Jewish Federation of San Antonio
San Antonio, TX · EIN 74-1109662. Reported 116 grants totalling $8,299,844 to 46 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 Federation of San Antonio, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T700).
- How spread out its giving is. 46 distinct organizations, with 26% 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. 67% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than 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 $19,309. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $56,189; the smallest was $5,360 and the largest $1,337,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $2,123,373 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $1,462,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Service of San Antonio Texas Inc | San Antonio, TX | $728,840 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Barshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $643,761 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jgive-Friends of Asor Fund USA Inc | Israel, NJ | $572,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Starr Family Jewish Day School | San Antonio, TX | $342,620 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Texas Hillel | Austin, TX | $260,250 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Maoz-Seal Inc | Haverhill, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Campus of the San Antonio Jewish Community | San Antonio, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Congregation Rodfei Sholom Bnai Israel | San Antonio, TX | $142,752 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Assoc of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $132,600 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Geerz for Life Inc | Denver, CO | $108,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Tx at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $106,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of Kishinev Jewry | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Moldova | Okemos, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Golden Manor | Shavano Park, TX | $92,875 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Agudas Achim | San Antonio, TX | $88,129 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Uthsc - Sam Barshop Memorial Research Fund | San Antonio, TX | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel | Israel, NY | $76,234 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youngstown Area Jewish Federation | Youngstown, OH | $67,339 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Camp Young Judaea Inc | Bellaire, TX | $64,967 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Urj Greene Family Camp | Bruceville, TX | $60,632 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council | New York, NY | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth-El | San Antonio, TX | $46,781 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of South Texas Inc | San Antonio, TX | $41,295 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas State University | San Marcos, TX | $37,666 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $36,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel of Northn Westchester | Croton Hdsn, NY | $31,574 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hemisfair Conservancy | San Antonio, TX | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Food Bank Inc | San Antonio, TX | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lifting Hands International | Chandler, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Menorah | Redondo Beach, CA | $19,840 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Antonio Lifetime Recovery Inc | San Antonio, TX | $16,666 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Association of Former Students of Texas a & M University | College Sta, TX | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Far North San Antonio | Boerne, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moldova World Childrens Fund Inc | Hendersonvlle, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohr Lanu Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Texas Freedom Network Education Fund | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Congregation Supporters of Torah Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Texas San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sa Youth | San Antonio, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Chai | San Antonio, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shalom Institute Camp and Conference Center | Malibu, CA | $5,890 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ner L Horeinu Inc | Sun Lakes, AZ | $5,360 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
26 of 46 (57%) 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.
- Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc
GENERAL AND PROGRAM OPERATIONS - Urj Greene Family Camp
SCHOLARSHIP & GENERAL AND PROGRAM OPERATIONS - Camp Young Judaea Texas
SCHOLARSHIP & GENERAL PROGRAM OPERATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 34 of 46 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 | 24 | $1,106,871 | $25,400 |
| 2021 | 30 | $1,400,285 | $19,987 |
| 2022 | 21 | $955,505 | $19,299 |
| 2023 | 23 | $2,495,998 | $17,911 |
| 2024 | 18 | $2,341,185 | $16,757 |
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
47% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
14 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 42 grants totalling $1,839,899 to Jewish Federation of San Antonio. That is 30% of the 47 funders we can see giving to it. Those 14 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a federated giving programme.
6 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar-Yadin Family Foundation | Texas | $1,532,752 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Alex and Sally Halff Family | Texas | $83,800 | 17 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holzman Family Foundation | Texas | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Braverman Family Charitable Foundation | Texas | $32,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Impetus Foundation | Texas | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kolitz Foundation Inc | Texas | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riklin Charitable Trust | Texas | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adelman Family Foundation | Texas | $14,300 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sandra & Stanley D Rosenberg Foundation | Texas | $12,168 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Kemper Foundation | Illinois | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 14.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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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 $19,309 -- 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 New York.
- 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 Federation of San Antonio'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 23 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: 12500 Nw Military Highway 200, San Antonio, TX, 78231.
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