Massachusetts · Public charity
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
The JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES cares for those in need and nurtures and sustains the jewish community locally, in israel and around the world today and for future generations.
- $660k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
77% of Jewish Federation of the Berkshires’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Jewish Federations Of North America Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2024
- $378k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $282,338
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Jewish Federation of the Berkshires funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $89k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $129k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $159k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $87k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $72k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $67k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hevreh of Southern Berkshire Inc | $216,086 | 8 | n/a |
| Knesset Israel Congregation | $114,589 | 6 | n/a |
| Anti-Defamation League | $88,073 | 5 | 0% |
| Temple Anshe Amunim | $85,319 | 6 | n/a |
| Hillel House at the University of Mass at Amherst | $62,950 | 8 | 1% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Israel - North Adams Ma | $14,672 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Berkshire County Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Israel Beth Israel Synagogue | $5,654 | 1 | n/a |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $5,150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
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: The Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Jewish Federation of the Berkshires with peer funders
About Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
- How much does Jewish Federation of the Berkshires give?
- Jewish Federation of the Berkshires reported 8 itemized grants totaling $378,238, out of $659,704 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jewish Federation of the Berkshires fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Religion (21%), Civil Rights (4%).
- Who are Jewish Federation of the Berkshires's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hevreh of Southern Berkshire Inc ($216k), Knesset Israel Congregation ($115k), Anti-Defamation League ($88k).
- Does Jewish Federation of the Berkshires fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of the Berkshires?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Jewish Federation of the Berkshires based?
- Jewish Federation of the Berkshires is based in MA.
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