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Jewish Community Foundation

Foundation · Grantmaker Cherry Hill, NJ EIN: 20-1260545 Website

To assist individuals and families in achieving their philanthropic goals through funds to support the local community, agencies and programs.

Key facts about Jewish Community Foundation

In short: Jewish Community Foundation gave $1.2M across 32 grants in 2025 (avg $38K), mostly in New Jersey. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
20-1260545
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$1,203,570
Grants made (2025)
32
Average grant
$37,612
Median grant
$15,200
Total assets
$50,535,399
Primary geography
New Jersey (77% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Next open deadline
October 24, 2026 (JCF Grants)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$50.5M

+4.3% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.2M

-70.6% YoY

Grant Count

32

+300.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$38K

-92.6% YoY

How Jewish Community Foundation gives

  • 0% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving fell 60% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

About Jewish Community Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Jewish Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on Religion Related, based in Cherry Hill, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $50.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 32 grants totaling $1.2M. Net investment income was $7.2M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

6states

Share of all 32 itemized 2025 grant dollars.

Cities

Cherry HillNew YorkPhiladelphiaVoorheesBoca RatonCamdenChantillyGlassboroLos AngelesMedfordPenn ValleyPennsaukenSouthamptonSuffern

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M8 grants20197 grants20207 grants20217 grants20227 grants20238 grants202432 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey: $246KJewish Federation of SouthernNew Jersey$246KCongregation Beth El: $184KCongregation Beth El$184KTemple Beth Shalom: $161KTemple Beth Shalom$161KMEDITATION4LEADERSHIP: $160KMEDITATION4LEADERSHIP$160KBreakthrough T1D: $50KBreakthrough T1D$50KAmerica's Charities: $40KAmerica's Charities$40KSamost Jewish Family & Children's Service: $25KSamost Jewish Family &Children's Service$25KCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $25KCommittee to ProtectJournalists Inc$25KJewish Community Relations Council: $25KJewish Community RelationsCouncil$25KThe Cooper Foundation Inc: $25KThe Cooper Foundation Inc$25K

Grant Size Distribution

61 grants across all recorded years

31<$50K2$50–100K7$100–250K12$250–500K4$500K–1M5$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY Cherry Hill, NJTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$246,000
CONGREGATION BETH EL Voorhees, NJTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$184,159
TEMPLE BETH SHALOM Cherry Hill, NJTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$160,650
MEDITATION4LEADERSHIP Cherry Hill, NJTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$160,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D New York, NYTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$50,000
AMERICA'S CHARITIES Chantilly, VATO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$40,000
SAMOST JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE Cherry Hill, NJTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$25,050
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC New York, NYTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$25,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL Cherry Hill, NJTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$25,000
THE COOPER FOUNDATION INC Camden, NJTO FURTHER NON-PROFIT'S MISSION$25,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$50,535,399$48,448,772$39,626,852
Revenue$11,892,049$7,231,937$5,654,036
Expenses$7,872,294$4,691,216$3,862,365
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$7,210,680$2,142,916$2,333,024
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Jewish Community Foundation is led by David Snyder, Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2022); 1 of 30 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • David Snyder

    Executive Director

    Director → Director & Assistant Secretary, 2024

    Director & Assistant Secretary → Executive Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    35 hrs/week

    $17K (2025)

  • Andrea Levin

    President

    Trustee → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Clayman

    Assistant Treasurer

    CPA & Assistant → Assistant Treasurer, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Glenn Fuhrman Esq.

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harriet Schulman

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Dubrow Weiss

    Assistant Secretary

    Secretary → Assistant Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jocelyn Borowsky Esq.

    Vice President

    Trustee → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Bernstein CFA

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Elias Fsa

    Board Member

    President → Trustee, 2024

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sydria Schaffer MD

    Board Member

    President → Trustee, 2021

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ed Rivkin

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ellen Krivchenia

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harv Cohen

    Board Member

    Vice President → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jodi Berman

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Milt Gottschalk

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rabbi Bryan Wexler

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stanley Cooper CFP

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ivy Brown Rovner

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marc Shenker

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rhona Cohen

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Ostrum

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jodi Levine

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aj Kreimer

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Levine

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Shacket

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Schulman

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Kaminer

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Allison Bell Keim

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Zell

    Board Member

    Trustee → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Olinksy CPA

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (31)
  • Former: Susan Olinsky CPA (2020–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Jennifer Dubrow Weiss Msw Lsw (2021–2024) — CEO & Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Harv Cohen Cima (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Shevrin (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: David Synder (2023) — Director
  • Former: Mark Fendrick CFP (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Helene Blumenfeld (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Harry Platt (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Sarah Kaplan (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Victor Levy Jd Llm Clu CFP (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Seth Mirowitz (2020–2021) — Executive Director & Assistant
  • Former: Valerie Gladfelter Dsw (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Alise Panitch Esq. (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Carol Roth (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Laurie Harrison (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Mark Shapiro Esq. (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Marvin Raab (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Neil Levin MD (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Scott Seligman (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Elias (2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Alan Blumenfeld (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Edward Rivkin (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Harvey Cohen (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Leonard Glickman (2019) — Executive Director
  • Former: Milton Gottschalk (2019) — President
  • Former: Neal Cupersmith CPA (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Rabbi Nathan Weiner (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Belfer MD (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Scott J. Levine (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Scott Lerner (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Valerie Gladfelter (2019) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

David Snyder — Executive Director: $17KDavid SnyderExecutive Director$17K

Frequently asked questions about Jewish Community Foundation

How much does Jewish Community Foundation give each year?

Jewish Community Foundation gave $1.2M across 32 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.1M across 8 grants.

What is Jewish Community Foundation's typical grant size?

Jewish Community Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $15,200, and its average grant was $37,612, across 32 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Jewish Community Foundation give grants?

Jewish Community Foundation gives mostly in New Jersey: 77% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were New York (12%) and Pennsylvania (6%). The most frequent recipient cities were Cherry Hill, NJ (8 grants), New York, NY (7 grants), Philadelphia, PA (4 grants) and Voorhees, NJ (3 grants).

Does Jewish Community Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 32 grants with a stated purpose on Jewish Community Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "To Further Non-Profit's Mission" (32 grants).

Who are Jewish Community Foundation's largest grantees?

Jewish Community Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey ($246,000), Congregation Beth El ($184,159) and Temple Beth Shalom ($160,650), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 49% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Jewish Community Foundation?

Jewish Community Foundation reported $50.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.9M.

What is Jewish Community Foundation?

Jewish Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on Religion Related, based in Cherry Hill, NJ. It holds $50.5M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Jewish Community Foundation's EIN?

Jewish Community Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-1260545. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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