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Los Angeles Jewish Fund at a glance

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Los Angeles Jewish Fund

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$87k
Granted FY2022
5
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$1.6MReligion$1.4MInternational$482kCivil Rights$253kHealth$130kFood & Nutrition$76kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2022 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$22,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETH JACOB CONGREGATION$25,000
BUILDERS OF JEWISH EDUCATION$25,000
TOURO COLLEGE LOS ANGELES SCHOLARSHIP FUND$22,000
EMEK HEBEW ACADEMY$12,500
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC$12,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $40k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $5k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $5k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TORAS MOSHE: $50k → 20%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $5k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $5k → 17%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Los Angeles Jewish Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 80% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 0%.

Los Angeles Jewish Fundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 41 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 38 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
31

Total granted

$3.0M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
0%

Still filing today

37%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
InternationalReligionEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $238k · revenue +51%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $76k · revenue +169%
  • MO
    MESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES
    5× · 2017–2021 · $68k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $407k
  • SH
    SHALHEVET HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $211k
  • GM
    Gindi Maimonides Academy
    one grant, 2021 · $125k
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
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
—
2
Sherit Isroel
—
3
American Friends of Torat Eliyahu
Philanthropy
4
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
5
American Friends of Amshinover Yeshiva Jerusalem Inc

Support of religious schools in Israel

International
6
American Friends of Even Yisroel Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
8
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
9
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
10
American Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel Inc

To support religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational programs

Education
11
University of Judaism Foundation
—
12
American Friends of Zvi Latzadik Dba Breslov Research Institute Jerusalem

To foster jewish religious education and disseminate the teachings of rabbi nachman of breslov through publication and distribution of books and cds, as well as seminars, lectures and study groups.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Leket Israel Inc; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 75 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $406,968 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEMEK HEBEW ACADEMY: $324,000 · OtherEMEK HEBEW ACADEMYYESHIVA RAV ISACSOHN TORATH EMETH ACADEMY: $314,000 · OtherYESHIVA RAV ISACSOHN TORATH EMETH ACADEMYYULA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES: $284,590 · OtherYULA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELESHILLEL HEBREW ACADEMY: $263,750 · OtherHILLEL HEBREW ACADEMYVALLEY TORAH CENTER: $254,500 · OtherVALLEY TORAH CENTERYULA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES: $249,160 · OtherYULA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELESSHALHEVET HIGH SCHOOL: $210,877 · OtherSHALHEVET HIGH SCHOOLYAVNEH HEBREW ACADEMY: $194,393 · OtherYAVNEH HEBREW ACADEMY+40 more: $865,361 · Other+40 morePEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $324,900 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAE…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $75,700 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN …SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $237,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $60,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETZER CHAZANI INC: $36,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $36,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ERETZ HEMDAH: $26,200 · InternationalMICHAEL LEVIN LONE SOLDIER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · InternationalALEXANDER MUSS INSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION INC: $13,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TORAS MOSHE: $12,000 · InternationalAMIT CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $10,000 · International+3 more: $7,000 · InternationalGindi Maimonides Academy: $125,000 · ReligionMercaz Beth Jacob in Eretz Yisroel: $52,950 · ReligionBUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC: $25,000 · ReligionMERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $17,000 · Religion+1 more: $2,000 · ReligionOR HACHAIM ACADEMY: $78,484 · EducationMESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $68,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $59,750 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TORAT MOSHE: $50,000 · Human Services
Other$3,367,599Philanthropy$400,600Arts & Culture$238,500International$225,200Religion$221,950Education$148,484Human Services$109,750

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 budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $324,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $237,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOR HACHAIM ACADEMY: $78,484 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $75,700 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $68,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND: $59,750 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetMercaz Beth Jacob in Eretz Yisroel: $52,950 over 4y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETZER CHAZANI INC: $36,000 over 1y, 93% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $36,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PERUTZ ETZ JACOB HEBREW ACADEMY: $35,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ERETZ HEMDAH: $26,200 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetBUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL: $17,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLETTER OF THE LAW INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMICHAEL LEVIN LONE SOLDIER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetALEXANDER MUSS INSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TORAS MOSHE: $12,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMIT CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE HANNA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVATH KEREM B'YAVNEH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASHREINU CORPORATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Migdal OHR: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAISH TAMID OF LOS ANGELES: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JAFFA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ELNET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Gindi Maimonides Academy ↗
  • Who funds OR HACHAIM ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds MESIVTA OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL IN JERUSALEM INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL SPECIAL KIDS FUND ↗
  • Who funds Mercaz Beth Jacob in Eretz Yisroel ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TORAT MOSHE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NETZER CHAZANI INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PERUTZ ETZ JACOB HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ERETZ HEMDAH ↗
  • Who funds BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC ↗
  • Who funds MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL ↗

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 Foun…Jewish Communal FundJewish Federation Cou…Combined Jewish Phila…Bureau of Jewish Educ…The Alon and Rosana M…Hager FoundationGoldner Family Founda…Jewish Federation of …Lee and Anne Samson C…Hyman Jebb Levy Found…The Sassoon Family Fo…
Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA29.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc · The Alon and Rosana Miller Foundation · Hager Foundation · Goldner Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Lee and Anne Samson Charitable Foundation · Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation · The Sassoon Family Foundation

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 Los Angeles Jewish Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Los Angeles Jewish Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Los Angeles Jewish Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Los Angeles Jewish Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 75 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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