Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles
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About Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles
BJE builds and secures a vibrant and enduring Jewish future through education.
Focus Areas
Jewish early childhood educationDay school education (K-12)Part-time/religious school educationTeacher and leader professional developmentTeen experiential education (March of the Living, service corps)Student support services and special educationEndowment and development supportScholarships and affordability programsConnecting families to schools/camps (JKidLA concierge)
Who They Fund
students (scholarship recipients)teachers (mentor teachers and teacher mentees)
About Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles
Student scholarships are the clearest recent pattern for Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc., with repeated support flowing to Jewish day schools and high schools across Los Angeles-area neighborhoods. In the latest grant list, Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn Torat received $21,000 in 2025, while Emek Hebrew Academy received $20,000 the same year. Milken Community Schools also appears near the top of the list with $18,900 in 2025. Those awards sit alongside a longer run of similar grants in prior years, indicating an education funder that primarily uses operating-style scholarship support rather than one-off project bets. The organization’s stated purpose is to build and secure a vibrant and enduring Jewish future through education, and its recent awards reflect that mission in practice. Grants reach a mix of yeshivas, day schools, and secondary schools, including institutions in Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Beverly Hills, West Hills, Valley Village, and Northridge. The foundation’s leadership is listed as Dr. Gil Graff, and its annual grants total $954,150.
What Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Funds
Jewish student support is a central thread. Recent scholarships include $17,700 to Yeshiva University High School in Los Angeles for student scholarships, $13,700 to Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills for the same purpose, and $12,650 to Cheder Menachem in Los Angeles for student scholarships. The awards are recurring across multiple years, not isolated to a single cycle. Teacher development is another visible area. The Lainer Awards are annual cash awards for exemplary Jewish educators in early childhood and part-time religious school settings, with up to three awards in each setting. BJE also offers the Simha and Sara Lainer Distinguished Educator Awards for early childhood educators. Early childhood innovation appears in the Smotrich Family Foundation “What If” Grants, which support special project implementation, and in the 2025 BJE Next Steps Grants, which help early childhood centers apply learning from the Bebe Feuerstein Simon Early Childhood Institute through supplies, coaching, workshops, and materials.
How Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Gives
Typical grant size is modest: the 25th percentile is $7,450, the median is $9,800, and the 75th percentile is $12,088. The recent grant list also shows a cluster of larger scholarship awards above that range, but the distribution still centers on mid-four-figure to low-five-figure support. The pattern is recurring over several years, with the same schools appearing repeatedly in 2023, 2024, and 2025. BJE is a grantmaker and scholarship provider rather than an individual-giving fund; it does not fund individuals directly. Its active programs include both unsolicited awards, such as educator recognition and early childhood micro-grants, and invitation-based matching support for day school endowment building.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$341K
Total Assets
$21.6M
Total Revenue
$5.5M
Total Expenses
$4.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $12K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$12K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DR GIL GRAFF
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