Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ

Public charity · Grantmaker Whippany, NJ EIN: 22-1714130

The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ (JCF) is a public charity based in Whippany, New Jersey. Founded in 1949, it manages charitable funds and supports Jewish community life and other causes locally, nationally, and around the world.

Key facts about Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ

In short: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ gave $29.3M across 407 grants in 2025 (avg $72K), mostly in New Jersey. 26% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
22-1714130
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$29,319,530
Grants made (2025)
407
Average grant
$72,038
Median grant
$17,400
New grantees (estimate)
26% first-time grantees (104 of 402, 2025)
Total assets
$648,257,170
Primary geography
New Jersey (53% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$648.3M

+37.7% YoY

Annual Giving

$29.3M

+339.2% YoY

Grant Count

407

+8.5% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$72K

+304.7% YoY

Is Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ open to new grantees?

26%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 104 of 402 grantees (26%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $52K; repeat grants $80K. How we count

Medians: $11K first-time, $20K repeat.

  • 49% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving fell 28% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

JCF’s stated mission is to serve its donors’ charitable aims by gathering, investing, and disbursing charitable funds on their behalf, and encouraging allocations that strengthen charitable institutions designated by donors and approved by the JCF board. Its website says that, since 1949, the foundation and its donors have supported a wide range of programs and institutions, both Jewish and in the broader community.

JCF supports scholarships and other financial aid for individuals and families in need, emergency responses affecting Jewish communities, and new initiatives and community projects. Donor-advised funds and supporting foundations account for the vast majority of its grantmaking; JCF says about 70 percent of fundholders’ grants support Jewish causes. Its advisory councils oversee areas including Jewish camps, day schools, older-adult programs and services, women, teen programs, and Israel. Restricted endowment funds are overseen by a grant review committee.

Examples of supported organizations illustrate the range of recipients. Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ describes its work as providing social services to promote the independence and well-being of individuals and families. Gottesman RTW Academy describes its mission as combining academic excellence with students’ social and emotional growth and Jewish heritage. The National Yiddish Book Center says it works to recover and celebrate Yiddish and modern Jewish literature and culture. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own missions.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, JCF reported 407 grants totaling $29,319,530. Grant amounts ranged from $5,012 to $8,348,703, with a median of $17,400. The foundation says it and its fundholders make over $40 million in grants each year; most grants are recommended by fundholders through donor-advised funds and supporting foundations.

The largest reported grants in 2025 included $8,348,703 to Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey; $1,192,049 to Gottesman RTW Academy; $937,654 to Jewbelong Inc; $899,631 to Jewish Communal Fund; and $742,757 to Jewish Family Service of MetroWest. The filing lists each of these grants’ purpose as “GENERAL.”

JCF also offers specific restricted grant opportunities. Its FY2027 local Greater MetroWest NJ application cycle was open April 20–May 28, 2026, with decisions expected in late July; that cycle has passed. It offered one-year grants for agencies and synagogues serving the local Jewish community and the remainder of Somerset County, with listed priorities including older-adult services, Jewish education, and synagogue engagement. Its Israel restricted grants are for organizations located in or serving residents of Greater MetroWest’s Israel partnership communities, for purposes including support for Israelis with developmental disabilities, cultural activities, Olim resettlement, and scholarships for Ethiopian Jews in Israel.

The Mack Ness Fund’s Stanley Stone Me’oravut Hevratit Award is a $5,000 annual award for a Negev resident associated with an Israeli nonprofit. Applicants must develop a new, collaborative solution to a social or economic problem unique to the Negev, with a strong lead young individual, and show plans to attract additional funders. The listed deadline is November 24, 2026.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

JCF says its grants support organizations locally and around the world, including programs in Israel and overseas Jewish communities. In filing year 2025, grant dollars went primarily to recipients in New Jersey (53%) and New York (26%), followed by Massachusetts (7%), Florida (4%), and Pennsylvania (3%).

Grant Distribution by State

41states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 407 itemized grants.

