Following are the top 10 Jewish philanthropies, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s listing of 400 largest charities:
United Jewish Communities
Rank this year: 7
Rank last year: not listed because it was founded in 1999
Private support: $524.3 million
UJA-Federation of Greater New York
Rank this year: 53
Rank last year: 43
Private support: $156.9 million
Jewish Communal Fund (related to UJA-Federation of Greater New York)
Rank this year: 61
Rank last year: 54
Private support: $145.7 million
Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
Rank this year: 110
Rank last year: 91
Private support: $97.3 million
United Jewish Foundation and Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
Rank this year: 151
Rank last year: 155
Private support: $77.1 million
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America
Rank this year: 170
Rank last year: 132
Private support: $66.9 million
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
Rank this year: 175
Rank last year: 138
Private support: $65.3 million
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Rank this year: 188
Rank last year: 242
Private support: $62.3 million
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
Rank this year: 223
Rank last year: 218
Private support: $52.2 million
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles
Rank this year: 231
Rank last year: 236
Private support: $50.1 million
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