The Isaac Alhadeff Foundation is a Seattle-based funder with a strong emphasis on Jewish communal life, especially Sephardic heritage, education, youth programming, and social services. A large share of its support goes to core Jewish institutions and recurring partners such as Jewish Family Service, the UW Sephardic Studies program, Hillel, camp scholarship providers, and synagogues or heritage organizations. It also makes a few targeted local civic or human-service grants, suggesting a blend of Jewish identity-building, community care, and selected Seattle-area quality-of-life giving.
Moderately concentrated giving with strong repeat support to a small set of Jewish core grantees, supplemented by occasional one-time or special-purpose grants. Grants are often program-specific rather than unrestricted, with a mix of larger anchor gifts and smaller community or scholarship awards.
THE Isaac Alhadeff Foundation’s recent giving is marked by terminal support tied to an organizational dissolution, with three large grants to the same Seattle recipient appearing in the record alongside support for Jewish Family Service. The largest reported grant was $2,839,000 in 2024, followed by $813,000 in 2023 and $659,000 in 2024, all listed to See Attachment A in Seattle. That pattern points to concentrated, high-dollar funding for a small number of local Jewish communal institutions rather than a broad portfolio of many grantees. The foundation also made direct operating support grants to Jewish Family Service in Seattle, including $378,670 and a smaller final payment of $17,352 for ongoing programming. One of those gifts was identified as the final grant paid in April 2024 per a plan of dissolution. Across the recent record, the foundation’s work is tightly focused on Seattle-area Jewish community support, institutional continuity, and closure-related funding for a nonprofit undergoing wind-down activities.
The foundation’s clearest programmatic emphasis is support for Jewish social services in Seattle. In 2024, it gave $378,670 to Jewish Family Service to provide support to an exempt organization, and later added a $17,352 final grant to support ongoing programming under a dissolution plan. A second theme is major institutional support for a single Seattle recipient identified as See Attachment A. The grants listed at $2,839,000 in 2024, $813,000 in 2023, and $659,000 in 2024 show sustained funding at a scale well above the foundation’s smaller operating grants. The record also reflects support connected to organizational closure and program continuity, rather than open-ended project diversification. That appears in the final grant language and in the repeated use of the same recipient across multiple years.
Typical grants are large: the 25th percentile is $378,670, the median is $659,000, and the 75th percentile is $813,000. The recent record shows a very concentrated pattern, with only a few grants and repeated support to the same Seattle recipient across 2023 and 2024. The foundation is a family foundation, and the listed gifts are grant payments rather than program-related investments. No application process is shown in the provided data.
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$526K
$3.3M
Most grants fall between $14K and $50K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$50K
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Notable grantees: Jewish Family Service, UW Foundation, Hillel at the University of Washington, Friendship Circle of Washington, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Every recent grant in the record went to recipients in Washington, and all were in Seattle. The geographic profile is therefore entirely local: 100% of grants were given to recipients in the HQ state, which also matches the foundation’s top giving state. No non-U.S. recipient countries appear in the data. The distribution suggests a single-city focus rather than regional or national grantmaking.
The recent record centers on Seattle Jewish communal institutions and Jewish social services. Grants include support for Jewish Family Service and multiple large payments to a Seattle recipient listed as See Attachment A, with language pointing to program continuity and organizational dissolution support.
The grant-size distribution is high and concentrated: p25 is $378,670, median grant size is $659,000, and p75 is $813,000. The largest recent grant listed is $2,839,000.
No. All 5 recent grants went to recipients in the United States, and every listed recipient city is Seattle, WA. The data also shows 100% of grants in the HQ state of Washington.
Yes. The same Seattle recipient listed as See Attachment A appears in three grants across 2023 and 2024, and Jewish Family Service appears in two 2024 grants. That pattern suggests repeated support rather than one-off giving.