Cities

New YorkLivingstonWashingtonBrooklynNewarkPhiladelphiaBostonMorristownBoca RatonWest OrangeMontclairSummitSouth OrangeLong BeachTeaneckJupiterLawrenceMillburnWhippanyElizabeth

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20M$40M$60M$80M336 grants2020 319 grants2021 384 grants2022 402 grants2023 375 grants2024 407 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6.7M (2024) to $60.2M (2023). In 2025 it made 407 grants totaling $29.3M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey: $8.3MJewish Federation of GreaterMetroWest New Jersey$8.3MGottesman RTW Academy: $1.2MGottesman RTW Academy$1.2MJewbelong Inc: $938KJewbelong Inc$938KJewish Communal Fund: $900KJewish Communal Fund$900KJewish Family Service of MetroWest: $743KJewish Family Service ofMetroWest$743KAmericans for Ben-Gurion University: $625KAmericans for Ben-GurionUniversity$625KCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston I: $565KCombined Jewish Philanthropiesof Greater Boston I$565KDAFgiving360: $539KDAFgiving360$539KStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $497KStephen Siller Tunnel toTowers Foundation$497KMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc: $491KMorgan Stanley Global ImpactFunding Trust Inc$491K

The largest 2025 recipient was Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey ($8.3M). Together the top 10 received $14.8M.

Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($5,100), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

1,887 grants across all recorded years

1564<$50K156$50–100K106$100–250K27$250–500K16$500K–1M11$1–5M7$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1,564 grants of 1,887 (83%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey Whippany, NJGeneral$8,348,703
Gottesman RTW Academy Randolph, NJGeneral$1,192,049
Jewbelong Inc New York, NYGeneral$937,654
Jewish Communal Fund Brooklyn, NYGeneral$899,631
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest Florham Park, NJGeneral$742,757
Americans for Ben-Gurion University New York, NYGeneral$625,100
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston I Boston, MAGeneral$565,247
DAFgiving360 Omaha, NEGeneral$539,090
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation Staten Island, NYGeneral$497,040
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc New York, NYGeneral$490,604

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants reported
2025 $648,257,170 $129,460,111 $43,049,138 $29,319,530
2024 $470,850,766 $99,705,119 $50,336,760 $6,675,875
2023 $514,926,770 $68,519,465 $62,053,662 $60,155,004

The grant totals shown are filing-year amounts. The 2025 filing reports 407 grants, the 2024 filing reports 375, and the 2023 filing reports 402.

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$100M$200M$300M$400M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$648,257,170$470,850,766$514,926,770
Revenue$129,460,111$99,705,119$68,519,465
Expenses$43,049,138$50,336,760$62,053,662
Net Investment Income$44,449,779$17,697,939$14,834,057

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Dov Ben-Shimon as CEO; Howard Rabner as COO/CFO; Kim Hirsh as Executive Director; and Michal Werner as Associate Executive Director. It also lists Maxine B. Murnick as President and Jonathan Liss as a member of the Executive Committee.

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ is led by Dov Ben-Shimon, CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2020); none of the 63 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Dov Ben-Shimon

    CEO

    Executive Vice President, CEO & Secretary → CEO & Executive Vice President, 2024

    CEO & Executive Vice President → CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Hirsh

    Executive Director

    Executive Director & Assistant Secretary → Executive Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    32 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maxine B Murnick

    President

    Vice President & Trustee → Vice President & President Elect, 2024

    Vice President & President Elect → President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anita J Siegel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Debby Brafman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ed D Zinbarg

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • floyd Shapiro

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gary Botwinick

    Trustee

    Vice President & Trustee → Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay Kaplan

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • jean Mandell

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey Braemer

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judith Harrison

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenneth Rosenberg

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynne B Harrison

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael A Weinstock

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael N Gooen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Neil B Goldstein

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paula Gottesman

    Trustee

    Trustee → Member at Large & Trustee, 2023

    Member at Large & Trustee → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paula Saginaw

