The American Jewish Joint Distribution
Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has acted on behalf of North America's Jewish communities and others to fulfill the principle that "kol Yisrael arevim zeh l'zeh" - all Jews are responsible for one another. JDC is dedicated (cont. on sched. O)
Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing
Total Assets
$858.4M
+8.0% YoY
Annual Giving
$499K
-66.0% YoY
Grant Count
12
-36.8% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$42K
-46.2% YoY
About The American Jewish Joint Distribution
Based on IRS filings
The American Jewish Joint Distribution is a nonprofit organization focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in NEW YORK, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $858.4M in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 12 grants totaling $499K. Net investment income was $26.3M.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
New York $2.5M (40%)
Ohio $1.1M (18%)
Florida $1.1M (17%)
District of Columbia $443K (7%)
North Carolina $329K (5%)
Massachusetts $281K (5%)
New Jersey $181K (3%)
Pennsylvania $96K (2%)
+5 more states
States
Cities
AlbanyAuroraBeachwoodBergenfieldBloomfieldBostonBrooklynCincinnatiEncinitasEngolewood CliffsGarden CityHollywoodLos AngelesLos AngelsNew YorkNorth Miami BeachPhiladelphiaPinesSalt Lake CitySan Diego
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $858,403,460 | $794,620,255 | $708,580,582 |
| Revenue | $412,907,647 | $409,844,302 | $456,029,318 |
| Expenses | $376,439,654 | $368,439,711 | $397,871,146 |
| Qualifying Distributions | — | — | — |
| Net Investment Income | $26,322,058 | $16,459,551 | $3,122,448 |
| Distributable Amount | — | — | — |
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
Grant Size Distribution
88 grants across all recorded years
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for .
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
From 2024 filing
| Name | Title | Hours | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty-Jean Bavar | Board member | 1 | — |
| Stephen Bayer | Board member | 1 | — |
| Terry Teresa Bazbaz | Board member | 1 | — |
| Michelle Bernstein | Board member | 1 | — |
| Leslie Bider | Vice President | 1 | — |
| Penny Blumenstein | Board member | 1 | — |
| Amy Bressman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Ellie Bressman Davis | Board member | 1 | — |
| David T Brown | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jay Chernikoff | Vice President | 1 | — |
| Debra Cohen | Board member | 1 | — |
| David Colman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Geoffrey Colvin | Treasurer | 1 | — |
| Leslie Dunn | Board member | 1 | — |
| Alejandro Ergas | Board member | 1 | — |
| Eva Fischl | Board member | 1 | — |
| Danielle Flug Capalino | Board member | 1 | — |
| Martha Freedman | Board member | 1 | — |
| David Friedkin | Board member | 1 | — |
| Howard Friend | Board member | 1 | — |
| Patricia Gantz | Board member | 1 | — |
| Stas Gayshan | Board member | 1 | — |
| Brooke German | Board member | 1 | — |
| Merle Ginsburg | Board member | 1 | — |
| Zvi Gitelman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Carol Goldberg | Board member | 1 | — |
| William Goldberg | Board member | 1 | — |
| Murray Goodman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Gordon | Board member | 1 | — |
| Nancy Grand | Board member | 1 | — |
| Irving Granovsky | Board member | 1 | — |
| Matthew Greenberg | Board member | 1 | — |
| Nancy Grosfeld | Board member | 1 | — |
| Etta Gross Zimmerman | Vice President | 1 | — |
| Nancy Hackerman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Maurice Helfgott | Board member | 1 | — |
| J David Heller | Board member | 1 | — |
| Ellen Heller | Board member | 1 | — |
| Maya Kadar Kovalsky | Board member | 1 | — |
| Peter Kadas | Board member | 1 | — |
| Tricia Kallett | Board member | 1 | — |
| Connie Kanter | Board member | 1 | — |
| Ryan Kaplan | Board member | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Kaplan | Board member | 1 | — |
| Carol Kaplan | Board member | 1 | — |
| Lori Klinghoffer | Board member | 1 | — |
| Susan Knapp | Assistant Treasurer | 1 | — |
| Lisa Kohn | Board member | 1 | — |
| S Lee Kohrman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Bruce Kohrman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jonathan Kolker | Board member | 1 | — |
| Lexie Komisar | Board member | 1 | — |
| Stuart Kurlander | Secretary | 1 | — |
| Matthew Lester | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jeremy Levin | Board member | 1 | — |
| Carol Levy | Vice President | 1 | — |
| Rabbi Michael Lewis | Board member | 1 | — |
| Myron Lieberman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Stephen Lieberman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Analucia Lopezrevoredo | Board member | 1 | — |
| Charles Lowenhaupt | Board member | 1 | — |
| David Lubek | Board member | 1 | — |
| Cathi Luski | Board member | 1 | — |
