Funding search · EIN 047024330 · Needham, MA

Adelson Family Foundation

Name: Adelson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

150
grants reported: $155.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

Israel engagement and Birthright-style travel for young Jews
Campus Israel advocacy and combating antisemitism at universities
Israeli higher education and medical centers, especially Ariel University
Jewish day school education in Las Vegas and Jewish community federations
Christian-Zionist and pro-Israel media and advocacy groups
Emergency medical, first-response and Israeli social service organizations

Typical grant

Median grant is $100,000, with the middle half between $25,000 and $525,000. The money is extremely top-heavy: a handful of checks between $3 million and $11 million to Birthright Israel, American Friends of Ariel University, Maccabee Task Force, Jewish Agency, Israeli American Council, Hashomer Hachadash and the Adelson Educational Institute account for most of the $155 million, while dozens of $10,000 to $100,000 gifts fill out the list. The largest relationships repeat every year at nearly identical amounts, which signals committed multi-year support rather than open competition.

Their words

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

“GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES”
“AMERICAN FRIENDS OF”
“FRIENDS OF”
“ISRAEL”

Positioning adjacent work

Connect adjacent research to Israeli university or medical center partners; they fund Ariel, Sourasky, Rambam, IDC.
Frame campus work as countering antisemitism and supporting pro-Israel students, echoing Maccabee Task Force and Students Supporting Israel.
Ask $25,000 to $100,000 for a first relationship; the seven-figure slots belong to long-standing grantees.
Use an American Friends of or US fiscal sponsor structure; nearly every Israel grant flows through one.

Worth knowing: Giving is overwhelmingly Jewish and pro-Israel, concentrated in New York-registered American Friends entities, Las Vegas institutions tied to the family, and Boston-area organizations near the Needham office. All grants are recorded as general charitable purposes with no stated program, and the small number of non-Jewish grants (Rockefeller University, ALS Association, Las Vegas Philharmonic, University of Saint Joseph Macau) look relationship-driven rather than thematic.

Top recipients

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

Birthright Israel Foundation3 grants · $27.0M
Maccabee Task Force Foundation3 grants · $26.5M
Jewish Agency for Israel N American Council3 grants · $15.8M
Israeli American Council3 grants · $15.0M
Adelson Educational Institute3 grants · $12.3M
American Friends of Ariel University2 grants · $11.4M
Hashomer Hachadash3 grants · $10.1M
Friends of Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center1 grant · $5.7M
Pef Israel Endowment Funds1 grant · $3.8M
The Tikvah Fund1 grant · $3.0M

Giving over time

$44.7M

2022

$43.8M

2023

$66.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 150 grants.

$10.9M
Maccabee Task Force Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10.8M
American Friends of Ariel University · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10.0M
Maccabee Task Force Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General charitable purposes
$9.0M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$9.0M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$9.0M
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5.7M
Friends of Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5.6M
Maccabee Task Force Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5.5M
Jewish Agency for Israel N American Council · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5.2M
Jewish Agency for Israel N American Council · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5.1M
Jewish Agency for Israel N American Council · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5.0M
Israeli American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5.0M
Israeli American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5.0M
Israeli American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$4.9M
Adelson Educational Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General charitable purposes
$4.4M
Adelson Educational Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General charitable purposes
$4.0M
Hashomer Hachadash · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3.8M
Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3.1M
Hashomer Hachadash · 2022
General charitable purposes
$3.0M
Adelson Educational Institute · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General charitable purposes
$3.0M
The Tikvah Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3.0M
Hashomer Hachadash · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1.8M
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
Friends of Ir David · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
American Friends of Idc · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
American Friends of Idc · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$808,000
American Society of Yad Vashem · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$790,000
American Society of Yad Vashem · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$676,560
Friends of Zion · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General charitable purposes
$600,000
Ariel University · 2022
General charitable purposes
$592,200
Central Fund of Israel · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$587,407
University of Saint Joseph Macau · 2023
General charitable purposes
$530,000
American Friends of Ariel University · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$510,000
This World Jewish Values Network · Englewood, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$500,000
Christians United for Israel · San Antonio, TX · 2024
General charitable purposes
$500,000
Jewish Federation of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General charitable purposes
$500,000
Jewish Federation of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General charitable purposes
$500,000
Jewish Federation of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General charitable purposes
$315,000
Girls Town Or Chadash · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$310,750
Yedidim USA · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$300,000
Israaid · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$260,000
Christians United for Israel · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General charitable purposes
$257,500
Friends of Zion · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General charitable purposes
$255,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$250,000
This World Jewish Values Network · Englewood, CA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$250,000
Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$250,000
Center for Jewish Community Studies · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250,000
Druze Vererans Association · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250,000
This World Jewish Values Network · Englewood, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$229,590
Public Education Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General charitable purposes
$205,000
Friends of Israel Scouts · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$200,000
The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$196,670
Ne'Eman Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$180,000
Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$150,000
Students Supporting Israel · Plymouth, MN · 2024
General charitable purposes
$150,000
Center for Peace Communications · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$150,000
Friends of Israel Scouts · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$125,000
Feeling Good Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$118,000
Students Supporting Israel · Plymouth, MN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Israaid · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Las Vegas Philharmonic · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Letter of the Law · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Geberal charitable purposes
$100,000
Middle East Media Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
The Jerusalem Foundation - USA · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
World Jewish Congress (American Section) · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
American Friends of Rambam Medical Center · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Friends of Yashar Lachayal · Miami, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Gateways Access To Jewish Education · Newton, MA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Letter of the Law · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Geberal charitable purposes
$100,000
Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home · Chelsea, MA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Gateways Access To Jewish Education · Newton, MA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100,000
The Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Zionist Organization of America · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$75,000
Girls Town Or Chadash · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$60,000
Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$58,500
Adelson Campus for Jewish Life · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General charitable purposes
$57,000
Immanuel Christian High School · Springfield, VA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$55,000
Adelson Campus for Jewish Life · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General charitable purposes
$50,000
American Friends of Libi · Brighton, MA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home · Chelsea, MA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Friends of Nahal Haredi · Teaneck, NJ · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Gateways Access To Jewish Education · Newton, MA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Jewish Institute for National Security of America · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Jewish News Service · Newton Center, MA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Kadima Hebrew Academny · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$50,000
American Friends of Libi · Brighton, MA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Jewish Institute for National Security of America · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Kadima Hebrew Academny · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Friends of Nahal Naredi · Teaneck, NJ · 2022
General charitable purposes
$50,000
Jewish Institute for National Security of America · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.