Funding search · EIN 131624240 · New York, NY

The Jewish Federations of North America

Name: The Jewish Federations of North America grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

785
grants reported: $1.44B
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $39,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Overseas allocations to United Israel Appeal and JDC, including Ukraine relief
LiveSecure security grants to local Jewish federations nationwide
Holocaust survivor services through federations and Jewish family agencies
Humanitarian Fund grants for refugees, Ukraine, and global disaster response
Domestic disaster relief, such as Hurricane Helene and Milton recovery
Teen mental health and vocational training initiatives

Typical grant

Median grant is $39,000, with the middle half between $10,000 and $113,447. Two overseas partners, United Israel Appeal ($344M) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ($59M), absorb almost the entire dollar total, while the several hundred domestic grants cluster between $88,000 and $312,500, with LiveSecure security awards commonly at $100,000, $125,000, or $250,000. Federations recur across years and often receive two grants in a single year under different funds, such as security plus Holocaust.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“LIVESECURE SECURITY GRANTS”
“HOLOCAUST GRANT”
“HUMANITARIAN FUND”
“ANNUAL/UKRAINE GRANTS”
“TEEN FUNDERS MENTAL HEALTH”

Positioning adjacent work

Attach adjacent work to a named fund: LiveSecure, Holocaust, Humanitarian Fund, or Teen Funders Mental Health.
Ask $100,000 to $250,000 if partnering with a local federation; $115,000 fits the university precedent.
Emphasize aging Holocaust survivors and person-centered service delivery; that theme reaches hospitals, JCCs, and non-Jewish grantees.
Route through or co-apply with a regional federation rather than approaching the national office cold.

Worth knowing: This is a federation system, not an open grantmaker: money flows to member federations, overseas partners, and Jewish human service agencies, with NY, FL, CA, NJ, and OH dominating. Non-Jewish recipients appear rarely and only under a themed fund, such as Habitat for Humanity, NYU, and Stanford under Holocaust and teen mental health grants, which signals that a relationship or a named initiative is the entry point.

28 grants matching “microgrant” · $201,150

$22,350
Israeli American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$13,500
Hillel of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$12,000
The Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$8,000
Hillel of Colorado Dba Colorado State Uni Hillel & Uni · Denver, CO · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,800
Center for Jewish Campus Life Inc Dba Hillel at Stanford · Stanford, CA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,500
Cu Boulder Hillel Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,500
Hofstra University Hillel · Hempstead, NY · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Greater Miami Jewish Federation · Miami, FL · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Hillel of San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation Greater Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest · Whippany, NJ · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey · Paramus, NJ · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Jewish United Fund-Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Centers of San Diego County · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Santa Barbara Hillel · Isla Vista, CA · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$6,000
Shalom Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant
$5,500
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Shine a light oct 7 microgrant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

United Israel Appeal3 grants · $954.5M
United Israel Appeal1 grant · $169.3M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee3 grants · $164.2M
American Jewish Joint Distr Committee1 grant · $58.8M
Secure Community Network5 grants · $22.0M
American Ort3 grants · $7.8M
Ort America1 grant · $3.0M
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies7 grants · $2.7M
Uja Federation of New York11 grants · $2.3M
Kavod1 grant · $2.0M

Giving over time

$240.8M

2021

$227.2M

2022

$542.9M

2023

$432.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 785 grants.

$454.7M
United Israel Appeal · New York, NY · 2023
$344.5M
United Israel Appeal · New York, NY · 2024
Annual/ukraine grants
$169.3M
United Israel Appeal · New York, NY · 2021
$155.3M
United Israel Appeal · New York, NY · 2022
$60.6M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
$58.8M
American Jewish Joint Distr Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Annual/turkey grants
$55.7M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2021
$47.9M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
$6.3M
Secure Community Network · New York, NY · 2021
$6.1M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
$6.0M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
$3.0M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$3.0M
Ort America · New York, NY · 2022
$2.9M
American Ort · New York, NY · 2021
$2.6M
American Ort · New York, NY · 2023
$2.3M
American Ort · New York, NY · 2024
Vocational training
$2.0M
Kavod · Denver, CO · 2024
Holocaust grant
$1.5M
Kavod - Ensuring Dignity for Holocause Survivors · Denver, CO · 2023
$950,000
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies · Paramus, NJ · 2024
Holocaust grant
$925,950
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies · Paramus, NJ · 2022
$900,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Humanitarian fund
$900,000
Project Kesher · New York, NY · 2023
$900,000
World Jewish Relief · Ny, NY · 2023
$782,400
Save Ukraine · New York, NY · 2024
Humanitarian fund
$757,217
Israaid (US) Global Humanitarian Assistance · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
$725,000
Jewish Federation of Lee & Charlotte Counties · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
$600,000
Israaid (US) Global Humanitarian Assistance · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Humanitarian fund
$550,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$500,000
Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$500,000
Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey · Cherry Hill, NJ · 2023
$500,000
Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
$500,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
$450,000
Milwaukee Jewish Federation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$450,000
Project Kesher · New York, NY · 2024
Humanitarian fund
$450,000
World Jewish Relief · New York, NY · 2024
Humanitarian fund
$450,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
$410,000
Uja Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2022
$401,961
Jewish Family Services of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2024
Hurricane helene & milton
$375,000
Uja Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Holocaust grant
$375,000
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the · San Francisco, CA · 2023
$346,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$340,542
Uja Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$325,000
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
$320,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
$314,700
United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford New Canaan & Darien · Stamford, CT · 2024
Serve israel
$312,500
Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey · Cherry Hill, NJ · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$312,500
Habitat for Humanity International · Atlanta, GA · 2022
$310,000
Jewish Community Services of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
$300,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Holocaust grant
$300,000
Uja Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2023
$275,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Holocaust grant
$267,500
Uja Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2023
$250,000
Greater Miami Jewish Federation · Miami, FL · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Florida'S Gulf Coast · Largo, FL · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland · Tigard, OR · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Jewish United Fund-Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Shalom Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$250,000
Greater Miami Jewish Federation · Miami, FL · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester I · Rochester, NY · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation Greater Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation Greater Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford · West Hartford, CT · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
$250,000
Jewish United Fund-Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
$250,000
Shalom Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
$250,000
Goodman Jew Family Service of Broward · Davie, FL · 2022
$250,000
Jewish Family Services of Metro Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
$250,000
Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey · Cherry Hill, NJ · 2022
$250,000
Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Minneopolis, MN · 2022
$250,000
Parker Jew Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitat · New York, NY · 2022
$250,000
Jewish Family Services of Metro Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2021
$250,000
Parker Jew Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitat · New York, NY · 2021
$250,000
Uja Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2021
$240,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest · Whippany, NJ · 2022
$229,767
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
$226,000
Jewish Federation Greater Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Livesecure security grants
$225,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Holocaust grant
$220,000
Jewish Federation of Broward County · Davie, FL · 2022
$220,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
$219,421
United Jewish Comm of Broward County · Davie, FL · 2023
$219,000
Jewish Community Services of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
$215,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
$207,626
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies · Paramus, NJ · 2023
$204,863
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies · Paramus, NJ · 2023
$204,863
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies · Paramus, NJ · 2022
$200,000
Greater Miami Jewish Federation · Miami, FL · 2024
Holocaust grant
$200,000
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Holocaust grant
$200,000
Jewish Federation of Broward County · Davie, FL · 2024
Holocaust grant
$200,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Livesecure security grants

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.