $110,793 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH-E…UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $106,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS…THE UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CTR OF SA — $105,369 · OtherTHE UNIV OF TX HEAL…URJ GREEN FAMILY CAMP — $92,011 · OtherTHE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL — $76,234 · OtherGOLDEN MANOR INC DBA SAN ANTONIO JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES — $115,031 · OtherGOLDEN MANOR INC DB…Camp Young Judaea Inc — $94,967 · OtherAMERICAN GEERZ FOR LIFE INC — $108,000 · OtherAMERICAN GEERZ FOR …+21 more — $432,450 · Other+21 moreSTARR FAMILY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $614,180 · Education+2 more — $21,000 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAOZ-SEAL INC — $250,000 · InternationalTHE FRIENDS OF MOLDOVA — $100,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $54,400 · InternationalJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL — $52,500 · InternationalLifting Hands International — $25,000 · InternationalHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO — $157,600 · ReligionFriends of Kishinev Jewry — $100,000 · ReligionOHR LANU FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Religion+1 more — $5,360 · ReligionTHE CAMPUS OF THE SAN ANTONIO JEWISH COMMUNITY — $219,142 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$5,301,703Human Services$2,570,309Other$1,966,279Education$635,180International$481,900Religion$282,960Community Improvement$219,142

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC — $3,126,668 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $1,462,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service of San Antonio Texas Inc — $1,335,139 over 9y, 12% of budgetBARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO — $1,225,170 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetSTARR FAMILY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $614,180 over 9y, 20% of budgetJGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC — $572,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CAMPUS OF THE SAN ANTONIO JEWISH COMMUNITY — $219,142 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO — $157,600 over 6y, 20% of budgetGOLDEN MANOR INC DBA SAN ANTONIO JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES — $115,031 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetAMERICAN GEERZ FOR LIFE INC — $108,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $106,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION — $100,839 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF MOLDOVA — $100,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetFriends of Kishinev Jewry — $100,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCamp Young Judaea Inc — $94,967 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTHE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL — $76,234 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $54,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $47,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY — $30,196 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY — $28,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK — $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Houston — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LIFETIME RECOVERY INC DBA LIFETIME RECOVERY — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLifting Hands International — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC — $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY — $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOLDOVA WORLD CHILDRENS FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTEXAS FREEDOM NETWORK EDUCATION FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJust Communities of Arkansas Inc — $9,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSA YOUTH — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHALOM INSTITUTE CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER — $5,890 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Tahoe Music Festival — $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC
  • Who funds Jewish Family Service of San Antonio Texas Inc
  • Who funds BARSHOP JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO
  • Who funds STARR FAMILY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
  • Who funds JGIVE-FRIENDS OF ASOR FUND USA INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAOZ-SEAL INC
  • Who funds THE CAMPUS OF THE SAN ANTONIO JEWISH COMMUNITY
  • Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO
  • Who funds GOLDEN MANOR INC DBA SAN ANTONIO JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES
  • Who funds AMERICAN GEERZ FOR LIFE INC
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds YOUNGSTOWN AREA JEWISH FEDERATION
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF MOLDOVA
  • Who funds Friends of Kishinev Jewry
  • Who funds Camp Young Judaea Inc
  • Who funds THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY
  • Who funds HEMISFAIR CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
  • Who funds SAN ANTONIO LIFETIME RECOVERY INC DBA LIFETIME RECOVERY
  • Who funds Lifting Hands International
  • Who funds OHR LANU FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

San Antonio Area FoundationTX16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Freeman Emma Trust F0211400 · Freeman Educational Foundation #2113 · Bar-Yadin Family Foundation · Braverman Family Charitable Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Communal Fund · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Jewish Federation of San Antonio funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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