Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-0575950. Reported 254 grants totalling $9,889,009 to 115 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 Seattle, 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. 115 distinct organizations, with 17% 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. 64% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $35,000; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $881,704. 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 | $1,681,644 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service | Seattle, WA | $1,437,031 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Kline Galland Center | Seattle, WA | $690,248 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $425,146 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattl | Mercer Island, WA | $381,549 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Temple De Hirsch Sinai | Seattle, WA | $272,538 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Seattle, WA | $241,595 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation | Mercer Island, WA | $241,110 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $236,380 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Holocaust Center for Humanity | Seattle, WA | $235,638 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Camp Solomon Schechter Inc | Seattle, WA | $215,540 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | State College, PA | $189,140 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of Technology Inc | New York, NY | $188,970 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| United Way of King County | Seattle, WA | $164,705 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Seattle Hebrew Academy | Seattle, WA | $164,023 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwest Yeshiva High School | Mercer Island, WA | $157,965 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Seattle Jewish Day School | Bellevue, WA | $155,785 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth El | Tacoma, WA | $117,390 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northwest Film Forum | Seattle, WA | $112,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Ezra Bessaroth | Seattle, WA | $101,330 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | Teaneck, NJ | $96,600 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $89,205 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Friendship Circle of Washington | Mercer Island, WA | $87,594 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $84,360 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater Seattle | Seattle, WA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $79,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wexner Foundation | New Albany, OH | $67,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Institute for Jewish Ideas & Idealsinc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $58,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Washington State Jewish Historical Society | Mercer Island, WA | $57,405 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Northend Jewish School | Seattle, WA | $54,170 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Northwest Harvest E M M | Seattle, WA | $53,420 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| B Nai Brith Mens Camp Association | Portland, OR | $53,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Goodtimes Project | Seattle, WA | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth Hatfiloh | Olympia, WA | $47,245 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Evergreen Childrens Association | Seattle, WA | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Farestart | Seattle, WA | $46,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Israel | Bellingham, WA | $45,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | Seattle, WA | $42,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder | Seattle, WA | $41,300 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Islamorada Community Entertainment Inc | Tavernier, FL | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Itim Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fund More Good Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | Seattle, WA | $38,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cancer Lifeline of King County | Seattle, WA | $37,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Seattle Sephardic Network | Bellevue, WA | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | Cincinnati, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mayday Foundation | Olympia, WA | $31,097 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| College Success Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $30,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc of Grays Harbor | Hoquiam, WA | $30,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| America Gives Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hillel of Wwu | Bellingham, WA | $28,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | Mercer Island, WA | $27,405 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Children and Youth Justice Center | Seattle, WA | $25,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Harmony Hill Healing Retreat | Union, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ventures | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization Inc | Washington, DC | $23,680 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Minyan Ohr Chadash | Seattle, WA | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pioneer Human Services | Seattle, WA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Yad Sarah Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Religious Zionists of America Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Temple B Nai Torah | Bellevue, WA | $18,750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana & Ky Inc | Seattle, WA | $18,450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $18,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Negev Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| T Ruah | New York, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Sephardic Camp | Seattle, WA | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seward Park Jewish Preschool Co-Op | Seattle, WA | $16,460 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of America | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $14,360 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Brothers for Life | New York, NY | $13,654 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath | Seattle, WA | $13,213 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grays Harbor College Foundation Inc | Aberdeen, WA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Rhapsody Project | Renton, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $11,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Everstrong Prevention | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hualalai Ohana Foundation | Kailua Kona, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester Ny Inc | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Mothers of Metropolitan Seattle | Kirkland, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rainier Valley Food Bank | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Swedish Medical Center Foundation | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Tikvah Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Woodstock Land Conservancy Inc Gay Leonhardt | Woodstock, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hias Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $9,645 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Desert Cancer Foundation | Palm Desert, CA | $8,766 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Down Syndrome Community of Puget Sound | Seattle, WA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad at University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $8,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad of Mercer Island | Mercer Island, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Jewish Chorale | Seattle, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth in Focus | Seattle, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Kol Shalom | Bainbridge Is, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Ministry | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maui United Way Inc | Wailuku, HI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Beth Am | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Lam Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trybal Gatherings Inc | Brookline, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dreamcoat Initiative | Edmonds, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association | Kent, WA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $6,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seattle Theatre Group | Seattle, WA | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moore Wright Group | Aberdeen, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Temple Beth Or | Everett, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $5,690 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids Helping Kids | Seattle, WA | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of | New York, NY | $5,113 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $5,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Beth Israel | Montesano, WA | $5,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
66 of 115 (57%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 86 of 115 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 | 72 | $3,663,619 | $15,287 |
| 2021 | 71 | $2,209,678 | $11,760 |
| 2022 | 57 | $2,292,704 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 54 | $1,723,008 | $11,750 |
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
61% of its giving went to organizations in Washington. 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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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 $15,000 -- 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 Washington.
- 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 Seattle'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 54 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: 300 Lenora Street Pmb 6074, Seattle, WA, 98121.
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