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WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC (New York) receives grants from 173 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,840,093 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,403,676). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 173
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $11M
What World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc does
Mission
The world jewish congress, america section, is a jewish humanitarian, human rights, and advocacy organization representing jewish communities in north america and is the voice of the premier global jewish umbrella for jewish communities around the world. The mission of the wjc american section is to support the aims of the world jewish congress, and to work for human rights, tolerance, combat racism and anti-semitism, and advocate for jewish community security and safety in the public square,in the public affairs arena, and in international organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
International affairs - attended conferences and meetings to discuss current topics of international importance. Held conferences and attended meetings to discuss the rapid rise of anti-semitism in europe, and in the united states and north america, the current situation in the middle east, and important developments in the united nations. Met with international governmental officials, international interfaith leadership, world jewish leadership, and reported on public affairs topics as pertaining to the united states and north america.
$11,526,110 spentof which $11,287,500 as grants60% of program spendingOrganizational and inter-religious affairs - the wjc american section serves as a coordinating and resource body for many jewish organizations and provides much opportunity for interaction, cooperation, and integration in the community. Wjc is a member organzation of the international jewish committee for interreligious consultations (ijcic), a consortium of jewish organizations that work together with the vatican, the world council of churches, and moderate muslim organizations to increase mutual understanding and work towards peaceful co-existence. Wjc previously served as chair of ijcic and in other official capacities, participated in its international liaison committee meeting in paris, france, madrid spain, and in warsaw, poland, among others, and in high level interfaith meetings in geneva, brussels, london, and in the united nations. The wjc held a symposium in washington d.c. On the 50th anniversary of the second vatican council and as well held symposia in new york with expert speakers and notable leaders of the jewish and christian communities.
$834,557 spentof which $752,500 as grants4% of program spendingDisseminate information to our over 100 member communities. Issued periodical press releases, reports and weekly summaries of activities, analyses of timely issues as well as opinion pieces and press items that pertain to the rise of anti-semitism, at home and abroad, the iranian threat, issues affecting israel and the middle east, and jewish community news.
$5,291,868 spentof which $1,505,000 as grants28% of program spendingAcademic, cultural, and youth
$1,542,568 spentof which $1,505,000 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,195,103.
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 2019 to 2020, from $17M to $21M (+20%).
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.
99% of WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Rabbi Joel Meyers
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 36 funders to 68 funders, grant income rose $667k → $1.3M.
25 of 173 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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: $2.7M from 13 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 173 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
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
59% 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 WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 36% · 2019 26% · 2020 45% · 2021 28% · 2022 22% · 2023 25% — 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
36% of WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
58% of WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5.4M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 26 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC's revenue fell 22% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC?
- WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC (New York) receives grants from 173 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,840,093 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,403,676). 91 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC have?
- IRS filings report 173 organizations giving $12,840,093 in grants to WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC, 91 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (AMERICAN SECTION) INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,403,676 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS (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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 173 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