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Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Jewish philanthropies of southern arizona (jpsa) is committed to achieving the full potential of jewish philanthropy, now and for future generations. Comprised of JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA (jfsa or federation) and jewish community foundation (jcf), jpsa provides planning, vision, programming, and funding to address…

$2.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
12
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$55,138
Largest grant, FY2024
$674,925
Organizations funded a year
10 to 16
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$24M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalFood & NutritionHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving13$1.6M23%
FY202312$1.6M8%
FY202212$1.5M33%
FY202110$1.5M10%
FY202013$1.6M0%
FY201916$1.5M6%
FY201815$1.5M7%
FY201716$1.6Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$6.6MPhilanthropy$6.4MReligion$2.3MEducation$2.0MArts & Culture$1.1MInternational$342kFood & Nutrition$36kHousing & Shelter$22kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc$3,319,14286%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc$2,918,621812%
Tucson Hebrew Academy$1,719,048811%
Hillel Foundation at the University of Arizona$1,264,981834%
The Jewish History Museum$979,104865%
Congregation Anshei Israel$567,1518n/a
Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging$284,83031%
University of Arizona Foundation$259,71880%
Jewish Agency for Israel$210,6574n/a
Temple Emanu-El$126,7195n/a
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All grantees of Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc$3,319,14286%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc$2,918,621812%
Tucson Hebrew Academy$1,719,048811%
Hillel Foundation at the University of Arizona$1,264,981834%
The Jewish History Museum$979,104865%
Congregation Anshei Israel$567,1518n/a
Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging$284,83031%
University of Arizona Foundation$259,71880%
Jewish Agency for Israel$210,6574n/a
Temple Emanu-El$126,7195n/a
Congregation or Chadash$109,2864n/a
Flowing Wells Unified School District$101,7694n/a
Birthright Israel Foundation$73,38040%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$58,00020%
Congregation Kol Ami$57,5883n/a
Mitzvah Corp$49,0002n/a
Congregation Bet Shalom$36,4954n/a
Community Food Bank Inc$36,00320%
Temple Beth-El of Northbrook$35,9255n/a
Kline Galland Center$25,00011%
Sister Jose Women's Center$22,42413%
Congregation Chaverim$21,4422n/a
Tucson Torah Center$17,1001n/a
Chabad of Tucson Inc$16,8001n/a
Interfaith Community Services$10,00010%
Camp Ramah in Northern California$5,25010%
Congregation Chofetz Chayim$5,2201n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTucson Jewish Community Center Inc: $3,319,142 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc: $2,918,621 over 8y, 12% of budgetTucson Hebrew Academy: $1,719,048 over 8y, 11% of budgetHillel Foundation at the University of Arizona: $1,264,981 over 8y, 34% of budgetThe Jewish History Museum: $979,104 over 8y, 65% of budgetHandmaker Jewish Services for the Aging: $284,830 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $259,718 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $73,380 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $58,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $36,003 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKline Galland Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSister Jose Women's Center: $22,424 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Ramah in Northern California: $5,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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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 14.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Southern ArizonaAZ30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Southern Arizona

How much does Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona give?
Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona reported 15 grants totaling $2,271,489 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Philanthropy (34%), Religion (12%).
Who are Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc ($3.3M), Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc ($2.9M), Tucson Hebrew Academy ($1.7M).
Does Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc.
Where is Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona based?
Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is based in AZ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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