Funding search · EIN 510172429 · New York, NY
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 1,144
- grants reported
- $792.3M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $100,000
- 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 routed through Jewish Federations of North America, JAFI, JDC
- Human services and poverty relief for New Yorkers, including Holocaust survivors
- JCCs and YM-YWHAs across the five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester
- Jewish day schools, congregations, and Jewish educational programming
- Campus Hillels and young adult Jewish engagement
- Aging services, home care, and legal assistance for vulnerable adults
Typical grant
Median grant is $100,000, with the middle half falling between $25,000 and $335,000. The very large checks go to national and overseas intermediaries and to legacy New York agencies with decades of relationship, while $25,000 to $150,000 covers synagogues, single Hillel chapters, and program-specific work. With 1,144 grants to only 474 recipients over four years, most funding renews annually rather than being one-time.
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “CARING”
- “JEWISH LIFE”
- “RESPONDING TO CRISES”
- “FOR OVERSEAS TARGETED”
- “CARING/JEWISH LIFE/RESPONDING TO CRISES”
Positioning adjacent work
- Map your work onto one of three labels: CARING, JEWISH LIFE, or RESPONDING TO CRISES.
- Serve New York City, Long Island, or Westchester populations directly, and say so in the first paragraph.
- Ask $100,000 to $300,000 first time out; six-figure-plus goes to established institutional partners.
- Route through an existing grantee such as a JCC, Hillel, or the Jewish Board rather than approaching alone.
Worth knowing: This is a federation, not a research funder: 975 of 1,144 grants stay in New York, and a single recipient, Jewish Federations of North America, absorbed over $120 million in 2024 alone. Direct research support is nearly absent, with Mount Sinai Medical Center at $406,673 and the American Psychological Foundation at $270,000 the rare exceptions, both tagged CARING rather than science.
4 grants matching “dorot” · $1.5M
- $292,046
Dorot · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life
- $337,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $397,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $460,000
Dorot · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Jewish Federations of North America - for Overseas Targeted4 grants · $247.3M
- Jewish Federations of North America - for Jafi4 grants · $65.2M
- Jewish Community Relations Council of New York4 grants · $29.2M
- Jewish Federations of North America - for Jdc4 grants · $26.6M
- Jewish Board of Family and Children'S Services4 grants · $25.7M
- Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty4 grants · $24.3M
- Jewish Federations of North America4 grants · $20.5M
- The Jewish Education Project4 grants · $17.5M
- Samuel Field Y Dba Commonpoint Queens3 grants · $15.0M
- Selfhelp Community Services4 grants · $12.9M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 1,144 grants.
- $100.3M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Overseas Targeted · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises (see part iv suppl info)
- $98.8M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Overseas Targeted · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises (see part iv suppl info)
- $28.1M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Overseas Targeted · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life (see part iv suppl info)
- $20.0M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Overseas Targeted · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life see part iv suppl info
- $17.0M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jafi · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $16.4M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jafi · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $16.0M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jafi · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $15.7M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jafi · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $9.8M
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $8.6M
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $7.1M
Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $6.8M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jdc · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $6.8M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jdc · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $6.8M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jdc · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $6.8M
Jewish Board of Family and Children'S Services · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $6.5M
Jewish Board of Family and Children'S Services · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $6.3M
Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $6.3M
Jewish Board of Family and Children'S Services · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $6.2M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Jdc · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $6.2M
Jewish Board of Family and Children'S Services · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life
- $6.1M
Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life
- $5.4M
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $5.3M
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $5.3M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $5.2M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $5.1M
Samuel Field Y Dba Commonpoint Queens · Little Neck, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $5.1M
Commonpoint Ny · Little Neck, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $5.0M
Samuel Field Y Dba Commonpoint Queens · Little Neck, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $5.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $5.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $4.9M
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
Responding to crises
- $4.9M
The Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $4.8M
Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $4.8M
Samuel Field Y Dba Commonpoint Queens · Little Neck, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $4.4M
The Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2023
Jewish life
- $4.2M
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $4.1M
The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Jewish life
- $4.1M
The Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2022
Jewish life
- $4.1M
The Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2021
Jewish life
- $3.5M
Caroline and Joseph S Gruss Life Monument Funds · New York, NY · 2021
Jewish life
- $3.3M
Selfhelp Community Services · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $3.3M
Selfhelp Community Services · New York, NY · 2024
Caring
- $3.2M
Selfhelp Community Services · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $3.2M
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $3.2M
Jewish Association Serving the Aging (Jasa) · New York, NY · 2022
Caring
- $3.1M
Selfhelp Community Services · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $3.1M
Jewish Association Serving the Aging (Jasa) · New York, NY · 2023
Caring
- $3.1M
Jewish Association Serving the Aging (Jasa) · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $2.8M
Jewish Association Serving the Aging (Jasa) · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life
- $2.6M
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $2.5M
New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $2.5M
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $2.5M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Jewish life
- $2.3M
Educational Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $2.3M
New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life
- $2.3M
New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $2.3M
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $2.3M
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $2.2M
Educational Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $2.2M
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $2.1M
New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $2.1M
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $2.0M
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $2.0M
Adamah · Reisterstown, MD · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $2.0M
The Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Jewish life
- $1.9M
Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds · Pearl River, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life
- $1.9M
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $1.9M
Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds · Pearl River, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $1.9M
Educational Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.9M
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.8M
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan · New York, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.8M
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center · East Hills, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.8M
Educational Alliance · New York, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $1.7M
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2024
Caring
- $1.7M
Westchester Jewish Community Services · White Plains, NY · 2023
Caring
- $1.6M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Birthright Israel · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.6M
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan · New York, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $1.5M
The Marion and Aaron Gural Jcc · Cedarhurst, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $1.5M
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.5M
Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds · Pearl River, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $1.5M
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center · East Hills, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.4M
Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds · Pearl River, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.4M
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center · East Hills, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $1.4M
Afya Foundation of America · Yonkers, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.4M
Mid-Island Y Jewish Community Center · Plainview, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.4M
Jewish Community Center of Staten Island · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.3M
The Giving Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Caring/responding to crises
- $1.3M
The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center · Commack, NY · 2021
Caring / jewish life
- $1.3M
Jewish Community Center of Staten Island · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.3M
The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center · Commack, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.3M
Jewish Federations of North America - for Birthright Israel · New York, NY · 2023
Jewish life
- $1.2M
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center · East Hills, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life
- $1.2M
The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center · Commack, NY · 2024
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.2M
Jewish Community Center of Staten Island · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Caring/jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.2M
Ym & Ywha of Washington Heights & Inwood · New York, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.2M
The Leffell School · Hartsdale, NY · 2023
Jewish life/responding to crises
- $1.1M
The Leffell School · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
Jewish life
- $1.1M
The Jewish Community Center On the Hudson · Tarrytown, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.1M
The Marion and Aaron Gural Jcc · Cedarhurst, NY · 2022
Caring / jewish life
- $1.1M
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · Washington, DC · 2024
Jewish life/responding to crises
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