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THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC
THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,526 to it, the largest being The Morris & Sylvia Trachten Family Foundation ($44,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What The Jewish Agency - American Section Inc does
Mission
The jewish agency-american section, inc. (jaas) was organized to work with and in support of non profit organizations active in the fields of immigration and absorption in israel; youth care and training; teaching of hebrew and jewish culture and zionist educations and other related fields. (jaas) foster the ideals of zionism and judaism and promotes the knowledge and study of the hebrew language and literature, jewish culture, history, philosophy and traditions, and the achievements of the zionist ideal.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support for programs in the united states of the jewish agency for israel (jafi), which is an independent voluntary association dealing with the settlement of jews in israel and other philanthropic activities. Among their functions are immigration and absorption of immigrants in israel, including: absorption in agricultural settlements and immigrant housing; social welfare and health services for immigrants; education, including higher learning and research; youth care and training; teaching of hebrew and jewish culture and zionist education.
$6,970,936 spent100% of program spendingThe jewish agency-american section, inc. Is a not-for-profit corporation organized to foster the ideals of zionism and judaism and to promote the knowledge and study of the hebrew language and literature, jewish culture, history, philosophy and traditions, and the achievements of the zionist ideal.
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,970,936.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $3.6M (+225%).
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.
100% of THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
David Brandwein
CFO, president and chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $45k → $1k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $67k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Federation Council of Greater La). These are real filings, and they are not money THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $177 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $177
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 THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Jewish Agency for Israel - Jerusalem · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC?
- THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,526 to it, the largest being The Morris & Sylvia Trachten Family Foundation ($44,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $53,526 in grants to THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC?
- The Morris & Sylvia Trachten Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $44,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JEWISH AGENCY - AMERICAN SECTION INC 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 3 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing