Jewish National Fund (keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-1659627. Reported 694 grants totalling $59.0M to 330 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
330organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$59.0Mgranted, 2020-2024
59%of grantees funded again the next year
36%of dollars to its largest recipient
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 National Fund (keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc, the IRS classifies it under international affairs rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE Q300) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 330 distinct organizations, with 36% 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. 59% 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 $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $7,458,740. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
All 330 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received a reported grant.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Muss Institute for Israel Education Inc | Rockville Ctr, NY | $21.0M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition Inc | Washington, DC | $4,927,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | $1,579,750 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $1,528,900 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Heroes to Heroes Foundation | Boynton Beach, FL | $1,452,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| National Philanthropic Tr | Jenkintown, PA | $1,027,812 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy | Bryn Mawr, PA | $988,242 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gottesman Rtw Academy | Randolph, NJ | $857,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $805,342 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Geerz for Life Inc | Denver, CO | $776,664 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Adi Israel Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $625,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $586,836 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chabad of Hollywood West | Los Angeles, CA | $576,406 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sinai Temple | Los Angeles, CA | $537,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $518,125 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation | Burlington, VT | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Media Caravan Inc | New York, NY | $485,950 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Arava Institute Ltd | Newton Center, MA | $479,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Emanu El a Corp | Redlands, CA | $477,869 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Students Supporting Israel | Minnetonka, MN | $444,700 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $440,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yula Girls High School | Los Angeles, CA | $414,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | New York, NY | $385,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fuel for Truth Inc | Syosset, NY | $343,750 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rimon Club Z Inc | San Francisco, CA | $335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Americas Foundation | Reston, VA | $325,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $310,950 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Saving Paws Rescue Az | Phoenix, AZ | $310,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Coast Kollel | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom of Marin | San Rafael, CA | $295,310 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dix Hills Jewish Center | Dix Hills, NY | $257,037 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc | Scarsdale, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maccabi USA Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tamid Israel Investment Group Ltd | Grand Rapids, MI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Israel Education Inc | Atlanta, GA | $245,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc | Newton, MA | $240,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Federation of Yng Mens Hebrew Assn & Yng Womens Hbrw Assn | Fairfield, NJ | $236,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawfare Project Inc | New York, NY | $231,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Live Kabbalah | Boynton Beach, FL | $226,357 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reut USA | Woodland Hls, CA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Middlesex and Monmouth Counties | South River, NJ | $207,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Am | San Diego, CA | $203,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Chico Inc | Chico, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Midwest Campers Inc | Beachwood, OH | $197,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mohonk Preserve Inc | New Paltz, NY | $186,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Nations Watch - USA | New York, NY | $184,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Shifra Inc | New York, NY | $173,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Roslyn Inc | Roslyn Hts, NY | $171,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stephen Wise Free Synagogue | New York, NY | $166,333 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Mosdot Zera Yitzchak Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iranian American Jewish Federation | Great Neck, NY | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bais Medrash East Fifth Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $162,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Agudath Israel of America | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $150,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish News Service Inc | Newton Center, MA | $142,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lake George Land Conservancy Inc | Bolton Lndg, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $137,128 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Helping Israel Fund Inc | E Brunswick, NJ | $136,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beit Shlomo Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $132,018 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Martin-St Lucie County Inc | Palm City, FL | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $129,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | $126,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Unit 669 Inc | Livingston, NJ | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Interactive Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Laurellen Productions | Newtown Sq, PA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| A Torah Infertility Medium of Exchange | Brooklyn, NY | $122,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $122,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Ahavas Tzdokah Vchesed Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Shaarei Teshouva Vechaim | Brooklyn, NY | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin | San Rafael, CA | $108,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Binyan Yerushlaim | Brooklyn, NY | $104,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arizona Jewish Historical Society | Phoenix, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc | Rockville, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Morasha Olami Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Society for Hebrew Day Schools | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zero Prostate Cancer | Alexandria, VA | $99,399 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Swim Across America Inc | Charlotte, NC | $97,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny Inc | New York, NY | $96,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boca Raton Synagogue Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $94,925 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giving Back Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $94,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gemilos Chasodim Chasdei Moshe | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family & Career Services Inc | Atlanta, GA | $88,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yula High School | Los Angeles, CA | $81,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $73,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Temple Beth-El of Northbrook | Northbrook, IL | $72,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Metuchen Jewish Community Center | Metuchen, NJ | $70,990 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Carmei Hair International Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Daat Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $66,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hakshiva Inc | Cedarhurst, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rodney Street Tennis Association | Wilmington, DE | $63,395 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sixth & I Synagogue Inc | Washington, DC | $63,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center | New York, NY | $62,200 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Council of Young Israel | Los Angeles, CA | $62,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Jewish Film Society Inc | Smyrna, GA | $60,240 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohr Meir Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach, SC | $59,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | College Park, MD | $58,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Delaware Inc | Wilmington, DE | $58,368 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Rabbinical College of Telzstone Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Congregation Shaarei Torah | Cincinnati, OH | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc | Sandy Springs, GA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Keren Tiferet Menachem Inc | Lauderhill, FL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Institute for National Security of America | Washington, DC | $54,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tampa Jcc-Federation Inc | Tampa, FL | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Yad Eliezer Inc | Jackson, NJ | $53,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Temple Emanu-El of Closter Inc | Closter, NJ | $52,572 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fjc | New York, NY | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | Teaneck, NJ | $50,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Parkland Inc | Parkland, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends Of@duvdevan | Farmington Hills, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Educational Loan Fund Inc | Sandy Springs, GA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mikvah Society of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pardes Jewish Day School Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Standing Tough Against Rape Society | Ferndale, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United States Sailing Foundaton | Bristol, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens Cancer Resource Center | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chai 4EVER Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $48,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tierrasanta Foundation | San Diego, CA | $46,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach | Atlantic Bch, NY | $45,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tikva Corp | West Caldwell, NJ | $45,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Temple Beth Tikvah Inc | Roswell, GA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Global Village Project Inc | Decatur, GA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bnei David Foundation | Teaneck, NJ | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad on Campus International Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $42,282 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $42,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fuente Latina Inc | Hollywood, FL | $42,123 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth Shalom Inc | Wilmington, DE | $41,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cong Magen David of West Deal | Ocean, NJ | $41,591 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Council of Young Israel | Woodmere, NY | $40,708 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ohel Shelomoh | New York, NY | $40,350 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Friends of Midreshet Moriah Inc | W Hempstead, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Academy Community School Inc | Margate, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Israeli-American Council | Woodland Hls, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penn Hillel | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shlomos Tent | Orlando, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Broward Inc | Davie, FL | $39,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Als Network | Woodland Hls, CA | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation | Wellesley Hls, MA | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Belev Echad Inc | New York, NY | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Florida Breast Cancer Coalition Research Foundation | Oviedo, FL | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kolel Shomre Hachomos of Jerusalem Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Uniondale, NY | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research | New York, NY | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva Toras Yisrael | Brooklyn, NY | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | New York, NY | $37,700 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School Endowment Foundation | Chicago, IL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Algemeiner Inc | New York, NY | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Ateret Cohanem Inc | Woodmere, NY | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beit Tshuvah | Los Angeles, CA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Altneu Synagogue | New York, NY | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim Inc | New York, NY | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Delaware Inc | Wilmington, DE | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging | Reseda, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Leffell School | Hartsdale, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| William Bremen Jewish Heritage Musuem | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seminar Yerushalayim-American Assembly | Brooklyn, NY | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Honest Reporting Com Inc | Davie, FL | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Temple Chai | Scottsdale, AZ | $30,752 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Kiryat Chinuch Labonim Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Congregation Reb Meir Baal Hanes | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hasbara Fellowships Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Home Life Communities Inc | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mychildcancer Inc | Fair Lawn, NJ | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | Westbury, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Friends of Chabad-Lubavitch Inc | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tova Uvrucha Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Jewish Congress American Section Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Isr Ael | New York, NY | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc | New York, NY | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Scottsdale Torah Center | Scottsdale, AZ | $28,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Zionist Organization of America | New York, NY | $28,397 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chazak | New York, NY | $28,213 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Reichman University Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brothers for Life | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad at Tulane | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council of Jewish Organizations of Nassau County Inc | Great Neck, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Elnet | Skokie, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friendship Circle of Greater Fort Lauderdale | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Impact Forum Foundation | Encino, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opendor Media Inc | Sunrise, FL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Council of Young Israel | Scarsdale, NY | $24,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $23,843 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | New York, NY | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cong Refuah Helpline | Monroe, NY | $22,202 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Caridad Center Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gindi Maimonides Academy | Los Angeles, CA | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $21,062 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Congregation Agudath Israel | Caldwell, NJ | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Ethiopian Jews Inc | Newton Centre, MA | $20,889 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of Chabad of Boca Raton Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $20,720 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ahavas Chesed Inc | Deerfield Bch, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boca Raton Jewish Experience Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chochmat Shlomo USA Inc | Monsey, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Ramat Schlomo | Lakewood, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Congregation Shaare Torah Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friendship Circle of Cleveland Inc | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Orot Fund Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Center for Excellence Through Education | Oak Park, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leovdei Hashem Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Family Fund | Teaneck, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seacrest Foundation | Encinitas, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shelter Inc | Concord, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The American Friends of Migdal Ohr | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zion Orphanage Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zohar Lemaan Hageula | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of Shalva Israel Inc | New York, NY | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Congregation Chevra Shas | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Khal Chasidei Skwera Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Talmudic Studies Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshivat Ateret Yisreal Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Orlando | Maitland, FL | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Darchei Avot | Long Branch, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal | Bronx, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Sherith Israel | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| DC Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Katz Yeshiva High School of South Florida Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawrence Family Jewish Community Centers of San Diego County | La Jolla, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vaad Harabbanim Linyanei Tzeduka Inc | Lakewood, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Center for the United Nations | New York, NY | $14,646 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Yeshivat Kol Tzofayich | Shaker Hts, OH | $13,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc | Paramus, NJ | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sephardic Heritage Museum Inc | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | New York, NY | $12,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Bet Elazraki - Emtc | Teaneck, NJ | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kfar Yeladim David | Brooklyn, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valley Center Fire Fighters Association | Valley Center, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope & Heroes Childrens Cancer Fund | New York, NY | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Equality | New York, NY | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Scottsdale | Scottsdale, AZ | $10,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Lubavitch Inc | New Orleans, LA | $10,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue | Long Branch, NJ | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
169 of 330 (51%) 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.
It also reported 4 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
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.
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 269 of 330 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 | 84 | $6,594,699 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 144 | $9,932,513 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 147 | $12.5M | $21,500 |
| 2023 | 169 | $16.1M | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 150 | $14.0M | $20,200 |
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
56% 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
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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.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund267 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc238 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund196 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust191 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program186 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc144 shared recipients
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 $20,000 -- 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 National Fund (keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc'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 150 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: 42 East 69TH Street, New York, NY, 10021.
EIN 13-1659627 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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