· Public charity
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $104k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $666k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA | $674,925 |
| TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | $483,356 |
| JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES | $291,920 |
| TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY | $214,535 |
| HILLEL FOUNDATION | $204,366 |
| JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM | $121,033 |
| JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL | $71,093 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | $55,138 |
| CONGREGATION ANSHAEI ISRAEL | $32,655 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| TUCSON TORAH CENTER | $17,100 |
| KOL AMI SYNAGOGUE | $16,947 |
| CHABAD LUBAVITCH | $16,800 |
| JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE | $8,000 |
| CAMP RAMAH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA | $5,250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $6.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 91% of Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 66% of the giving stays in AZ; by stated purpose, 9%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TJTUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC8× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +83%
- JFJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC8× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +172%
- HFHILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +41% · 34% of their budget
Funded once
- KGKline Galland Centergraduatedone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +299%
- SJSister Jose Women's Centergraduatedone grant, 2018 · $22k · revenue +365%
- ICInterfaith Community Servicesone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -47%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC ↗
- Who funds TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds HANDMAKER JEWISH SERVICES FOR THE AGING ↗
- Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
- Who funds Community Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds Kline Galland Center ↗
- Who funds Sister Jose Women's Center ↗
- Who funds Interfaith Community Services ↗
- Who funds CAMP RAMAH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
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 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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