United Jewish Foundation
Bloomfield Hills, MI · EIN 38-1360585. Reported 800 grants totalling $161.5M to 410 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
410organizations funded
$18,716median reported grant
$161.5Mgranted, 2021-2023
69%of grantees funded again the next year
27%of dollars to its largest recipient
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 United Jewish Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70).
- How spread out its giving is. 410 distinct organizations, with 27% 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. 69% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 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 $18,716. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,138; the smallest was $5,050 and the largest $41.5M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
All 410 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $42.9M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community High School | W Bloomfield, MI | $42.0M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit | W Bloomfield, MI | $6,238,892 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jsl Foundation | Southfield, MI | $6,080,906 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brilliant Detroit | Detroit, MI | $3,858,050 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service | W Bloomfield, MI | $3,518,812 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit | Farmingtn Hls, MI | $2,997,847 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fresh Air Society | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $2,975,403 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Henry Ford Health System | Detroit, MI | $2,519,285 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Shaarey Zedek | Southfield, MI | $2,468,674 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farber Hebrew Day School-Yeshival Akiva | Southfield, MI | $2,319,973 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gesher Human Services | Southfield, MI | $2,310,019 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Holocaust Memorial Center | Farmingtn Hls, MI | $1,864,290 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit, MI | $1,612,793 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,563,569 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshivath Beth Yehudah | Southfield, MI | $1,459,639 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,303,004 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Uniondale, NY | $988,999 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Federation of S F Marin Peninsula & Sonoma Counties | San Francisco, CA | $940,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kehillat Etz Chayim | Detroit, MI | $906,866 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Ort Inc | New York, NY | $818,424 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Society for Technion- Israel Institute of Technology Inc | New York, NY | $773,629 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Daffy Charitable Fund | Los Altos, CA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $717,639 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nfx | Detroit, MI | $695,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Shir Shalom | W Bloomfield, MI | $671,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friendship Circle | W Bloomfield, MI | $661,162 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | New York, NY | $652,674 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Security Inc | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $619,687 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Congregation Bnai Brith Hillel | East Lansing, MI | $593,751 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vail Valley Foundation Inc | Avon, CO | $565,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $544,220 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vail Health Services Foundation | Vail, CO | $515,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | W Bloomfield, MI | $484,022 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jarc Foundation | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $481,414 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- Inc | Rockville Ctr, NY | $474,283 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Detroit Opera | Detroit, MI | $474,250 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $455,593 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $452,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Inc | Detroit, MI | $436,425 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | West Palm Bch, FL | $395,720 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yad Ezra Inc | Berkley, MI | $384,534 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YOUTHPOWER365 | Avon, CO | $384,450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin | San Rafael, CA | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council | New York, NY | $374,540 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $335,032 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Detroit, MI | $311,240 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | Southfield, MI | $303,952 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $302,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $274,660 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $270,182 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adat Shalom Synagogue | Farmingtn Hls, MI | $259,236 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue | Detroit, MI | $256,202 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshivas Darchei Torah | Southfield, MI | $254,469 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel of Detroit | W Bloomfield, MI | $230,816 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $225,450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish World Service Inc | New York, NY | $216,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kadima | Southfield, MI | $207,135 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brothers for Life | New York, NY | $205,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $203,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family House Inc | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aish International Inc | Clifton, NJ | $194,937 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital of Michigan Foundation | Detroit, MI | $192,300 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $191,213 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $189,671 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Council of Young Israel | Southfield, MI | $189,165 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lubavitch Foundation | Oak Park, MI | $176,953 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization Inc | Washington, DC | $174,194 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Inc | Sarasota, FL | $169,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dr Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic | Pontiac, MI | $156,110 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Share Detroit Inc | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $151,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $150,550 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| M2 the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $146,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Operating Corporation | Southfield, MI | $135,416 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield | West Bloomfield, MI | $135,029 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $131,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way for Southeastern Michigan | Detroit, MI | $126,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $126,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Detroit Zoological Society | Royal Oak, MI | $123,790 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chaldean Community Foundation | Sterling Hts, MI | $114,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Honorhealth Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | $111,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel | Long Beach, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chamber Music Society of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $107,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $105,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eagle Valley Mental Health | Vail, CO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Inc | Sarasota, FL | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilshire Boulevard Temple | Los Angeles, CA | $98,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Section National Council of Jewish Women Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $95,565 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Walking Mountains | Avon, CO | $91,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Detroit, MI | $90,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Beth Ahm | W Bloomfield, MI | $89,623 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | Amherst, MA | $88,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva Gedola of Detroit | Oak Park, MI | $87,218 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Imerman Angels | Chicago, IL | $86,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oholei Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch | Oak Park, MI | $86,449 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $85,372 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Florida West Coast Symphony Inc | Sarasota, FL | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Save a Childs Heart Foundation US I Nc | Rockville, MD | $78,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy | Detroit, MI | $77,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Detroit Public Theatre | Detroit, MI | $75,647 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adamah Inc | Reisterstown, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reut USA | Woodland Hls, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth El | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $72,613 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beyond Basics | Farmingtn Hls, MI | $71,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit Chesed Project | Southfield, MI | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Belle Isle Conservancy | Detroit, MI | $69,860 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oakland University Foundation | Rochester, MI | $69,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | Warrington, PA | $68,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kollel Institute of Gtr Detroit | Oak Park, MI | $68,149 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bravo Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek | Vail, CO | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $67,011 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Detroit, MI | $65,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Edison Institute Inc | Dearborn, MI | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills, MI | $64,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $63,660 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Midwest Campers Inc | Beachwood, OH | $62,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc | Detroit, MI | $62,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Southfield, MI | $61,201 