· Private foundation
Joseph Elias Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PGH | $52,000 |
| CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM | $10,916 |
| SQUIRREL HILL COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY | $3,000 |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | $1,800 |
| JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING | $1,000 |
| CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| JEWISH CEMETERY & BURIAL ASSOCIATION | $500 |
| HOLOCAUST CENTER OF PITTSBURGH | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $218 |
| ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND | $200 |
| BLAWNOX VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | $150 |
| B'NAI B'RITH INTERNATIONAL | $110 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100 |
| PARKVIEW PLEASANT VALLEY FIRE ASSOCIATION | $100 |
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, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JFJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PGH4× · 2022–2025 · $212k
- CBCONGREGATION BETH SHALOM9× · 2017–2025 · $76k
- SHSQUIRREL HILL COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY8× · 2017–2025 · $20k
Funded once
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI-AFLone grant, 2021 · $2k
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +70%- ALANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEone grant, 2018 · $250
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.
The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…
Jewish Family Service is a nonprofit social service organization that supports people of all faiths as they navigate through lifes's challenges - illness, aging , finanical uncertainty, mental health concerns, family problems, or personal…
The jewish agency for israel - north american council (the organization"), was organized to work with and in support of nonprofit organizations in israel active in the fields of aliyah (immigration) and absorption; service to vulnerable…
The jewish fertility foundation (jff) engages hopeful parents by providing financial assistance, emotional support, and infertility education to those struggling to build their families.
The mission of the youngstown area jewish federation is to sustain and enrich the quality of life for the jewish people regionally, in israel and worldwide. we are guided by the values of tzedkah (righteousness), klal yisrael (the…
Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.
Enriching jewish life in northwest indiana, in israel and around the world through service, programming, advocacy and fundraising.
The Jewish Community Council of Erie is a community-based organization serving individuals and families in the Erie area with a wide range of social and educational services, as well as capacity-building support to other community-based…
Advancement of the Jewish Community
To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action (JFREJ Action or JFREJ) is the home for Jewish New Yorkers organizing with our neighbors and allies to transform New York from a playground for the wealthy few into a real democracy for all of us.…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 44 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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND dba JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Bonei Olam Inc ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVA ↗
- Who funds EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PA ↗
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: David S Shapira Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph Elias Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph Elias Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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