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United Jewish Federation of Utah

The federation's mission is to build and maintain a vibrant and inclusive jewish community through meeting human needs, promoting jewish identity, and encouraging commitment to the needs of jewish people.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.7MInternational$864kHuman Services$583kYouth Development$346kReligion$309kPublic Safety & Disaster$281kEducation$228kRecreation & Sports$47kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $1,159,546, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,228,852 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $69,306 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $637k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$29,948
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMER$399,769
SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC$226,929
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION$212,637
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$74,150
CONGREGATION KOL AMI$62,300
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$60,800
TEMPLE HAR SHALOM$29,948
HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION$24,513
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC$18,000
AFMDA$18,000
MCGILLIS SCHOOL$13,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$10,000
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF UTAH$9,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $74k → 8%SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $227k → 14%HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $23k → 17%HILLEL: $55k → 8%SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $54k → 14%HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $22k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $51k → 8%HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $22k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $25k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 8%HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $22k → 17%AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION: $327k → 17%HILLEL FOR UTAH: $45k → 8%HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $22k → 17%AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION: $213k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $39k → 8%AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION: $72k → 17%HILLEL FOR UTAH: $36k → 8%AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION: $45k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 8%AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION: $41k → 17%HILLEL FOR UTAH: $33k → 8%AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION: $39k → 17%IJ & J WAGNER COM CEN: $31k → 8%HILLEL FOR UTAH: $30k → 8%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMER: $877k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $29k → 8%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMER: $400k → 17%CAMP SZARVAS SCHOLARSHIP: $28k → 8%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMER: $133k → 17%ISRAEL SPECIAL CAMPAIGN: $22k → 8%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMER: $127k → 17%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMER: $91k → 17%THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTH AMER: $81k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $61k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $45k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $41k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $39k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $35k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $29k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $29k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $27k → 8%CONGREGATION KOL AMI: $62k → 8%CONGREGATION KOL AMI: $47k → 8%CONGREGATION KOL AMI: $25k → 8%CONGREGATION KOL AMI: $22k → 8%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF UTAH: $25k → 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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 12 repeat orgs$217k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$2.5M
$181k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+38%

Still filing today

67%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalRecreation & SportsEducationPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureOther
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

  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $738k · revenue +24%
  • IJ
    IJ & JEANNE WAGNER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $330k · revenue +45%
  • JF
    Jewish Family Service
    8× · 2017–2024 · $306k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • H
    HILLEL
    one grant, 2018 · $55k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $28k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF UTAH
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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
University of Judaism Foundation
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2
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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3
Sherit Isroel
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4
United Israel Appeal Inc

The principal function of uia is to administer and supervise the funds allocated for philanthropic purposes related to immigration and absorption of humanitarian migrants to israel and jewish identity programs in israel and the former…

International
5
Joint Israel

To help build a more just society by creating model programs for disadvantaged populations. The activities focus primarily on helping Israel overcome the challenges facing five groups (cont. on sched O):

International
6
Eastern European Jewish Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
7
National Council of Jewish Women Inc Jersey Hills Section
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8
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc

Uja-federation of new york (uja) cares for jews everywhere and new yorkers of all backgrounds, responds to crises close to home and far away, and shapes the jewish future. through strategic grantmaking, uja provides funding and resources…

Philanthropy
9
Delegation of Jewish American Students (Dojas)
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10
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc

The international fellowship of christian and jews is the leading non-profit building bridges between christians and jews, blessing israel and the jewish people around the world with, humanitarian care and life-saving aid.

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11
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
12
Idf Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,709,864 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INCJewish Family Service: $306,020 · OtherJewish Family ServiceCONGREGATION KOL AMI: $213,819 · OtherCONGREGATION KOL AMIPARK CITY JEWISH CENTER INC: $171,013 · OtherPARK CITY JEWISH CENTER INCTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $166,169 · OtherTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATIONHILLEL FOR UTAH: $160,797 · OtherHILLEL FOR UTAHHILLEL: $55,180 · OtherCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF UTAH INC: $49,650 · Other+6 more: $120,550 · Other+6 moreThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $737,758 · InternationalThe American Jewish …+4 more: $71,000 · International+4 moreIJ & JEANNE WAGNER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $329,563 · Recreation & SportsSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $281,349 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $65,180 · EducationFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $18,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$1,709,864Other$1,243,198International$808,758Recreation & Sports$329,563Public Safety & Disaster$281,349Education$65,180Arts & Culture$18,000

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 JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $1,709,864 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $737,758 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetIJ & JEANNE WAGNER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $329,563 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetJewish Family Service: $306,020 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $281,349 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $166,169 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL FOR UTAH: $160,797 over 5y, 20% of budgetTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $65,180 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $26,849 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 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 THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds IJ & JEANNE WAGNER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Family Service ↗
  • Who funds SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL FOR UTAH ↗
  • Who funds THE MCGILLIS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ORT AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗

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 Community Foundat…Ihc Health Services I…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of UtahUT15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Ihc Health Services Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 United Jewish Federation of Utah funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Jewish Federation of Utah. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–40%
    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 23 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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