New York · Public charity
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has acted on behalf of North America's Jewish communities and others to fulfill the principle that "kol Yisrael arevim zeh l'zeh" - all Jews are responsible for one another. JDC is dedicated (cont. on sched. O)
- $232M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $499k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $189,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $858M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $276k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $434k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.2M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.4M | 39% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.6M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $965k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $656k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $1.4M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine Inc | $2,851,926 | 5 | 87% |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $1,584,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Moishe House | $872,306 | 8 | 3% |
| Cadena Foundation Inc | $714,642 | 3 | 11% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $603,548 | 3 | 1% |
| B Nai B Rith | $364,377 | 2 | n/a |
| The Harold Grinspoon Foundation | $257,239 | 2 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $212,709 | 4 | 0% |
| World Council of Jewish Communal Services Inc | $210,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Shalem Foundation | $155,000 | 6 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Koum Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
- How much does The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc give?
- The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $498,500, out of $232,161,608 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (29%), International (25%), Religion (16%).
- Who are The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine Inc ($2.9M), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion ($1.6M), Moishe House ($872k).
- Does The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Koum Family Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
- Where is The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc based?
- The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc is based in NY.
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