Jewish Funders Network
New York, NY · EIN 23-2742482. Reported 115 grants totalling $12.0M to 65 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 Funders Network, the IRS classifies it as a private grantmaking foundation (NTEE T20Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 65 distinct organizations, with 26% 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. 50% 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 $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $83,500; the smallest was $6,500 and the largest $2,500,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashi School Inc | Dedham, MA | $3,100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $2,054,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $1,000,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Association for the Adv of Com Centers in Isr | Staten Island, NY | $612,238 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Combat Antisemitism Foundation Ltd | New York, NY | $495,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reboot Inc | Longmeadow, MA | $383,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Book Council | New York, NY | $365,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Keshet Inc | Newton, MA | $298,001 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forward Assoc Inc | New York, NY | $270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asylum Arts | Brooklyn, NY | $233,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 70 Faces Media Inc | New York, NY | $230,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Educational Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $217,333 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Council of American Jewish Museums | Jackson, MS | $208,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Abraham Fund Initiatives | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University Inc | New York, NY | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Idi Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- Inc | Rockville Ctr, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Merona Leadership Foundation | Encino, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opendor Media Inc | Sunrise, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mechon Hadar | New York, NY | $82,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $77,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hand in Hand American Friends of Cntr for Jewish-Arab Edu in Israel | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hyperallergic Media | Brooklyn, NY | $72,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Givat Haviva Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Plays Project | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood An Urban Center for Jewish Life Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Ogen Inc | University Ht, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto Inc | Whippany, NJ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nazareth Project Inc | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peaceplayers International | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ayin Institute Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Art Salon Incc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Studio Project | Berkeley, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Arts Collaborative Inc | Newton, MA | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Neve Shalom-Wahat Al-Salam | Glendale, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Congregation Beth Elohim | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Film Institute | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yetzirah | Asheville, NC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay | Rch Palos Vrd, CA | $38,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adat Ari El | Valley Vlg, CA | $35,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beloved Builders Inc | Northampton, MA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Womens Theatre | Santa Monica, CA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Jewish University | Sherman Oaks, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association for Jewish Theatre | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Disability Belongs | Fredericksbrg, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fuente Latina Inc | Hollywood, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sinai Temple | Los Angeles, CA | $21,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattl | Mercer Island, WA | $20,015 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $16,581 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Havurah | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Israel Center of White Plains | White Plains, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moriah Congregation | Deerfield, IL | $8,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southcoast Reconstructionist Havurah | Irvine, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Synagogue | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aviv Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Or Shalom of Lake County | Vernon Hills, IL | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation Ag Beth Israel | Lincolnwood, IL | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Sholom of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
31 of 65 (48%) 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.
- Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc
FOR SIKKUY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 922 PROGRAM - New Israel Fund
JFN/SVF GRANT FOR ALSIRAJ FOR GENERAL SUPPORT - Af Assoc Advancement Community Ctrs Israel
HONEYCOMB:FBI-FOUNDATION BOARD INCUBATOR - Educational Alliance
SPECIAL PROJECTS:CANVAS:CANVAS - GENERAL - Abraham Fund Initiatives
SVF-SOCIAL VENTURE FUND:EMERGING ISSUES - Jewish National Fund
JEWISH VENTURE PHIL FUND MATCHING GRANT TO HASHOMER HACHADASH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 47 of 65 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 | 34 | $2,749,812 | $37,500 |
| 2022 | 17 | $3,903,005 | $70,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $4,082,101 | $51,250 |
| 2024 | 28 | $1,278,000 | $25,000 |
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
55% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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
107 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 338 grants totalling $20.6M to Jewish Funders Network. That is 61% of the 174 funders we can see giving to it. Those 107 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
71 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 Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation | California | $2,715,750 | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg | Maryland | $2,504,400 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Paul E Singer Foundation | New York | $1,830,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Marcus Foundation Inc | Georgia | $1,442,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| ONE8 Foundation | Massachusetts | $1,394,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation | Michigan | $1,201,000 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samueli Foundation | California | $1,142,775 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| William Davidson Foundation | Michigan | $1,036,447 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family | District of Columbia | $850,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Seed the Dream Foundation | Pennsylvania | $610,810 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 107.
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 $50,000 -- 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 New York.
- 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 Funders Network'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: 150 West 30TH Street 900, New York, NY, 10001.
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