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Jewish Silicon Valley

The mission of JEWISH SILICON VALLEY is to harness the power of community to improve lives, build bridges of understanding and strengthen the jewish people here, in israel, and around the world.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$306k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Religion$1.5MHuman Services$1.5MEducation$639kCommunity Improvement$474kPhilanthropy$425kYouth Development$133kHealth$66kInternational$59kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $1,131,494, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,440,288 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $308,794 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $339k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $423k
  • $250k+1 grant · $306k
$11,550
Median grant
6
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$306,358
JEWISH SILICON VALLEY$137,350
HILLEL OF SILICON VALLEY$90,628
JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA$67,902
YAVNEH DAY SCHOOL$66,790
JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA$60,000
CONGREGATION SINAI OF SAN JOSE$36,278
J LEADERS$30,000
SHALOM BAYIT$26,250
INTERNATIONAL DX ASSOCIATION INC$25,000
CONGREGATION BETH DAVID$21,770
CONGREGATION SHIR HADASH$20,770
CHABAD OF SANTA CLARA$20,000
SANTA CRUZ HILLEL$18,000
TEMPLE EMANU-EL$17,572
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $60k → 17%KAVOD-ENSURING DIGNITY FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS: $44k → 12%SHALOM BAYIT: $26k → 10%JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $60k → 17%SHALOM BAYIT A PROJECT OF TIDES CENTER: $20k → 10%JCC ASSOCIATION: $60k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $652k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $306k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $151k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $147k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $120k → 8%JEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $29k → 8%ADDISON-PENZAK JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 8%LIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC: $6k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 27 repeat orgs$390k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
11

Total granted

$4.1M
$263k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
0%

Still filing today

78%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +446%
  • HO
    HILLEL OF SILICON VALLEY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $327k · revenue +46%
  • JL
    J LEADERS
    4× · 2022–2025 · $85k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • LF
    Levy Family Campus
    one grant, 2021 · $106k · revenue -71%
  • K
    KAVODgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $44k · revenue +70%
  • CO
    CHABAD OF S JOSE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
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
2
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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3
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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4
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
5
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
6
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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7
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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8
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
9
Hillel 818

Hillel 818 is the campus hub for all things Jewish at Cal State Northridge, Pierce College, LA Valley College, and throughout the San Fernando Valley. We empower our 6,000+ Jewish students to forge lasting friendships, grow as leaders,…

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10
Clal-the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc

A leading advocate for pluralism and diversity, clal offers jewish wisdom that enhances public life, deepens civic engagement and cultivates personal growth.

Religion
11
The Pardes Jewish Day School Inc

The pardes jewish day school prepares students to become outstanding members of society through a rigorous secular and judaic education, a nurturing community, and a foundation in reform judaism that welcomes all jewish traditions.

Education
12
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Repair the World; the most unlike its peers is Shalom Bayit Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 55 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
19/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE EMANU-EL: $523,894 · OtherTEMPLE EMANU-ELJEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $430,571 · OtherJEWISH SILICON VALLEYHILLEL OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $327,484 · OtherHILLEL OF SILICON VALLEY INCCHABAD S CLARA: $109,000 · OtherCHABAD S CLARACONGREGATION SINAI OF SAN JOSE: $89,760 · OtherCONGREGATION SHIR HADASH: $74,471 · Other+21 more: $365,286 · Other+21 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,376,915 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLE…JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $180,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF…+5 more: $129,253 · Human Services+5 moreYavneh Day School: $332,927 · EducationYavneh Day Scho…City Learners Inc dba My City School: $83,900 · EducationCity Learners I…South Peninsula Hebrew Day School: $54,180 · EducationSouth Peninsula…FRIENDS OF EDUCARE CALIFORNIA AT SILICON VALLEY: $50,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF EDUC…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationThe Burkard School: $28,800 · Education+7 more: $109,300 · Education+7 moreTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $266,582 · PhilanthropyLevy Family Campus: $106,347 · Philanthropy+1 more: $11,600 · PhilanthropyJ LEADERS: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $48,180 · Youth DevelopmentREPAIR THE WORLD: $43,875 · Community ImprovementSILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: $21,550 · Arts & CultureMusic By Heart: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,920,466Human Services$1,686,168Education$689,107Philanthropy$384,529Youth Development$133,180Community Improvement$43,875Arts & Culture$41,550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $1,376,915 over 5y, 15% of budgetYavneh Day School: $332,927 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHILLEL OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $327,484 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $266,582 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $180,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLevy Family Campus: $106,347 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetJ LEADERS: $85,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetCity Learners Inc dba My City School: $83,900 over 3y, 17% of budgetSouth Peninsula Hebrew Day School: $54,180 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF EDUCARE CALIFORNIA AT SILICON VALLEY: $50,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $48,180 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Cruz Hillel Foundation: $44,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetREPAIR THE WORLD: $43,875 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKAVOD: $43,575 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH SILICON VALLEY: $33,803 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Burkard School: $28,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOSHMAN FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $26,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONETABLE INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $22,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: $21,550 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION EAST VALLEY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusic By Heart: $20,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNLI USA INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARIN HORIZON SCHOOL INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $11,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of New York: $11,371 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTS & MINDS ACTIVITY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $8,960 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRimon Club Z DBA Club Z: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLIFE SERVICES ALTERNATIVES INC: $5,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID-PENINSULA EDUCATION CENTER INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA29× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Levy Family Campus · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Arcadia Foundation · Ruth Reinhard Fletcher Charitable Foundation · Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Koret Foundation · Hopewell Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Chai House Inc · Meyer Milton Char Tuw-Main

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jewish Silicon Valley funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jewish Silicon Valley. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 55 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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