California · Public charity
Jews of Color Initiative
The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish people.
- $457k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 76%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $115,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 25
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 76% of the organizations Jews of Color Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $342k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $387k | 76% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $678k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammud the Joc Torah Academy Inc | $144,860 | 2 | 25% |
| ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal | $125,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Forward Association Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Women's Theatre | $60,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Tzedek America | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $52,643 | 2 | n/a |
| Kol Tikvah | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Learning Venture | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Join for Justice Inc | $42,000 | 2 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Jews of Color Initiative supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Covenant Foundation · Tides Center · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Proteus Fund Inc · Upstart Bay Area · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Jews of Color Initiative
- How much does Jews of Color Initiative give?
- Jews of Color Initiative reported 15 grants totaling $457,444 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 25 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Jews of Color Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Philanthropy (23%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Jews of Color Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Ammud the Joc Torah Academy Inc ($145k), ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal ($125k), The Forward Association Inc ($75k).
- Does Jews of Color Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jews of Color Initiative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation, United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
- Where is Jews of Color Initiative based?
- Jews of Color Initiative is based in CA.
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