New York · Nonprofit
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (New York) receives grants from 2187 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,051,333 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($39,186,387). 1334 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $135M
- Funders on record
- 2,187
- Grants received
- $259M
- Net assets
- $50M
What Anti-Defamation League does
Mission
Anti-Defamation League (the "league") is a leading anti-hate organization that was founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of antisemitism and bigotry. (continued in sch. O)its timeless mission is to stop the defamation of the jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. Today, the league continues to fight antisemitism and other forms of hate with the same vigor and passion. In addition to being the first call when acts of antisemitism occur, the league is a global leader in delivering antisemitism education and combatting extremism and hate online. The league's ultimate goal is a world in which no group or individual suffers from unjust and unfair discrimination.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Field operations - supervises and coordinates the league's coast-to-coast network of regional offices. Establishes and monitors operating plans for each region, with a particular focus on priority programs and activities, including training for educators, students and law enforcement professionals; governmental advocacy; collecting and reporting on antisemitic activity; victim assistance; and response to antisemitism (crimes and bias incidents).
$32,472,200 spentof which $2,530,945 as grants$21,510 earned by the program34% of program spendingPolicy and programs - see schedule opolicy and programs encompasses work including national affairs, the center on extremism; law enforcement; national litigation (including the legal action network); the center for technology and society; and the center for antisemitism research.the national affairs team promotes the league's mission in washington, d.c. And around the country with a focus on legislative advocacy, outreach to government officials, and coalition building. The center on extremism studies and exposes extremist movements and threats across the ideological spectrum and provides actionable intelligence and data-based analysis to law enforcement, public officials, community leaders and others. The law enforcement team conducts programs for law enforcement agencies on antisemitism, violent extremism and community security.adl's national litigation team works to provide victims of antisemitism and hate with access to legal services. In october 2025, adl launched the legal action network which helps broaden its reach to do just that. The center for technology and society works to develop new strategies in the fight against antisemitism and hate online, analyzing and…
$28,270,180 spentof which $554,572 as grants$125,522 earned by the program29% of program spendingPublic awareness - manages awareness through published materials, national and regional websites, social media, social media marketing, email marketing, direct mail campaigns, online video and public relations campaigns, communications, and managing relationships. Works to ensure consistent branding across the organization. Keeps constituents informed of breaking news and issues involved with adl's work. Prepares visual and print materials on adl issues, goals and objectives; writes, edits and produces materials (reports, brochures, invitations newsletters, publications); and handles special projects such as exhibits and events.
$18,123,902 spentof which $26,918 as grants19% of program spendingEducation - furthers adl's mission through the design and delivery of intergroup, holocaust, anti-bias, and other educational programs and materials for use in p-12 classrooms, on college campuses, and with community groups, corporations, civic associations, religious organizations, youth movements, and other nontraditional learning contexts.
$9,788,542 spentof which $31,829 as grants$280,336 earned by the program10% of program spendingInternational affairs - maintains contacts throughout europe, latin america, the middle east, and the u.s. To better understand antisemitism and bigotry worldwide and to coordinate on best practices to fight this hatred. Measures and analyzes trends around the world related to antisemitism and related issues. Initiates educational programs for international audiences on understanding and combatting antisemitism.
$7,913,968 spentof which $77,055 as grants8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $96,568,792.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $67M to $98M (+47%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO & national director
Board chair
Nicole Mutchnik
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 517 funders to 964 funders, grant income rose $12M → $42M.
97 of 2187 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $139M from 108 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Anti-Defamation League Foundation); $8.9M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest Crimson Lion Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE raised.
From the IRS filings of ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 2187 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 17 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 17 funders to its left
37% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 10% · 2018 33% · 2019 22% · 2020 19% · 2021 11% · 2022 13% · 2023 14% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
45% of ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 47 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92M arriving through sponsors registered in 30 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $56k on record — $21k federal, $36k state.
- Department of Homeland Security$19k
- Department of Justice$2k
- NJ$16k
- FL$9k
- DE$7k
- CT$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 36 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Holocaust Organization for Promoting Education LLC · disregarded
- Anti-Defamation League Foundation · exempt
- Adlf Common Fund · exempt
- Anti-Defamation League - Israel · exempt
- Jlens · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE?
- ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (New York) receives grants from 2187 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,051,333 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($39,186,387). 1334 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 2187 organizations giving $259,051,333 in grants to ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, 1334 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $39,186,387 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2187 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing