Jewish Federation of Western
Springfield, MA · EIN 04-2127023. Reported 149 grants totalling $7,551,175 to 70 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Western, 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. 70 distinct organizations, with 24% 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 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $14,200. Half of what it reported fell between $8,833 and $36,000; the smallest was $5,024 and the largest $1,280,620. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Jewish Community Center Inc | Springfield, MA | $1,847,924 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts Inc | Springfield, MA | $1,037,322 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism | New York, NY | $556,958 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Orthodox Congregation | Longmeadow, MA | $528,830 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Achei Tmimim of Springfield Ma Inc | Longmeadow, MA | $494,394 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $487,087 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Endowment Foundation | Hudson, OH | $217,620 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Sc Hechter Day School | Northampton, MA | $188,397 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jgs Lifecare Corporation | Longmeadow, MA | $156,155 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sinai Temple Endowment Trust | Springfield, MA | $148,579 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New England Jewish Academy | West Hartford, CT | $143,412 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rachels Table of Western Massachusetts Inc | Springfield, MA | $136,116 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverview School Inc | East Sandwich, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Amherst, MA | $96,831 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $89,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Inc | Pittsfield, MA | $87,018 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $84,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation | Agawam, MA | $82,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Sons of Zion | Holyoke, MA | $73,745 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Springfield Inc | Springfield, MA | $71,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- Inc | Rockville Ctr, NY | $59,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $54,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $49,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts Inc | Springfield, MA | $45,581 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community of Amherst Inc | Amherst, MA | $44,940 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | Needham, MA | $33,462 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Pathways for Youth Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Bnai Israel | Northampton, MA | $29,181 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc | Boston, MA | $28,416 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $26,533 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Israel Appeal Inc | New York, NY | $25,805 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Edc 413WORKS Inc | Springfield, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc | Trumbull, CT | $24,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Westfield Emergency Food Pantry Inc | Westfield, MA | $24,072 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Ohev Shalom Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of America Inc | New York, NY | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $20,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North American Thrombosis Forum Inc | Wakefield, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Springfield Museums Corporation | Springfield, MA | $19,096 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando | Maitland, FL | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc | Amherst, MA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc | Springfield, MA | $17,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council | New York, NY | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hidden Acres Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | Naugatuck, CT | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $11,758 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $10,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western New England University | Springfield, MA | $10,179 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camphill Village U S a Inc | Copake, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford Inc | West Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Conference for Community and Justice | Windsor, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Global | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yeshiva Derech Chaim | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Renewal Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $8,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baystate Health Foundation Inc | Springfield, MA | $8,089 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad Center of Sudbury Inc | Sudbury, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Hills Music Academy Inc | South Hadley, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Power Clean Recovery Corp | Branford, CT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $7,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | Lenox, MA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $6,318 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anti Defamation League Foundation | New York, NY | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Music School of Springfield Inc | Springfield, MA | $5,983 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healing Across the Divides Inc | Northampton, MA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $5,024 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
34 of 70 (49%) 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 the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 55 of 70 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | $2,091,841 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,132,006 | $11,228 |
| 2023 | 35 | $1,797,256 | $21,329 |
| 2024 | 35 | $2,530,072 | $14,200 |
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
74% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
7 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 17 grants totalling $32,616 to Jewish Federation of Western. That is 29% of the 24 funders we can see giving to it. Those 7 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a federated giving programme.
6 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Antonacci Family Foundation | Connecticut | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ruth K and Ralph G Webber Family | Massachusetts | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Posnick Family Foundation | Massachusetts | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York | $1,440 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The William Sadowsky Family Foundation | Massachusetts | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Neta Bolozky and Yaffa Gunner Fund Inc | Massachusetts | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $176 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
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 $14,200 -- 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 Massachusetts.
- 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 Western's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1160 Dickinson Street, Springfield, MA, 01108.
EIN 04-2127023 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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