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled | Northfield, IL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cabaret 313 | Southfield, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | Oak Park, MI | $59,763 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $59,560 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation | Saline, MI | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| America Gives Inc | New York, NY | $57,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Emanu-El | Oak Park, MI | $57,208 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kesher | Southfield, MI | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School | Wynnewood, PA | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan | Southfield, MI | $53,950 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Healthy Community | W Bloomfield, MI | $53,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights | Chicago, IL | $50,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Renewal Fund | New York, NY | $50,360 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eagle Valley Community Foundation | Vail, CO | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley Inc | Avon, CO | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habonim Camp Tavor | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Womens Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches | West Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Womans Network for Single Parents Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alumni Association of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $48,760 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | Detroit, MI | $48,425 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Common Ground | Bingham Farms, MI | $48,250 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Schechter Institutes Inc | Jenkintown, PA | $48,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | Detroit, MI | $47,560 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Historical Society of Michigan | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $46,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Detroit Jewish News Foundation Inc | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $45,557 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Colel Chabad | Brooklyn, NY | $45,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | Detroit, MI | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Campaign Legal Center Inc | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc | Detroit, MI | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peace Neighborhood Center | Ann Arbor, MI | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Northern Middlesex County Inc | Middletown, CT | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Basblue Inc | Detroit, MI | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guardian Scholars Inc | Avon, CO | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Michigan Humane Society | Detroit, MI | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Judea of Palm Beach County Inc | Palm Bch Gdns, FL | $43,920 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Resource Center Chabad of | Aspen, CO | $43,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | Pontiac, MI | $43,460 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congreation Beth Tefilo Emanuel Tikvah | Southfield, MI | $43,450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Jewish Federation of Utah | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $43,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sky Foundation Inc | Birmingham, MI | $42,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hadassah the Womens Zionist Organization of America Inc | New York, NY | $42,236 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Congregation Machon L Torah | Farmingtn Hls, MI | $41,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Congregation Mesivta-Toledo of West Bloomfield | West Bloomfield, MI | $41,130 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Path United Inc | Monroe, GA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vail Clinic Inc | Vail, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Council of Young Israel | Boca Raton, FL | $39,720 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Child Safe Michigan | Farmington Hills, MI | $39,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Orchards Childrens Services Inc | Southfield, MI | $38,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cancer Thrivers Network | Bloomfld Hls, MI | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $37,910 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Empowerment Church | Southfield, MI | $37,838 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jafco Childrens Foundation Inc | Sunrise, FL | $37,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Musical Society | Ann Arbor, MI | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kehal Rina Utefilah | Oak Park, MI | $36,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Higher Hopes | Commerce, MI | $36,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit Historical Society | Detroit, MI | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| V Hechzakta Bo | Detroit, MI | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Committee for Shaare Zedek | New York, NY | $35,649 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Education Foundation of Eagle County | Edwards, CO | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ikar | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc | Lake Worth, FL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | $34,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $34,333 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alley Cat Allies Incorporated | Bethesda, MD | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Americus, GA | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Storahtelling Lab Shul Inc | New York, NY | $33,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $32,850 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Tikvah Fund | New York, NY | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Temple Kol Ami | W Bloomfield, MI | $31,878 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of | New York, NY | $31,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Kesher | New York, NY | $31,550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study | Milwaukee, WI | $31,120 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kind Kitchen of Palm Beach Inc | N Palm Beach, FL | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Food Lifeline | Seattle, WA | $30,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Achoseinu | Southfield, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Shalva Israel Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hairtostay | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach and West Orange County | Long Beach, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Interactive Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Or Halev Center for Jewish Spirituality and Meditation Inc | Covina, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sebastian Chamber Players | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Workshops for Warriors Inc | San Diego, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | $29,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federatio of Greater Naples Inc | Naples, FL | $29,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crohns & Colitis Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $28,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Latin School of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Novi and Northville | Novi, MI | $26,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $26,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pink Fund Inc | Bingham Farms, MI | $25,650 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center Beth Jacob Inc | Aventura, FL | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Henry Ford Health System Foundation | Detroit, MI | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenix Art Museum | Phoenix, AZ | $25,118 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Reichman University Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Innovative Jewish Learning Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Detroit 300 Conservancy | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diabetes SOLUT1ONS | W Bloomfield, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Firefly Advocates | Farmingtn Hls, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana University Foundation | Bloomington, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Graduation | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Flint Jewish Federation | Flint, MI | $24,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chapter One Nfp | Odessa, FL | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| DETROIT2NEPAL Foundation | W Bloomfield, MI | $23,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | New York, NY | $23,650 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bar Ilan University in Israel | New York, NY | $23,645 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bnai Vail Congregation Inc | Vail, CO | $22,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Elnet | Skokie, IL | $22,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nature Conservancy | Lansing, MI | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad at Portland Campuses Inc | Portland, OR | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe Inc | Oak Park, MI | $21,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Commerce | Commerce Twp, MI | $21,242 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc | Sarasota, FL | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Givat Haviva Inc | New York, NY | $20,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Best Buddies International Inc | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
233 of 410 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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.
- Jewish Federation of Detroit
TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - Congregation Shaarey Zedek
TO SUPPORT CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM - Jewish Family Service
TO SUPPORT JEWISH COMMUNITY - Fresh Air Society
TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN - Holocaust Memorial Center
TO PRESERVE THE PAST AND PROTECT THE FUTURE - Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
TO SUPPORT MEDICAL RESEARCH
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 318 of 410 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 268 | $78.5M | $17,000 |
| 2022 | 252 | $38.7M | $19,416 |
| 2023 | 280 | $44.2M | $20,000 |
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
89% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. 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 $18,716 -- 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 Michigan.
- 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 United Jewish Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 280 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: 6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48301.
EIN 38-1360585 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.
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