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Minneapolis Jewish Federation

MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

$20M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
152
Itemized grants FY2024
102
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$13M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$24,044
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,351,470
Organizations funded a year
37 to 118
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
21
Total assets, FY2024
$244M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Minneapolis Jewish Federation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $442k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionCivil 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving136$12M22%
FY2023102$8.8M28%
FY202237$4.6M8%
FY2021103$19M20%
FY202091$13M32%
FY2019118$3.9M49%
FY201793$6.5Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$16MReligion$16MPhilanthropy$15MEducation$7.0MCivil Rights$5.0MInternational$3.9MRecreation & Sports$3.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis$7,760,123712%
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas$6,589,476761%
Morgan Stanley Foundation$6,445,917175%
Minnesota Jewish Community Center$3,868,693715%
Sholom Community Alliance$3,817,886624%
Temple Israel Foundation$3,696,606797%
Harold and Mickey Smith Jewish Academy$3,382,199713%
Minnesota Hillel$2,540,854763%
Herzl Camp Association Inc$2,448,423782%
Torah Academy of Minneapolis$2,035,4436n/a
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All grantees of Minneapolis Jewish Federation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis$7,760,123712%
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas$6,589,476761%
Morgan Stanley Foundation$6,445,917175%
Minnesota Jewish Community Center$3,868,693715%
Sholom Community Alliance$3,817,886624%
Temple Israel Foundation$3,696,606797%
Harold and Mickey Smith Jewish Academy$3,382,199713%
Minnesota Hillel$2,540,854763%
Herzl Camp Association Inc$2,448,423782%
Torah Academy of Minneapolis$2,035,4436n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$1,477,16870%
Talmud Torah of Minneapolis$1,399,1807n/a
Greater Twin Cities United Way$1,377,77570%
Bet Shalom$1,310,1437n/a
Beth El Synagogue$1,247,1777n/a
Bais Yaakov Girls High School of Minneapolis$1,235,672711%
Sha Arim Inc$1,194,704769%
Sholom Foundation$925,84577%
Shir Tikvah$857,1106n/a
J-Hap Inc$805,596729%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$691,50171%
Secure Community Network Inc$657,04042%
The Constellation Fund$610,00063%
Adath Jeshurun Congregation$606,4887n/a
Kenesseth Israel Synagogue$498,8507n/a
Second Harvest Heartland$387,32970%
Barry Family Campus Corporation$377,009119%
Baby's Space a Place to Grow$312,50063%
Herzl Camp Foundation$278,186226%
Jewfolk Media Inc$267,610625%
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$215,00040%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$214,23020%
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin Inc$212,6406n/a
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ$210,00020%
American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Foundation$205,22553%
CHABAD STUDENT CENTER AT UofM$195,434611%
Commonbond Communities$190,15060%
Jewish Family Foundation$189,355615%
Darchei Noam Congregation Mn$185,0114n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$183,90040%
Moishe House$171,44740%
Anti-Defamation League$166,04860%
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy$165,80052%
Congregation Bais Yisroel$160,0455n/a
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel$149,9106n/a
The American Independent Foundation$125,00020%
Yeshiva of Minneapolis$123,7244n/a
St Louis Park Emergency Program Inc$118,95562%
Food Group Minnesota Inc The$117,50040%
National Council of Jewish Women Minnesota (Mn) Section$114,153615%
Milkweed Editions Inc$106,65060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$102,01930%
Chabad Young Professionals$100,8183n/a
Oregon Food Bank$100,00050%
The Ark$100,00020%
Our American Future Foundation$100,00010%
University of Minnesota Foundation$99,38040%
Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography$95,00056%
Union for Reform Judaism$94,2651n/a
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$94,03050%
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota$93,11470%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$91,30050%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$90,50030%
Alight$90,05030%
Friends of the Earth$90,00030%
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest$86,022521%
Global Village Connect$84,480426%
American Jewish Committee$83,24540%
The Blake School$82,20040%
Nechama - Jewish Response to Disaster$80,46536%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$75,00040%
Food Group$75,0001n/a
Congregation Supporters of Torah Inc$74,0005n/a
World Resources Institute$65,00030%
NAMI National$64,75030%
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America$63,8604n/a
Pacer Center Inc$63,79330%
Environmental Working Group$60,00030%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$60,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$59,57230%
Minnesotans Against Terrorism$57,500177%
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative$57,00060%
Direct Relief$56,00030%
Aeon$55,00020%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$55,00030%
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation$55,00050%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$53,50010%
People Serving People Inc$50,48230%
Temple Adath or Inc$48,7405n/a
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$47,98030%
Six Points Theater$47,12453%
International Rescue Committee INC$45,25020%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$45,00030%
Sierra Club Foundation$45,00020%
Maayanot Community Mikveh of Minnesota$45,000131%
International Medical Corps$45,00020%
