Funding search · EIN 362167034 · Chicago, IL

Jewish United Fund

Name: Jewish United Fund grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

163
grants reported: $397.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $36,000
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

address health humanitarian nonprofit range welfare which campaign

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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

Annual campaign transfer to Jewish Federations of North America
Core support to Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago agencies
Israel emergency, trauma and medical relief organizations
Chicago Jewish human services: The Ark, JCFS, CJE SeniorLife
Jewish day schools and overnight camps in the Chicago suburbs
Jewish campus, identity and Israel travel programs

Typical grant

Two line items swallow the record: roughly $57M to $62M a year to Jewish Federations of North America as "Regular campaign" and $36M to $44M to the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Everything else sits at a median of $36,000, with the middle half between $18,000 and $125,000, and only Israel emergency response groups (Magen David Adom at $2.1M, Natal at $1M, Tribe of Nova via Giving Back Fund at $1M) breaking into seven figures. Repeat giving is the norm and often at identical amounts, with Palm Beach Federation at $125,000 and Birthright at $36,000 in consecutive years.

Their words

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

“General Operations”
“Regular campaign”
“To support a range of nonprofit organizations which address humanitarian, health and welfare”
“HIAS and other programming”

Positioning adjacent work

Ask in the $18,000 to $125,000 band; anything larger belongs to Israel emergency response or federation transfers.
Frame the request as unrestricted general operating support, not a discrete research project. Nearly every grant reads "General Operations."
Connect to a funded theme: Israel trauma and medical care, senior services, resettlement, or day school and camp education.
Anchor work in metropolitan Chicago or in Israel. Ninety-nine of 163 grants went to Illinois recipients.

Worth knowing: This is a federation's own filing, so well over 95 percent of the dollars move to Jewish Federations of North America and the local Chicago Federation rather than to independent applicants, and the smaller grants read like designated or donor-directed gifts to affiliated and long-standing Jewish institutions. Israel-focused giving jumped sharply in 2023 and 2024 after October 7, with Magen David Adom, Natal, Tribe of Nova and Friends of the IDF all receiving unusually large checks.

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 America3 grants · $151.1M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago3 grants · $128.0M
Jewish Federations of North America1 grant · $62.1M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago1 grant · $36.3M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee3 grants · $3.6M
American Friends of Magen David Adom1 grant · $2.1M
American Friends of Natal1 grant · $1.0M
Quad Project1 grant · $1.0M
The Giving Back Fund1 grant · $1.0M
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago3 grants · $913,479

Giving over time

$90.4M

2021

$93.5M

2022

$106.6M

2023

$107.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 163 grants.

$62.1M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Regular campaign
$57.2M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Regular campaign
$48.7M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022
Regular Campaign
$45.2M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2021
General operations and overseas grants
$44.4M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support a range of nonprofit organizations which address humanitarian, health and welfare
$42.3M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
To support a range of nonprofit organizations which address humanitarian, health and welfare needs.
$41.4M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support a range of nonprofit organizations which address humanitarian, health and welfare needs.
$36.3M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support a range of nonprofit organizations which address humanitarian, health and welfare
$2.6M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General Operations
$2.1M
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$1.0M
The Giving Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Tribe of Nova Foundation
$1.0M
American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$1.0M
Quad Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$767,405
Jewish Child and Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
HIAS and Other Programming
$583,576
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2021
EZRA and Other Programming
$545,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General Operations
$507,540
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2021
General Operations
$424,614
Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operations
$410,000
Mount Sinai Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$386,636
Jewish Child & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operations
$351,172
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$333,999
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$321,683
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2022
EZRA and Other Programming
$319,819
Jewish Child & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Hias and other programming
$300,000
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center · Scarsdale, NY · 2023
General operations
$299,884
Cje Seniorlife · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$291,257
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$243,364
Jewish Child & Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
HIAS and other programming
$237,600
Americans for Ben-Gurion University · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$235,827
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Skokie, IL · 2023
General operations
$232,600
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General Operations
$217,926
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$210,000
Wurtman Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
General operations
$178,247
Mount Sinai Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operations
$165,000
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Centersinai Health System · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$156,000
Hebrew Theological College · Skokie, IL · 2023
General operations
$150,125
Hebrew Theological College · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Operations
$150,000
Hebrew Theological College · Skokie, IL · 2022
General Operations
$150,000
Hebrew Theological College · Skokie, IL · 2021
General Operations
$143,419
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$125,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General Operations
$125,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General operations
$120,113
Cje Seniorlife · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$120,000
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$105,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
General Operations
$100,400
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2023
General operations
$100,000
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Operations
$100,000
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Operations
$100,000
Friends of Elnet · Skokie, IL · 2023
General operations
$100,000
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2022
General Operations
$100,000
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Skokie, IL · 2022
General Operations
$100,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General Operations
$100,000
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School · Skokie, IL · 2021
General Operations
$100,000
Ida Crown Jewish Academy · Skokie, IL · 2021
General Operations
$94,400
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General operations
$80,000
Selfreliance Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$78,627
Cje Senior Life · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$70,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$70,000
Milwaukee Jewish Federation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$65,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024
General Operations
$65,000
Jfmc Facilities Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$60,000
Jewish Agency for Israel North American Council · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$59,048
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operations
$56,555
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
General Operations
$56,555
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2021
General Operations
$52,000
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operations
$50,500
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operations
$50,500
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2021
General Operations
$50,000
Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Operations
$50,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · North Bethesda, MD · 2023
General operations
$50,000
Jewish Federation of Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
General operations
$50,000
New Israel Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$50,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$44,500
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$40,703
Shalva · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$40,000
American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2024
General Operations
$40,000
Wurtman Foundation · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2024
General Operations
$38,000
Camp Moshava of Wild Rose · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Operations
$38,000
Camp Moshava of Wild Rose · Skokie, IL · 2023
General operations
$37,600
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$36,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General Operations
$36,000
American Friends of Latet Humanitarian Aid · White Plains, NY · 2023
General operations
$36,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$36,000
Fuente Latina · Hollywood, FL · 2023
General operations
$36,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General Operations
$36,000
No Shame On U · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$33,000
Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2022
General Operations
$31,000
Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Camp Ben Frankeljewish Federation of Southern Illinois · Belleville, IL · 2024
General Operations
$30,000
Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School · Skokie, IL · 2023
General operations
$27,000
Union for Reform Judaism · New York, NY · 2024
General Operations
$26,300
Chicago Chesed Fund · Lincolnwood, IL · 2024
General Operations
$25,072
Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School · Skokie, IL · 2022
General Operations
$25,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York City, NY · 2024
General Operations
$25,000
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (Spme) · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
General Operations
$25,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2022
General Operations
$25,000
American Friends of Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2022
General Operations
$25,000
Jewish National Fund · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General Operations
$25,000
Project Aid and Rescue · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General Operations
$25,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2021
General Operations

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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.