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UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 1718 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,129,705 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($81,502,332). 1040 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $350M
- Funders on record
- 1,718
- Grants received
- $660M
- Net assets
- $1.7B
What United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc does
Mission
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 to over 400 (continued on schedule o)organizations, including 65 core health, human-service, educational, and community-building institutions. Uja seeds grassroots organizations, sustains essential communal institutions, and leverages relationships to address ongoing challenges and emerging issues affecting the jewish and broader community. Its government advocacy secures tens of millions annually for services to new yorkers in need. Uja has consistently mobilized its network and resources to address pressing needs, aiding vulnerable new yorkers and supporting jewish institutions. Since the horrific events of october 7, 2023, uja has also been actively engaged in helping the people of israel heal and rebuild.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Responding to crises:uja acts immediately when crises arise, locally or globally. Whether responding to war, combating the surge in antisemitism, or providing relief after a natural disaster strikes, uja is uniquely positioned to quickly and strategically mobilize resources to help those in harm's way. In addition to meeting immediate, emergency needs-including food, medical supplies, specialized support for the elderly and infirm, and more-uja also aids in longer-term recovery, trauma-relief, and resilience-building. Since the october 7,2023 events and as of the filing of this tax return, uja has allocated more than $330 million to address acute emergency needs in israel while also investing in physical, emotional, (continued on schedule o)and economic recovery. In response to rising antisemitism, particularly following october 7, uja has developed and funded programs to enhance security for jewish institutions in the new york area and to ensure the safety of jewish college students on campus.
$122,963,208 spentof which $110,912,436 as grants40% of program spendingCaring for people in need:uja allocates funds to hundreds of nonprofits to support programs that provide essential aid and services to hundreds of thousands of people each year in new york city, westchester county, and long island. These nonprofits serve both the jewish community and the broader new york population, including seniors, holocaust survivors, single parents, and individuals with autism and disabilities. The services they offer include housing, medical care, end-of-life and palliative care, mental health counseling, education, food programs, and vocational training and guidance. Uja also promotes volunteerism by facilitating the recruitment and training of volunteers who serve clients at numerous (continued on schedule o)nonprofits. Additionally, uja supports programs in israel and nearly 70 other countries worldwide that provide basic human services.
$92,481,681 spentof which $83,418,193 as grants30% of program spendingDeepening jewish engagement and strengthening jewish communities ("jewish life")uja supports innovative initiatives that encourage jews of all ages to explore their jewish identity and funds a variety of programs across the spectrum of the jewish community. These programs strengthen synagogues, support college students by promoting jewish life on campus, connect young jews to israel, and create an inclusive and welcoming community for all jews. As part of its commitment to education and lifelong learning, uja supports both informal and formal jewish educational programs for children and adults. Uja also provides scholarships and teacher benefits at jewish day schools, as well as (continued on schedule o)scholarships for israel experience programs and jewish summer day and overnight camps, all of which are important platforms for positive jewish experiences and engagement. In response to the outpouring of jewish expression following october 7, uja has invested an additional $25 million over three years to support opportunities that will further inspire and connect the jewish community. Uja maintains an unwavering commitment to the people of israel, helping to ensure that israel is…
$90,383,783 spentof which $81,525,895 as grants30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $305,828,672.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.4B to $1.7B (+23%).
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.
80% of UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Eric S Goldstein
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 461 funders to 825 funders, grant income rose $36M → $108M.
61 of 1718 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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: $320M from 66 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 1718 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
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 19 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 19 funders to its left
36% 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 UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 13% · 2019 14% · 2020 12% · 2021 10% · 2022 10% · 2023 7% — diversifying over time.
“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
49% of UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC'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
65% of UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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.
Against its field
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC is better cushioned than half of the 71 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 71 philanthropy nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 42 related entities
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC?
- UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 1718 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,129,705 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($81,502,332). 1040 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 1718 organizations giving $660,129,705 in grants to UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC, 1040 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $81,502,332 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK 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 1718 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