Science Museum of Minnesota$43,00050%
Jewish Community Association of Greater Phoenix$43,00040%
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$41,62410%
Neve Michael Childrens Village Inc$41,10042%
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$40,65020%
Project for Pride in Living Inc$40,25030%
People Responding in Social Ministry$37,54150%
Aish Minnesota$36,42039%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$36,40030%
Beth El Foundation of Minnesota Inc$35,72031%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$35,18010%
Debate It Forward$35,0003n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$35,00020%
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism$33,7432n/a
Minneapolis Community Kollel$32,8333n/a
Animal Humane Society$30,95030%
Feeding Our Communities Partners$30,00031%
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale$29,6822n/a
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$28,35020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$27,85040%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$27,81140%
Jewish Community Action$26,95032%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$25,9823n/a
The New Impact Fund$25,00022%
Voter Registration Project$25,00010%
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$25,00010%
People for the American Way Foundation$25,00010%
Habonim Dror Foundation Inc$25,00046%
The Sanneh Foundation$24,00020%
Central Fund of Israel$23,50040%
Negotiation Strategies Institute$23,0002n/a
Temple of Aaron$21,9002n/a
Scottsdale Arts$21,00030%
My Very Own Bed$20,00022%
Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association of the Bronx$20,00010%
Simpson Housing Services Inc$20,00020%
Atzum Inc$20,00012%
Pause 4 Paws$20,00025%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$20,00020%
Network for Oregon Affordable Housing$20,00010%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$20,00010%
Pollinator Friendly Alliance Inc$20,000119%
Chabad Academy Inc$19,4501n/a
Family Tree Inc$18,54320%
Angel Foundation$18,15020%
American Friends of Beit Ruth Inc$18,00030%
Gilda's Club Twin Cities Inc$17,70021%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$17,65020%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$16,50020%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$16,18520%
Propel Nonprofits$15,65020%
Birthright Israel Foundation$15,25020%
Feeding America$15,20010%
The Global Hunger Project$15,00010%
The Voter Participation Center$15,00010%
The Heard Museum$15,00010%
Friends of Arava the Institute Ltd$15,00011%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$15,00010%
Operation Homefront Inc$15,00010%
Folds of Honor Foundation Minnesota Inc$15,00021%
Nextgen Climate America Inc$15,00011%
Center for Economic Inclusion$15,00010%
The Bridge for Youth$15,00020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$14,84020%
Hias Inc$14,48820%
Spokane Tribe of Indians$14,1751n/a
Adath Jeshurun Foundation$13,9301n/a
America Gives Inc$13,50020%
Clean Water Fund$13,27010%
Springboard for the Arts$13,25010%
Bank Street College of Education$13,00020%
Friends of Hagal Sheli Inc$12,76610%
The Israel Project$12,5001n/a
The Schechter Institutes Inc$12,50010%
Washburn Center for Children$12,27520%
Foundation for Educational Research and Development$12,0001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$12,00010%
Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix & Namekagon$11,70011%
Hadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc$11,60220%
Crescent Cove$11,00010%
American Friends of Migdal Torah Inc$11,00012%
Children's Health Care Foundation$10,50010%
Boca Pointe Shul Inc$10,5001n/a
Chabad on Campus at Osu$10,5001n/a
Fraser$10,00010%
Allina Health Foundation$10,00010%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$10,00010%
Congregation Adath Israel$10,0001n/a
Slp Seeds$10,00015%
House of Charity$10,00010%
Adopt-A-Classroom Inc$10,00010%
Giving Voice Initiative$10,00016%
Children's Home Society of Minnesota$10,00010%
Hunger Solutions Minnesota$10,00020%
Twin Cities Orthopedics Foundation$10,00011%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Greater Things$10,0001n/a
Huge Improv Theater$10,00012%
Perspectives Inc$10,00010%
Autism Opportunities Foundation$10,00010%
Finca International Inc$10,00010%
Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc$10,00010%
Bay Area Community Resources Inc$10,00010%
Threshold to New Life$10,00016%
Brother's Brother Foundation$10,00010%
Uprooted Inc$10,000140%
Annex Teen Clinic Inc$10,00010%
Wilsons Image College Scholarship$10,000132%
Ohr Somayach International Inc$10,00010%
Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies$10,00011%
Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic$9,93210%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$9,38010%
Zamir Choral Foundation Inc$9,00010%
Our Lady of Peace$8,35210%
Oneloveyoga$8,2421n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$8,00010%
Relate Inc$7,98010%
Accelerate Change Inc$7,50010%
Northside Achievement Zone$7,50010%
American Friends of Turkish Jewry Inc$7,5001n/a
Apoyemos Al Espanol Inc$7,500112%
TreesCharlotte$7,50010%
Jtp Professional Service Corporation$7,30010%
Mind Share Partners$7,00011%
Social Venture Partners Minnesota$7,0001n/a
Greater Miami Hillel Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Temple Solel$6,9001n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$6,78010%
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation$6,55010%
Avenues for Youth$6,5001n/a
Chabad on Campus International Inc$6,30010%
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society$6,20010%
Artreach St Croix$6,20013%
Lake Street Council$6,10010%
Kehlia Kedosha Janina Synagogue$6,0001n/a
National Medical Fellowships Inc$5,75010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$5,58910%
The Institute for Holocaust$5,50015%
Merkos L Inyounei Chinuch Lubavitch of Indiana Inc$5,50010%
All 4 Israel Inc$5,50011%
The Blue Card Inc$5,35910%
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El$5,3001n/a
Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation$5,3001n/a
Chabad at Ku Inc$5,1001n/a
Riverdale Senior Services Inc$5,07510%
Project N95 Inc$5,00010%
Bridges for Peace Inc$5,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$5,00010%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$5,00010%
Agate Housing & Services Inc$5,00010%
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc$5,00010%
Farmyield Africa$5,0001n/a
Urban League Twin Cities$5,00010%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$5,00010%
Sharing and Caring Hands Inc$5,00010%
East Side Neighborhood Services Inc$5,00010%
National Alliance to End Homelessness$5,00010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$5,00010%
Neighborhood House$5,00010%
American Friends of Aish Hatorah - Western Region Inc$5,0001n/a
Edina Give and Go$5,00013%
Xerces Society Inc$5,00010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$5,00010%
Ainsworth Foundation$5,0001n/a
National Ramah Commission Inc$1,01810%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Minneapolis Jewish Federation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis: $7,760,123 over 7y, 12% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas: $6,589,476 over 7y, 61% of budgetMorgan Stanley Foundation: $6,445,917 over 1y, 75% of budgetMinnesota Jewish Community Center: $3,868,693 over 7y, 15% of budgetSholom Community Alliance: $3,817,886 over 6y, 24% of budgetTemple Israel Foundation: $3,696,606 over 7y, 97% of budgetHarold and Mickey Smith Jewish Academy: $3,382,199 over 7y, 13% of budgetMinnesota Hillel: $2,540,854 over 7y, 63% of budgetHerzl Camp Association Inc: $2,448,423 over 7y, 82% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,477,168 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $1,377,775 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBais Yaakov Girls High School of Minneapolis: $1,235,672 over 7y, 11% of budgetSha Arim Inc: $1,194,704 over 7y, 69% of budgetSholom Foundation: $925,845 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetJ-Hap Inc: $805,596 over 7y, 29% of budgetJewish Agency for Israel - North American Council: $691,501 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetSecure Community Network Inc: $657,040 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetThe Constellation Fund: $610,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $387,329 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBarry Family Campus Corporation: $377,009 over 1y, 19% of budgetBaby's Space a Place to Grow: $312,500 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetHerzl Camp Foundation: $278,186 over 2y, 26% of budgetJewfolk Media Inc: $267,610 over 6y, 25% of budgetAmerican Israel Education Foundation Inc: $215,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $214,230 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $210,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Foundation: $205,225 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetCHABAD STUDENT CENTER AT UofM: $195,434 over 6y, 11% of budgetCommonbond Communities: $190,150 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Family Foundation: $189,355 over 6y, 15% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $183,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMoishe House: $171,447 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $166,048 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy: $165,800 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetThe American Independent Foundation: $125,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis Park Emergency Program Inc: $118,955 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFood Group Minnesota Inc The: $117,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Minnesota (Mn) Section: $114,153 over 6y, 15% of budgetMilkweed Editions Inc: $106,650 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $102,019 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ark: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOur American Future Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $99,380 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Exhibition of Photography: $95,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $94,030 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota: $93,114 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $91,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN78.6× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mike & Linda Fiterman Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The K Foundation · Target Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Tamar Fink 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.

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About Minneapolis Jewish Federation

How much does Minneapolis Jewish Federation give?
Minneapolis Jewish Federation reported 152 itemized grants totaling $12,815,626, out of $19,862,155 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 118 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Minneapolis Jewish Federation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Religion (21%), Philanthropy (20%).
Who are Minneapolis Jewish Federation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis ($7.8M), Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas ($6.6M), Morgan Stanley Foundation ($6.4M).
Does Minneapolis Jewish Federation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Minneapolis Jewish Federation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mike & Linda Fiterman Family Foundation.
Where is Minneapolis Jewish Federation based?
Minneapolis Jewish Federation is based in MN.

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 287 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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