· Public charity
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
In order to unite, sustain, and enhance the lehigh valley community, and support jewish communities in israel and around the world, the JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY is dedicated to core values accomplished by raising and distributing funds to jewish and non-jewish charities in support of its core values.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $38k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMERICA | $543,436 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ALLENTOWN | $350,000 |
| JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF ALLENTOWN PA | $307,500 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY | $120,000 |
| BETHLEHEM JEWISH COMMUNITY GRANT CONGREGATION BRITH SHOLOM | $25,000 |
| MUHLENBERG COLLEGE HILLEL SOCIETY CO MUHLENBERG COLLEGE | $12,500 |
| HEBREW FAMILY LEAGUE | $7,500 |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY HILLEL SOCIETY CO LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | $6,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF ALLENTOWN9× · 2017–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +29%
- JDJEWISH DAY SCHOOL OF THE LEHIGH VAL9× · 2017–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +34%
- JFJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY9× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +114%
Funded once
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
7 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. 7 of the 12 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.
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 R B Sabn Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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