About Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc channels very large grants into direct support for Holocaust survivors and the institutions that serve them. The largest recent awards in the data go to the Amer Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, including $140,804,220 in 2024 and $135,794,299 in 2025, showing the scale of its survivor-support work. Other major recipients include Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Selfhelp Community Services Inc, and Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, all funded for social welfare or assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution.
The foundation’s grantmaking also includes targeted support for Holocaust remembrance, research, documentation, and film projects. Its programs cover social welfare, hardship relief, restitution-related support, and Shoah education work, with grants reaching survivor-serving organizations and research or media projects alike. The pattern is consistent with an institution focused on long-term care, compensation, and documentation rather than broad philanthropy. In practice, that means funding organizations that deliver home care, food, medicine, transportation, and other services for aging survivors, alongside projects that preserve Holocaust history and address denial or distortion.
What Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Funds
A central part of the foundation’s work is social welfare for Holocaust survivors. In 2025 it gave $53,657,195 to Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island for social welfare and $49,574,265 to Selfhelp Community Services Inc for social welfare, both tied to survivor services.
It also funds family-service agencies that support survivors with practical care. Examples include $25,892,402 to Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles for social welfare and $25,950,060 to Goodman Jewish Family Services Inc of Broward County for social welfare in 2025.
Another strand is Shoah research, education, documentation, and film. The foundation’s active grant programs include Shoah Film & Research RFPs and Shoah Research, Education & Documentation grants, reflecting sustained support for projects on Holocaust history, media, and countering inversion or distortion.
How Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Gives
Typical grants are large: the p25 is $30,000, the median is $224,784, and the p75 is $2,703,396. The recent-grants list shows repeated support to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which points to recurring institutional funding rather than isolated one-time awards. It is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Some programs accept unsolicited applications through the grants/allocations process, while targeted RFPs for film and research follow specific instructions.