Jewish Community Centers Association of North America
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About Jewish Community Centers Association of North America
We lead and connect the JCC Movement, advancing and enriching North American Jewish life.
Focus Areas
Jewish community servicesJewish educationYouth and sports programsLeadership developmentProfessional development and scholarshipsCommunity resilience and crisis responseBoard governance supportIsrael engagement
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportcore/operating fundingorganizational capacity/stability
About Jewish Community Centers Association of North America
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America supports the JCC Movement through a mix of general operating support, scholarships, and an ongoing $7.2 million initiative with Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. That combination points to a funder that backs both institutional stability and professional capacity across Jewish communal life in North America. In the 2025 grants list, the association’s support reaches a wide range of JCCs, camps, and community centers, from Evelyn Rubenstein Jcc of Houston and Jcc of Metropolitan Detroit to Capital Camp & Retreat Center and New Jersey Y Camps. The pattern is consistent with the organization’s stated role: it leads and connects the JCC Movement while advancing and enriching North American Jewish life. Recent grants also include core support for centers serving local Jewish communities in places such as Commonpoint Queens, Harry & Rose Samson Family Jcc, and Moise Safra Center. Alongside operating grants, the association runs scholarship programs for current, full-time JCC professionals, showing that its grantmaking is aimed at both organizations and the people who staff them.
What Jewish Community Centers Association of North America Funds
A major part of the association’s grantmaking is unrestricted support for JCCs and related communal institutions. Recent examples include general operating support for Kings Bay Ym-ywha, Jccs of Greater Boston, and Jcc Chicago, all of which received awards in 2025 for organizational stability. It also funds camps and youth-serving settings tied to the JCC network. Camp Mountain Chai, B'nai B'rith Camp - Oregon, and Camp Sabra each appear in the recent grants list with operating support, showing that youth and sports programs are part of the portfolio. Professional development is another clear emphasis. The JCC Association Professional Development Scholarship Program supports current, full-time JCC professionals pursuing degrees, certificates, and continuing education, with awards distributed by academic semester and a maximum total of $20,000. That structure connects the foundation’s workforce support to leadership development across the movement.
How Jewish Community Centers Association of North America Gives
The recent grants cluster tightly around modest operating awards rather than a few large project grants. In the 2025 list, the largest grant is $165,500, the median is about $20,825, and the lower end of the visible top-30 list sits around the high teens. Most awards are labeled general operating support, and the recipients span JCCs, camps, and community centers. This is also a recurring grantmaker: the active programs show continuing scholarship support, and the $7.2 million initiative is described as ongoing. The foundation is a public charity, not a donor-advised fund or private family foundation. Unsolicited applications are accepted for the listed active programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.1M
Total Assets
$40.1M
Total Revenue
$22.1M
Total Expenses
$20M
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