The Jack E & Rachel Gindi Foundation concentrates its giving on Jewish education and local Los Angeles Jewish community institutions, with a secondary interest in public policy related to the Near East. Grants skew toward supporting Jewish day and high schools as well as Jewish higher-education and community foundation infrastructure, with one notable gift to a Near East policy institute.
Highly concentrated giving: a small number of relatively large gifts with one dominant $500,000 award; repeated support to Jewish educational institutions and the local Jewish community foundation; occasional funding outside education for policy research.
A $500,000 general-support grant to Milken Community Schools is the clearest signal in the Jack E & Rachel Gindi Foundation’s recent giving. The foundation’s largest listed award sits alongside repeated support for Jewish day and high schools in Los Angeles, showing a pattern of funding educational institutions rather than individuals or program-related investments. Recent grants also include support for YULA High School and Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School, both part of the same broad educational lane. Beyond school funding, the foundation has backed Jewish community philanthropy infrastructure through the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles and has made a separate grant to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The overall picture is of a public charity with a regional grantmaking footprint and a consistent preference for general support, core support, and other flexible funding. Its giving also reaches beyond local education into Jewish communal institutions and a limited public-policy interest connected to the Near East. The foundation’s annual grantmaking totals $783,500, with assets of $25,453,046 on the latest filing.
Jewish education is the foundation’s dominant theme. It gave $500,000 to Milken Community Schools for general support, and it also supported YULA High School with $26,000 and Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School with $25,000, both for general support. The pattern points to continuing backing for independent Jewish day and high schools in Los Angeles. A second area is Jewish communal infrastructure. In 2025, the foundation gave $50,000 to the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles for general support, following a $7,500 grant to the same organization in 2023. That pairing shows interest in community foundation capacity and local Jewish philanthropy. The foundation also funds Jewish higher education and public-policy research. It gave $50,000 to Yeshiva University for general support and $125,000 to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy for general support, linking its grantmaking to both educational and policy-oriented institutions.
The typical grant size clusters around a median of $37,500, with the 25th percentile at $20,625 and the 75th percentile at $68,750. Recent awards range from $7,500 to $500,000, with several gifts in the general-support category. The foundation appears to use flexible funding rather than restricted project grants. Its recent list shows repeated support for the same institutions across multiple years, including the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles and Yeshiva-related grantees, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. It is a public charity and does not fund individuals.
$576K
$25.5M
$1.5M
$971K
Most grants fall between $21K and $69K, with a median of $38K.
25th Percentile
$21K
Median
$38K
75th Percentile
$69K
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Notable grantees: Milken Community Schools, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Yeshiva University, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, YULA High School
Grantmaking is concentrated in the United States, with all listed recent grants going to U.S. recipients. California receives the largest share of grants by recipient location, and 50% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. Los Angeles is a recurring recipient city, with grants to Milken Community Schools, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, YULA High School, and Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School. Outside California, recent grants also go to New York, NY, and Washington, DC.
The foundation most often supports Jewish education and Jewish communal institutions. Recent grants include Milken Community Schools, YULA High School, Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, and Yeshiva University. It also has one listed grant to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Its typical award is $37,500 at the median, with the middle half of grants falling between $20,625 and $68,750. Recent grants include both smaller gifts, such as $7,500, and much larger support, including a $500,000 award.
Yes. The recent grants list repeatedly uses general support language, including awards to Milken Community Schools, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Yeshiva University, YULA High School, and Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School. That suggests a preference for flexible funding.
Recipient locations are concentrated in the United States, and California is especially prominent. Half of the grants go to recipients in California, with multiple awards going to Los Angeles organizations and additional grants to New York, NY, and Washington, DC.
Yes. The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles appears in both 2025 and 2023 grants, and Yeshiva-related institutions also recur across years. That indicates the foundation maintains some ongoing relationships rather than giving only one-time awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milken Community Schools | LA, CA | $500,000 | 2025 | general support |
| Jewish Community Foundation of LA | LA, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | general support |
| YULA High School | LA, CA | $26,000 | 2025 | general support |
| W coast Ret & Camp Ctr Inc | LA, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Bnei Akiva of LA | LA, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| WA Institute for Near East Policy | WA, DC | $125,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Yeshiva Uni of La High School | LA, CA | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| Jewish Comm Fnd of LA | LA, CA | $7,500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
W coast Ret & Camp Ctr Inc
$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
WA Institute for Near East Policy
GENERAL SUPPORT