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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 “jewis”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWI — general & unrestricted
Lillie Nathan and Sally Helfman Memorial Charitable TrustNew York, NY
3 matching grants · $15,436 · through 2024Largest: $5,436 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR JEWI — provider of graduateundergraduateeducation
Largest: $5,000 to BETH OLOTH — raising orphaned and immigrant jewis
Largest: $10,000 to NATL COMMITTEE FURTHERANCE OF JEWIS — support for jewish education
Remembering LitvaksSaint Petersburg, FL
2 matching grants · $5,274 · through 2024Largest: $2,637 to UAB INTERPRETUM — translation into lithuanian of articles about jewi
Largest: $2,000 to UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JEWIS — general operating
Largest: $150,000 to JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE JEWIS — general operating
Largest: $2,500 to National Urban League — jewis education
Milwaukee Diaper MissionCudahy, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $44,715 · through 2024Largest: $44,715 to JEWISH COMMUNITY PANTRY (A PROGRAM OF THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWI — diapers, period products, boxes of wipes
Largest: $1,500 to HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWI — program/operating support
Largest: $50,000 to UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JEWIS — general operating
Walter and Elise Haas FundSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION FBO MAGNES COLLECTION OF JEWIS — one year of project support to engage bay area residents in understanding jewish diversity through exhibitions and programs
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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 →

