Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-0800654. Reported 162 grants totalling $20.0M to 62 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 25% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 76% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $24,275. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $54,425; the smallest was $5,700 and the largest $1,905,085. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $4,991,018 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $3,189,628 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service of Dallas Incorporated | Dallas, TX | $3,008,275 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dallas Holocaust Museum | Dallas, TX | $1,374,866 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legacy Senior Communities Inc | Plano, TX | $1,308,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Torah Day School of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $1,227,698 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Conservative Jewish Day School of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $972,413 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Legacy at Preston Hollow | Dallas, TX | $537,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Homes for Adults Incorporated | Dallas, TX | $414,432 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dallas Torah Institute | Dallas, TX | $384,650 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mesorah High School for Girls Inc | Richardson, TX | $281,550 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Austin, TX | $231,010 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ut Chabad House | Austin, TX | $162,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Childrens Regional Service | Metairie, LA | $132,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Unt Jewish Studies Program | Denton, TX | $117,413 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $101,250 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Congregation Ateres Israel | Dallas, TX | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Hillel at Texas a & M | College Sta, TX | $85,447 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Dallas Friendship Circle Inc | Dallas, TX | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chabad of North Texas Incorporation | Dallas, TX | $67,425 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Shalom | Dallas, TX | $62,664 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chabad Center | Albany, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $53,563 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Akibayavneh Academy | Dallas, TX | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Congregation Shearith Israel Endowment Fund | Dallas, TX | $47,650 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mikvah Association of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Richardson, TX | $38,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yad Ezra Vshulamit | Los Angeles, CA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Friends of Chabad-Lubavitch Inc | Houston, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $31,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Frisco | Frisco, TX | $31,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization Inc | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillel of Dallas | Addison, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Richardson | Austin, TX | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dallas Ncsyjsuplano | Dallas, TX | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dallas Jewish Burial Fund | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization | Washington, DC | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bikur Cholim of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dallas Jewish Community Foundation | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rabbinic Association of Greater Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Emanu-El | Dallas, TX | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dallas Hebrew Free Loan Association | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Israel Scouts Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Unity International Inc | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tieferet Israel Congregation | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tiferet Israel of Austin | Austin, TX | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Biblical Arts Center Miracle at Pentecost Foundation | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Israel Scouts Dallas | Plano, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sephardic Torah Center of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sephardic Torah Center of Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Talmud Torah Texas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| World Ort Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chaverim of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Beth Torah | Richardson, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | Teaneck, NJ | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maayan Chai Foundation | Dallas, TX | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
39 of 62 (63%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Friends of United Hatzalah Inc
AMBULANCE/MEDICAL TRANSPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 40 | $5,434,722 | $25,325 |
| 2021 | 38 | $5,269,604 | $24,875 |
| 2022 | 40 | $3,493,585 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $5,836,291 | $26,900 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
71% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $24,275 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 44 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 7800 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX, 75230.
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