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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “communal”
Where the money went
The Jewish Federation of GreaterNorth Bethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
283 matching grants · $50.0M · through 2024Largest: $7.5M to JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA — jfgw communal support grants
PbhpNew York, NY
69 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $173,800 to AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY — funding to support the college's post-graduate studies program for students seeking to obtain a masters degree in jewish education or jewish communal service.
Largest: $1.4M to JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA — public policy and jewish communal research
Largest: $500,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — to support the annual operating budget of sre network (safetyrespectequity), which supports jewish communal organizations in creating safe and equitable workplaces and communal spa…
ClrcNew York, NY
3 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $980,133 to LEGACY HERITAGE PROGRAMMING XII LLC — the program incorporates an integrated curriculum spanning the two-year duration of the first phase of the project to deepen the jewish knowledge of participants and expose them to…
Largest: $100,000 to JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — the john m. shapiro and shonni j. silverberg philanthropic fund - medical, environment, poverty, education
JlrjNew York, NY
3 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2023Largest: $753,448 to THE NACHSHON PROJECT — operated by programming ii, programming iii, and harbelco, nachshon was developed to operate with the goal of impacting the life trajectory of jewishly engaged college students by …
Largest: $100,000 to BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — israel fellowship for jewish communal professionals
Largest: $3.6M to JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — general & unrestricted
Largest: $50,000 to Shul of Bal Harbour — communal help
The Goldstein Family FoundationPalm Beach Gardens, FL
6 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — the purpose of these contributions is to provide the donee organizations to carry out their exempt functions.
Largest: $30.2M to JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — to further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →