
This foundation channels large, targeted gifts to a single beneficiary network: Brazilian Jewish healthcare institutions. Nearly all reported giving supports Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira and its hospital for capital improvements and medical/operating equipment, with the foundation often acting as a fiscal conduit rather than an operating funder. The pattern suggests a diaspora-focused philanthropy dedicated to strengthening clinical infrastructure in Jewish-run hospitals in Brazil.
American Friends of Jewish Hospitals and Education Centers of Brazil Inc channels large, restricted gifts to Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira in São Paulo, with repeated $2,000,000 transactions and a separate grant for nursing education and training. The foundation’s recent activity shows a narrow institutional focus: strengthening Jewish healthcare and education capacity in Brazil through projects tied to hospitals, research, innovation, professional training, and emergency response. One 2025 grant was designated for capital improvements and discrete purchases covering medical devices, medical and operating equipment, computer equipment, and furniture and fixtures. Another 2024 grant supported first aid education and training along with advanced practice nursing programs. The grant records also describe multiple transactions as agency transactions, indicating that the foundation often directs funds to the beneficiary network rather than operating a broad, open-ended grant program.
The foundation’s healthcare work is centered on capital and equipment support. In 2025, it awarded $2,000,000 to Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hosp for capital improvements and discrete purchases limited to medical devices, medical and operating equipment, computer equipment, and furniture and fixtures. A separate $100,000 grant in 2024 supported first aid education and training and advanced practice nursing programs. Its broader institutional support also includes general funding for healthcare delivery, research, innovation, professional and academic training, and emergency response within Jewish health and education institutions in Brazil. The active program descriptions point to COVID-19 response as another recurring theme, including capacity expansion, equipment, supplies, and emergency medical support in São Paulo.
Typical grants are large: the reported distribution shows a 25th percentile of $1,525,000, a median of $2,000,000, and a 75th percentile of $2,000,000. The recent record is repetitive rather than diversified, with the same Brazilian recipient network appearing across multiple years and several transactions described as agency transactions. The organization is a regular funder, not an individual grantmaker, and it does not make program-related investments. The pattern is highly restricted and project-specific, with most funds routed to a single beneficiary institution in São Paulo.
$2M
$91K
$2.1M
$2.1M
Most grants fall between $1.5M and $2M, with a median of $2M.
25th Percentile
$1.5M
Median
$2M
75th Percentile
$2M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in FL.
Top 1 recipient countries by grant volume for American Friends of Jewish Hospitals and Education Centers of Brazil.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 8 | $8.2M | 100.0% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
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Highly concentrated: very few, very large grants (two main recipients) primarily for capital and equipment; repeated support to the same institution and occasional use as a custodial conduit rather than active grantmaking.
Notable grantees: Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira, Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital (hospital branch)
All reported grants went to Brazil, and the grant list points to São Paulo as the recipient location. The country distribution shows 8 grants, all in BR. The active program descriptions also place COVID-19 and general support in São Paulo, with one emergency-response program reaching Amazonas as well. The giving geography is therefore concentrated in Brazil, especially São Paulo, rather than in the foundation’s headquarters state.
It funds Brazilian Jewish healthcare and education institutions, especially Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira in São Paulo. Reported purposes include capital improvements, medical devices, medical and operating equipment, computer equipment, furniture and fixtures, first aid education and training, advanced practice nursing programs, and emergency-response support.
Reported grant sizes are large and clustered at the top end: the 25th percentile is $1,525,000, the median is $2,000,000, and the 75th percentile is $2,000,000.
Yes. The recent grant record shows the same Brazilian beneficiary network appearing in 2023, 2024, and 2025, including multiple $2,000,000 transactions and an additional $100,000 grant in 2024.
All reported grants went to Brazil. The recipient location in the grant list is São Paulo, and the active program descriptions also place support in São Paulo, with one COVID-19 emergency-response program extending to Amazonas.
Some active programs are marked as accepting unsolicited requests, including the COVID-19 #COOPERATETOCONTROL fundraising campaign and the Philanthropy and Voluntary Work — General Support to SBIBAE program.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA HOSP | SAN PAULO | $2,000,000 | 2025 | TO BE USED TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND DISCRETE PURCHASES LIMITED TO MEDICAL DEVICES, MEDICAL AND OPERATING EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AND FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. |
| SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA | SAN PAULO | $2,000,000 | 2024 | THIS TRANSACTION MEETS THE AGENCY TRANSACTION CRITERIA UNDER FASB ASC 958-605-20. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JEWISH HOSPITALS AND EDUCATION CENTERS OF BRAZIL, INC. LACKS VARIANCE POWER IN THIS TRANSACTION AND ONLY SERVES AS A CUSTODIAN OF THE FUNDS. THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE OR EXPENSES ON THE ORGANIZATION'S BOOKS. THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTION. |
| SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA | SAN PAULO | $100,000 | 2024 | TO BE UTILIZED FOR FIRST AID EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING PROGRAMS. |
| SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA | SAN PAULO | $2,000,000 | 2023 | THIS TRANSACTION MEETS THE AGENCY TRANSACTION CRITERIA UNDER FASB ASC 958-605-20. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JEWISH HOSPITALS AND EDUCATION CENTERS OF BRAZIL, INC. LACKS VARIANCE POWER IN THIS TRANSACTION AND ONLY SERVES AS A CUSTODIAN OF THE FUNDS. THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE OR EXPENSES ON THE ORGANIZATION'S BOOKS. THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTION. |
SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA HOSP
$2,000,000TO BE USED TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND DISCRETE PURCHASES LIMITED TO MEDICAL DEVICES, MEDICAL AND OPERATING EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AND FURNITURE AND FIXTURES.
SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA
$2,000,000THIS TRANSACTION MEETS THE AGENCY TRANSACTION CRITERIA UNDER FASB ASC 958-605-20. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JEWISH HOSPITALS AND EDUCATION CENTERS OF BRAZIL, INC. LACKS VARIANCE POWER IN THIS TRANSACTION AND ONLY SERVES AS A CUSTODIAN OF THE FUNDS. THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE OR EXPENSES ON THE ORGANIZATION'S BOOKS. THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTION.
SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA
$100,000TO BE UTILIZED FOR FIRST AID EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND THE ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING PROGRAMS.
SOCIEDADE BENEFICENTE ISRAELITA BRASILEIRA
$2,000,000THIS TRANSACTION MEETS THE AGENCY TRANSACTION CRITERIA UNDER FASB ASC 958-605-20. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JEWISH HOSPITALS AND EDUCATION CENTERS OF BRAZIL, INC. LACKS VARIANCE POWER IN THIS TRANSACTION AND ONLY SERVES AS A CUSTODIAN OF THE FUNDS. THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE OR EXPENSES ON THE ORGANIZATION'S BOOKS. THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTION.