About Jewish Communal Fund
Jewish Communal Fund (JCF) is a Jewish foundation that facilitates and promotes charitable giving through donor-advised funds, enabling individuals and families to achieve their philanthropic goals simply and effectively while supporting Jewish organizations in New York, the U.S., and Israel.
Focus Areas
Jewish community supportIsrael relief and supportMental healthFood insecurityElder careHolocaust educationJewish identity buildingPhilanthropic education and legacy planning
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportcore/organizational support
Topics
About Jewish Communal Fund
Jewish Communal Fund’s recent grantmaking shows a donor-advised fund platform moving large sums through recommendations from fundholders, with grants reaching universities, Jewish communal institutions, and national philanthropic intermediaries. The largest recent grant in the dataset was $140,947,596 to Johns Hopkins University for its tax-exempt purpose, followed by major gifts to Uja-Federation of New York Inc, Cornell University, and New Venture Fund. That mix shows how the foundation can support both Jewish communal priorities and a wide range of other charitable purposes through its DAF structure. The pattern also includes repeated support for the same recipients across multiple years. Uja-Federation of New York Inc appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Johns Hopkins University appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Cornell University appears in 2024 and 2025. Other large grants went to Follow Your Dream, 50CAN Inc, Young Men’s & Young Women’s Hebrew Association Dba 92nd Street Y, and Central Park Conservancy Inc. The foundation’s portfolio combines unrestricted-style giving with grants made in furtherance of grantees’ tax-exempt purposes, reflecting a structure built to channel donor intent across many charitable sectors.
What Jewish Communal Fund Funds
Jewish communal giving is a clear thread in the recent grants. Jewish Communal Fund gave $48,463,697 to Uja-Federation of New York Inc in 2025 and $20,281,741 to Young Men’s & Young Women’s Hebrew Association Dba 92nd Street Y in 2025, both in furtherance of their tax-exempt purposes. Its education support is broad and not limited to Jewish institutions. The foundation granted $48,038,002 to Cornell University in 2025 and $18,331,155 to Harvard University in 2024, each for tax-exempt purposes. It also supported health and research organizations, including $8,382,886 to Mount Sinai Hospital in 2025. The dataset also shows support for civic, policy, and philanthropic infrastructure. Examples include $46,876,000 to New Venture Fund in 2025, $39,500,000 to 50CAN Inc in 2024, and $11,525,000 to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc in 2025.
How Jewish Communal Fund Gives
Typical grant size centers on mid-five-figure awards: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $23,719, and the 75th percentile is $66,800. The recent-grants table also shows very large outliers, including eight- and nine-figure distributions. As a pure donor-advised fund provider, Jewish Communal Fund issues grants through fundholder recommendations and through board-directed community and special-gifts funding. The same recipients can appear across multiple years, indicating recurring relationships rather than one-time transactions in parts of the portfolio. Grants are generally unrestricted unless otherwise indicated, and the fund does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$917.2M
Total Assets
$3.6B
Total Revenue
$1.3B
Total Expenses
$1B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $67K, with a median of $24K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$24K
75th Percentile
$67K
Geographic Reach
National39 states funded
About 49% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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