Two grants are listed for Jewish Family Service in Seattle: $378,670 to provide support to an exempt organization and $17,352 to support ongoing programming, with the smaller payment described as the final grant paid in April 2024 under a plan of dissolution.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service | SEATTLE, WA | $378,670 | 2024 | To provide support to Exempt Organization |
| Jewish Family Service | SEATTLE, WA | $17,352 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING PROGRAMING. FINAL GRANT PAID ON APRIL 17, 2024 PER THE ATTACHED PLAN OF DISSOLUTION |
| Friends of the Waterfront Seattle | Seattle, WA | $125,000 | 2023 | To provide support for the downtown park in Seattle |
| Friendship Circle of Washington | Mercer Island, WA | $75,000 | 2023 | To provide support for Outreach Programming |
| UW Foundation | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 2023 | To provide support for the Sephardic Studies Rentention Pgm |
| Jewish Family Service | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 2023 | To provide support to Exempt Organization |
| J-Street | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2023 | To provide general support |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 2023 | To provide general support |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2023 | Emergency Campaign in Ukraine |
| URJ Camp Kalsman | Bellevue, WA | $50,000 | 2023 | To provide support to camp scholarships |
| Kindering Center of Washington | Bellevue, WA | $40,000 | 2023 | To provide support to Exempt Organization |
| Hillel at the University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 2023 | To provide support for the match for undergraduate Shabbat |
| Hebrew Union College | Los Angeles, CA | $28,000 | 2023 | To provide support for scholarships |
| Sephardic Adventure Camp | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 2023 | To provide support for SAC camperships |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association of Washington State | Mercer Island, WA | $25,000 | 2023 | To provide general support |
| Farestart | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 2023 | To provide support for summer meal preperation and delivery To provide support for community meals program |
| UW Foundation | Seattle, WA | $24,000 | 2023 | To provide support for the Sephardic Studies Public Engagement |
| Hillel at the University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 2023 | To provide general support |
| Washington State Jewish Historical Society | Mercer Island, WA | $20,000 | 2023 | To provide support to the WA Jewish Memory Archive Project |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2023 | To provide support the SAFE Washington program |
| Congregation Ezra Bessaroth | Seattle, WA | $12,500 | 2023 | To provide general support |
| Seattle Childrens Playground | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2023 | To provide support for Exempt Organization |
| Jewish Family Service | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 2023 | To provide support to Tzedakah program |
| College Success Foundation | Bellevue, WA | $7,500 | 2023 | To provide support for scholarships |
| Washington State Jewish Historical Society | Mercer Island, WA | $5,000 | 2023 | To provide support to the Family of Strangers Gala |
| UW Foundation | Seattle, WA | $3,500 | 2023 | To provide Sephardic Intern in Leon, Spain |
| Kehila Kedosha Jania | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2023 | To provide support to 2022 Greek Festival |
TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING PROGRAMING. FINAL GRANT PAID ON APRIL 17, 2024 PER THE ATTACHED PLAN OF DISSOLUTION
Friends of the Waterfront Seattle
$125,000To provide support for the downtown park in Seattle
To provide support for Outreach Programming
UW Foundation
$60,000To provide support for the Sephardic Studies Rentention Pgm
American Israel Education Foundation
$50,000To provide general support
URJ Camp Kalsman
$50,000To provide support to camp scholarships
Hillel at the University of Washington
$30,000To provide support for the match for undergraduate Shabbat
Hebrew Union College
$28,000To provide support for scholarships
Sephardic Adventure Camp
$25,000To provide support for SAC camperships
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Washington State
$25,000To provide general support
To provide support for summer meal preperation and delivery To provide support for community meals program
UW Foundation
$24,000To provide support for the Sephardic Studies Public Engagement
Hillel at the University of Washington
$20,000To provide general support
To provide support to the WA Jewish Memory Archive Project
To provide support the SAFE Washington program
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
$12,500To provide general support
Seattle Childrens Playground
$10,000To provide support for Exempt Organization
To provide support to the Family of Strangers Gala
UW Foundation
$3,500To provide Sephardic Intern in Leon, Spain
Kehila Kedosha Jania
$2,500To provide support to 2022 Greek Festival