Jewish Family and Children's Services
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-1156528. Reported 113 grants totalling $4,219,345 to 73 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Jewish Family and Children's Services, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P400) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 73 distinct organizations, with 20% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 35% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,700. Half of what it reported fell between $7,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $850,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $850,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chapel & York US Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $635,233 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freshgrass Public Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $313,685 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sadlers Wells Association Inc | New York, NY | $288,518 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Federation of S F Marin Peninsula & Sonoma Counties | San Francisco, CA | $165,800 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $161,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Israaid US Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, CA | $76,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $67,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Council | Washington, DC | $62,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of | New York, NY | $59,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $57,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Home | San Francisco, CA | $55,385 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chabad of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service of Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | $53,220 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Redbud Resource Group | Santa Rosa, CA | $49,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Exploratorium | San Francisco, CA | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Heritage Museum Inc | Bloomingdale, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Public Integrity | Washington, DC | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Congregation Beth Sholom San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $28,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Free Clinic | Santa Rosa, CA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay | Concord, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holocaust Museum La | Los Angeles, CA | $24,944 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Valley Holocaust Educators Network | Sacramento, CA | $23,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doris Dillon School in Cambodia | San Jose, CA | $23,378 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Tel Aviv University Inc | New York, NY | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $21,878 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Zoological Society | San Francisco, CA | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Working America Education Fund | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conard House Inc | San Francisco, CA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Jewish Community Ctr | Foster City, CA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Donor Advised Charitable Giving | Lone Tree, CO | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin | San Rafael, CA | $14,094 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $13,860 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | San Francisco, CA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Treasure Island Sailing Center Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meet International Inc | Boston, MA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hawaii Foodbank | Honolulu, HI | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Housing Partnership | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Free Loan Association | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jimena Inc | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Childrens Health | Palo Alto, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo Inc | Concord, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| State Leadership Project | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tahoe Forest Health System Foundation | Truckee, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Red Tab Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Never Lose Your Drive Foundation Inc | Hyde Park, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service | San Francisco, CA | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Charity Global Inc | Franklin, TN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pets Unlimited | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Contemporary Jewish Museum | San Francisco, CA | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Peninsula Temple Sholom | Burlingame, CA | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lowell Alumni Association | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
22 of 73 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Yale University
TO SUPPORT YALE LAW SCHOOL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 65 of 73 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 | $475,525 | $8,450 |
| 2021 | 19 | $195,010 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 30 | $892,670 | $21,939 |
| 2023 | 16 | $2,232,590 | $14,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $423,550 | $11,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
39% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,700 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jewish Family and Children's Services's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 20 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 159004, San Francisco, CA, 94115.
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