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter A Langerman

    Trustee

    Investment Committee & Trustee → Trustee, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Renee Golush

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert G Kuchner

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven A Fishman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven D Levy

    Trustee

    President & Trustee → President, 2024

    President → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Allan H Janoff

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Drench

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Benjamin Lehrhoff

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Saginaw

    Trustee

    Federation President & Trustee → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Slater

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erica Needle

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay M Murnick

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jed Nussbaum

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan A Schwartz

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua J Nadell

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark B Lewis

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Goldberg

    Trustee

    Trustee → Vice President & Trustee, 2023

    Vice President & Trustee → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Victoria A Morrison

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Cohen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Chambers

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Ness

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey Feinstein

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marsha Atkind

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michele Landau

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Schwartz

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Feuerstein

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jane Sambol

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Rasch

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Sandler

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brett Tanzman

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Debbie Rovner

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Oren Henry

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ariel Nelson

    Vice President

    Treasurer & Trustee → Trustee, 2021

    Trustee → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eugenia Yudanin

    Vice President

    Member at Large & Trustee → Trustee, 2024

    Trustee → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Howard J Rabner

    COO & CFO

    CFO, Assistant Treasurer & Trustee → CFO, COO & Assistant Treasurer, 2024

    CFO, COO & Assistant Treasurer → COO & CFO, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    12 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeannette Karp

    Senior Developement Officer

    Senior Development Officer → Senior Developement Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Liss

    Executive Committee

    Vice President & Trustee → Vice President, 2024

    Vice President → Executive Committee, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael R Schechner

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michal Werner

    Associate Executive Director

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robbie Weissenberg

    Vice President

    Trustee → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tamar Warburg

    General Counsel

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Serena Lee

    Controller

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Meredith Dragon

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shawn Laing

    Assistant Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    12 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (25)
  • Former: Andrew J Stamelman (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Gary O Aidekman (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Joan Schiffer Levinson (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Kenneth R. Heyman (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Leslie Dannin Rosenthal (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Martin Barber (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Sandra Sherman (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Scott R Krieger (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Simon Levin (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Ronald Brandt (2021–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Harris Nydick (2020–2023) — Treasurer & Trustee
  • Former: Jody Hurwitz Caplan (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Debra Levenstein (2023) — Senior Development Officer
  • Former: Ken R Heyman (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Jerome A Deener (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Edward D Zinbarg (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Barry Milchman (2020–2021) — Controller
  • Former: Jon Ulanet (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Laura Cohen (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Lawrence Gotfried (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Lee S Murnick (2020) — Vice President & Trustee
  • Former: Martin S Fox (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Phyllis Bernstein (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Richard Slutzky (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Stanley Stone (2020) — Executive Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Contact

Mailing address: 901 Route 10, Whippany, NJ 07981-1156
Phone: (973) 929-3000

Frequently asked questions about Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ

How much does Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ give each year?

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ gave $29.3M across 407 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $6.7M across 375 grants.

What is Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ's typical grant size?

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ's median grant in 2025 was $17,400, and its average grant was $72,038, across 407 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ that year got $52K on average.

Where does Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ give grants?

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ gives mostly in New Jersey: 53% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were New York (26%) and Massachusetts (7%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (78 grants), Livingston, NJ (16 grants), Brooklyn, NY (13 grants) and West Orange, NJ (11 grants).

Does Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (407 of 407) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Who are Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ's largest grantees?

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ's largest 2025 grantees include Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey ($8,348,703), Gottesman RTW Academy ($1,192,049) and Jewbelong Inc ($937,654), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($5,100), which are not listed by name. Together they received 36% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ?

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ reported $648.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $129.5M.

What does Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ fund?

JCF’s stated mission is to serve its donors’ charitable aims by gathering, investing, and disbursing charitable funds on their behalf, and encouraging allocations that strengthen charitable institutions designated by donors and approved by the JCF board. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ?

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ's EIN?

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-1714130. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.

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