| Kris MacDonald | Board member | 1 | — |
| Robert Mann | Board member | 1 | — |
| Aaron Marcus | Board member | 1 | — |
| Ed Mermelstein | Board member | 1 | — |
| Philip Meyers | Board member | 1 | — |
| Debby Miller | Board member | 1 | — |
| Laura Miller | Board member | 1 | — |
| Linda Mirels | Board member | 1 | — |
| Joanne Moore | Board member | 1 | — |
| Maxine Morris | Board member | 1 | — |
| Sandy Muskovitz Danto | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jessica Myers | Board member | 1 | — |
| Eve Myers Loecher | Board member | 1 | — |
| Kate O'Bannon | Board member | 1 | — |
| Martin Paisner | Board member | 1 | — |
| Claudio Pincus | Board member | 1 | — |
| Julie B Platt | Board member | 1 | — |
| Irene Pletka | Board member | 1 | — |
| Sandra Post | Board member | 1 | — |
| Stanley Rabin | Board member | 1 | — |
| Noah Rabinsky | Board member | 1 | — |
| Andrew Rehfeld | Board member | 1 | — |
| Maddie Reiches | Board member | 1 | — |
| Leslie Rosen | Board member | 1 | — |
| Richard Rosen | Board member | 1 | — |
| Laurie Rosenblatt | Board member | 1 | — |
| Philip Rosenfeld | Board member | 1 | — |
| Alan Rothenberg | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jay Ruderman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Carol Saivetz | Board member | 1 | — |
| Annie Sandler | President | 1 | — |
| Eugene Schneur | Board member | 1 | — |
| Linda Schottenstein Fisher | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jodi Schwartz | Board member | 1 | — |
| Gary Segal | Board member | 1 | — |
| David Semaya | Board member | 1 | — |
| Justin Shechtel | Board member | 1 | — |
| Sarah Shekhter | Board member | 1 | — |
| Nina Shenker | Board member | 1 | — |
| Barry Shrage | Board member | 1 | — |
| Paula Sidman | Board member | 1 | — |
| Beryl Simonson | Board member | 1 | — |
| Mark Sisisky | Chairman | 1 | — |
| Joy Sisisky | Board member | 1 | — |
| Irving Smokler | Board member | 1 | — |
| Terri Smooke | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jerry Jerome Spitzer | Board member | 1 | — |
| Robin Stein | Board member | 1 | — |
| Orna Stern | Board member | 1 | — |
| Amanda Stern | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jennifer Sutton | Board member | 1 | — |
| Marc Suvall | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jane Swergold | Board member | 1 | — |
| Perry Teicher | Board member | 1 | — |
| Louis Thalheimer | Board member | 1 | — |
| Alex Thomson | Board member | 1 | — |
| Annie Ulevitch | Board member | 1 | — |
| Elizabeth R Varet | Board member | 1 | — |
| Neil Wallack | Board member | 1 | — |
| Alia Wechsler Gorkin | Board member | 1 | — |
| Marshall Weinberg | Board member | 1 | — |
| Debra Weinberg | Board member | 1 | — |
| Penni Weinberg | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jane Weitzman | Vice President | 1 | — |
| Patricia Werthan Uhlmann | Board member | 1 | — |
| Dario Werthein | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jane Wilf | Board member | 1 | — |
| Julia Winston | Board member | 1 | — |
| Bradley Witover | Board member | 1 | — |
| Ken Witover | Board member | 1 | — |
| Rabbi David Wolpe | Board member | 1 | — |
| Shira Yomtoubian | Board member | 1 | — |
| Erin Zaikis | Board member | 1 | — |
| Susan Zohn | Board member | 1 | — |
| Harold Zlot | Board member | 1 | — |
| Sara Gottlieb | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jacob Schimmel | Board member | 1 | — |
| Jeffrey Schoenfeld | Board member (thru 6/12/24) | 1 | — |
| Merav Mandelbaum | Board member | 1 | — |
| Manuel Dupkin II | Board member (thru 10/3/24) | 1 | — |
| Claire Ellman | Board member (thru 5/22/24) | 1 | — |
| Lawrence Field | Board member (thru 7/16/24) | 1 | — |
| Jaqueline Woolf | Board member (thru 8/27/24) | 1 | — |
| Ariel Zwang | Chief Executive Officer | 40 | $793,245 |
| Ophir Singal | Chief Financial Officer | 40 | $516,670 |
| Pablo Weinsteiner | Deputy CEO | 40 | $540,304 |
| Sigal Shelach thru 83124 | Exec Dir, JDC Israel | 1 | — |
| Stefan Oscar | Exec. Dir FSU | 1 | — |
| Lisa Gurwitch thru 73124 | Chief Advancement Officer | 40 | $285,496 |
| Rachel Lubert | Gen'l Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer | 40 | $354,690 |
| Diego Ornique | Exec. Dir. FSU, Europe, A&A | 1 | $7,067 |
| David Zackon | Interim Chief Adv. Off | 1 | — |
| Andrea Fram Plotkin | Chief of Staff | 40 | $309,558 |
| Alexandra Shklar | Senior Development Officer | 40 | $247,913 |
| Michael Geller | Sr. Dir. Global Commuications | 40 | $223,215 |
| Victoria Blint Midrony | Exec. Mng Dir. Res. Devlp | 40 | $218,776 |
| Heather Morgan | Dir of Global Mktg & Comms | 40 | $219,376 |
| Asher Ostrin | Former Interim CEO | — | $311,723 |
| Gideon Herscher | Former Dir. Fin. Res Devlp. | — | — |
Subject Areas
Focus areas based on grantmaking activity
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Data last updated April 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
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