About Hias
Drawing on our Jewish values and history, HIAS stands for a world in which refugees find welcome, safety, and opportunity.
Focus Areas
Refugee resettlementAsylum and legal servicesMental health services for displaced peopleEconomic empowerment and inclusionAdvocacy for refugee rightsCommunity engagement (Jewish communities)
Who They Fund
refugees and displaced personswomen and adolescent girls (including GBV survivors)refugee entrepreneurs / economically vulnerable refugees
Funding Style
general operating supportdirect service / humanitarian assistance
About Hias
HIAS Inc. channels its grantmaking toward refugee resettlement and placement, and the recent record shows that mission in large, repeated awards to service providers across the United States. The single largest grant in the file is $20,100,000 to Hias Foundation for general operating support, paired with a $3,452,950 grant to the same recipient for permanently restricted endowments. Those awards sit alongside a steady stream of operating-scale support for organizations that help displaced people settle, navigate services, and rebuild stability. Among the clearest examples are $5,166,340 to Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County in Ann Arbor and $4,290,748 to Jewish Family Services of Western New York in Buffalo, both for resettlement and placement. Additional large grants to Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services in Clearwater and Jewish Family & Community Services of East Bay in Berkeley show that the foundation backs a network of local partners rather than a single geography. The foundation’s stated focus areas also extend beyond placement to asylum and legal services, mental health services for displaced people, economic empowerment and inclusion, advocacy for refugee rights, and community engagement with Jewish communities.
What Hias Funds
Resettlement and placement dominate the recent grants list, with repeated awards to local agencies that support newcomers after arrival. In Ann Arbor, HIAS Inc. gave $5,166,340 to Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County for resettlement and placement, showing the scale of its commitment to direct service infrastructure. The foundation also funds legal and protection-related work through partners in major urban hubs. Jewish Family & Community Services of Pittsburgh received $3,294,360 for resettlement and placement, while Hias Pennsylvania in Philadelphia received $2,846,226 for the same purpose, indicating support for established service networks. Mental health and inclusion are part of the broader programmatic frame, and the active grant-program descriptions also point to economic empowerment and psychosocial support. In that context, grants such as $3,117,613 to Commonpoint Queens in Elmhurst and $3,055,031 to Jewish Family Services of Seattle in Kent fit a service model that combines placement with stabilization and community integration.
How Hias Gives
HIAS Inc. gives at operating scale. The typical grant size runs from a p25 of $168,851 to a median of $691,176, with a p75 of $1,833,348, while the recent list also includes several multimillion-dollar awards. Recipients appear across multiple years, especially in the resettlement network, which suggests sustained support rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals. Active grant-program descriptions note both unsolicited philanthropic support through the HIAS Foundation and request-for-proposals processes for service partnerships.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$61.2M
Total Assets
$92M
Total Revenue
$140.6M
Total Expenses
$151.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $169K and $1.8M, with a median of $691K.
25th Percentile
$169K
Median
$691K
75th Percentile
$1.8M
Geographic Reach
National23 states funded
About 3% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BETH OPPENHEIM
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