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The Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$49k
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

87% of The Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Fund’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Utah, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Fund named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $49k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
10
’18
7
’19
4
’20
4
’21
5
’22
5
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$860kInternational$89kEducation$86kReligion$69kCrime & Legal$15kPublic Benefit$10kScience & Tech$10kEnvironment$7kOther$0
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k6 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $34k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$34,000
Wilshire Boulevard Temple$3,600
New Israel Fund$2,500
Janes Due Process Inc$2,500
Earthjustice$2,500
Bet Tzedek$2,500
Penn Hillel - Hillel Fdn for Jewish Campus Life$1,000
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 (FY19–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Commonweal: $1k → 8%Commonweal: $547 → 8%Commonweal: $413 → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MD
DC
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40k · 6 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
15

Total granted

$40k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+41%

Still filing today

67%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BT
    BET TZEDEK
    2× · 2022–2023 · $13k · revenue +35%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $5k · revenue +82%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $2k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +20%
  • NS
    National Student Parent Mock Election
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • CC
    CCF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +48%
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
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
4
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
5
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
6
The Jewish Agency for Israel

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…

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7
University of Judaism Foundation
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8
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
9
American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc

The american technion society supports the technion's critical research and (continued on sch o)

International
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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12
Brown Hillel Foundation

Brown risd hillel encourages and supports a diversity of students as they explore, develop and deepen their jewish identities. we are committed to having judaism serve as a source of meaning and growth during their time on college hill and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Hebrew University Inc; the most unlike its peers is Commonweal. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
24/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Community Foundation of Utah: $738,625 · PhilanthropyThe Community Foundation of UtahJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $113,369 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES+3 more: $17,627 · PhilanthropyNEW ISRAEL FUND: $41,504 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL F…AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISR…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRI…AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $9,626 · InternationalAMERICAN COM…ISRAEL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION: $9,626 · InternationalISRAEL CENTE…+1 more: $4,000 · InternationalCONGREGATION NER TAMID OF SOUTH BAY: $48,130 · OtherCONGREGATI…WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE: $16,534 · OtherWILSHIRE B…American Society of Technion: $14,439 · OtherAmerican S…BET TZEDEK: $12,500 · OtherBET TZEDEKNational Student Parent Mock Election: $10,000 · OtherNational S…+9 more: $9,324 · Other+9 moreAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $28,878 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,770 · Education+2 more: $883 · EducationEARTHJUSTICE: $5,132 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,287 · EnvironmentMARTHA'S VINEYARD CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureJANE'S DUE PROCESS INC: $2,500 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$869,621International$123,756Other$110,927Education$36,531Environment$7,419Arts & Culture$2,500Civil Rights$2,500

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 budgetThe Community Foundation of Utah: $738,625 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $113,369 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $41,504 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $28,878 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBET TZEDEK: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $9,626 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $9,626 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION: $9,626 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $5,132 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCCF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES FUND: $5,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetJANE'S DUE PROCESS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,287 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMONWEAL: $2,131 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,770 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEVCORP NORTH DBA ROGERS PARK BUSINESS ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $997 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $633 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALVIN S MINTZES HATZALAH OF BALTIMORE INC: $290 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJVS SOCAL: $126 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.

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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jewish Community Foundation Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

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 34 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 (FY2024) 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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