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AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC

EIN 22-2584370 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$44,917,779
Expenses 2024
$42,880,101

Program services were 77.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q300
Classification
2000
Street
45 WEST 36TH STREET 10TH FLR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

INSPIRED BY THE JEWISH COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE WORKS TO REALIZE HUMAN RIGHTS AND END POVERTY IN AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. (SEE SCHEDULE O)

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE WORK TO REALIZE HUMAN RIGHTS AND END POVERTY IN AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.

  • PROGRAMS DIVISION: THE PROGRAMS DIVISION (PD) OVERSEES AND IMPLEMENTS AJWS'S INTERNATIONAL GRANTMAKING. IN FY2025, AJWS AWARDED 647 GRANTS TO 499 HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN 17 COUNTRIES WORKING TO DEFEND CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, ADVANCE SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS, PROTECT LAND AND WATER RIGHTS AND PROMOTE CLIMATE JUSTICE, AND RESPOND TO DISASTERS. IN FY2025, AJWS ALSO SUPPORTED AN ADDITIONAL 21 GRANTEES IN 5 COUNTRIES VIA A DONOR-ADVISED FUND. IN FY 2025, AJWS-FUNDED PARTNERS IN THAILAND LED A CAMPAIGN THAT LEGALIZED SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN THE COUNTRY. THROUGH A CASE FILED BY PARTNERS IN UGANDA, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE 2023 ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT WERE ANNULLED. WE CONTINUED SUPPORTING PARTNERS IN (SEE SCHEDULE O) KENYA TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF A SIMILAR LAW. IN INDIA, KENYA, AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AJWS FUNDED MOVEMENTS TO CHAMPION THE RIGHTS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN TO SELF-DETERMINATION, INCLUDING THEIR RIGHT TO RESIST EARLY AND CHILD MARRIAGE.THE PROGRAMS DIVISION ALSO MADE MEANINGFUL NEW INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORTING YOUTH- AND WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS DEFENDING LAND AND WATER RIGHTS AND ADVOCATING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE IN COUNTRIES LIKE KENYA, EL SALVADOR, AND INDIA. THIS INCLUDED FUNDING EMERGING NATIONAL-LEVEL NETWORKS AND COALITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT BY WOMEN AND YOUTH.IN THE AREA OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, AJWS FUNDED PARTNERS SEEKING TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC IDEALS AND ADVANCE JUSTICE. THIS SUPPORT RANGED FROM FUNDING COLLECTIVES OF MOTHERS SEARCHING FOR THEIR DISAPPEARED LOVED ONES IN MEXICO TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOWARD MORE INCLUSIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNANCE IN SENEGAL, GUATEMALA AND HAITI.THE DIVISION ALSO PROVIDED IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE SUPPORT TO PARTNERS FACING CLIMATE DISASTERS OR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY CRISES IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE WORK. SPECIFIC SUPPORT INCLUDED GRANTS ALLOCATED FOR RESPONSE TO FLOODING IN BURMA, EL SALVASOR, KENYA, HAITI, INDIA, SRI LANKA, THAILAND AND UGANDA, AS WELL AS TO OUTBREAKS OF EBOLA AND MPOX IN UGANDA. GRANTS WERE ALSO MADE TO SUPPORT CLIMATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS IN HAITI AND KENYA. AJWS'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS PRIORITIZED BRINGING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THOSE WHO VIOLATED RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI AND ELSEWHERE. AJWS ALSO EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF ROBUST FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FUNDING AND HUMAN RIGHTS REGULATIONS AND POLICIES IN THE U.S., ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH, AND U.S. FOREIGN AID POLICIES THAT SUPPORT SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS FOR LGBTQI+ PEOPLE, WOMEN, AND GIRLS.FINALLY, THE PROGRAMS DIVISION COLLABORATED WITH THE STRATEGIC LEARNING, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE PROGRESS OF AJWS'S GRANTEES USING THEMATIC AND REGIONAL STRATEGIES AND COLLABORATIVE MULTI-YEAR BENCHMARKS.

    Expenses $29,484,611 · Grants $18,932,061 · Revenue $86,470

  • MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION: CHARGED WITH PRESENTING AJWS'S HUMAN RIGHTS VISION TO EXTERNAL AUDIENCES, THE DIVISION DEPLOYS A RANGE OF STRATEGIC AND CREATIVE STORYTELLING TECHNIQUES TO ELEVATE AJWS'S PROFILE ON THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL STAGE. IN FY25, THE DIVISION WAS INTEGRAL TO PROGRESS ON AJWS'S STRATEGIC GOALS; LED RESEARCH INTO ENGAGING A NEW GENERATION OF SUPPORTERS; IMPROVED DIGITAL OUTREACH; AND MANAGED MEDIA INTEREST IN AJWS PROGRAMS, STATEMENTS, AND FINANCES. MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COLLABORATED ACROSS AJWS TO ENSURE THAT MESSAGES ACCURATELY REFLECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN EACH COUNTRY, THE WORK OF OUR GRANTEES, AND OUR REPUTATION, BRAND AND MISSION. (SEE SCHEDULE O)AMONG THE STORIES PRODUCED IN FY25 WAS A SERIES ABOUT OUR IN-COUNTRY COLLEAGUES; A VIDEO PROFILE OF A GRANTEE WHO PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO KENYA'S LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY; A PUBLICATION SHOWCASING A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THREE GRANTEES AND THE MAGNUM FOUNDATION; AND A SPECIAL EDITION OF AJWS'S STORIES OF HOPE NEWSLETTER, DEMONSTRATING THE LINKS BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD AND THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION. THE DIVISION AMPLIFIED THE VOICES OF GRANTEES AND CLERGY BY WRITING AND PLACING ARTICLES ABOUT EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS CRISES, INCLUDING OP-EDS ON THE CHALLENGES FACED BY DOMINICANS OF HAITIAN DESCENT, KENYA'S POWERFUL LGBTQI+ MOVEMENT, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AMERICAN JEWS TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS FAR FROM HOME.THE DIVISION FURTHER DEVELOPED AJWS'S WEBSITE AS A VEHICLE FOR MOBILIZING OUR AUDIENCE, SUPPORTED VIRTUAL EVENTS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY, AND PROMOTED AJWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AS ALWAYS, THE DIVISION ALSO PRODUCED AN ANNUAL REPORT, A COUNTRY PROFILE, AND CONTRIBUTED TO EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF THE PRESIDENT AND CEO. EACH OF THESE INTEGRATED STRATEGIES SERVED TO AMPLIFY THE VISIBILITY OF GRANTEES' WORK IN AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, INCREASE AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, INSPIRE ACTIVISM TO PROMOTE SOCIAL CHANGE, AND POSITION AJWS AS A CRITICAL THOUGHT-LEADER IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS ARENA.

    Expenses $2,797,969

  • STRATEGIC LEARNING, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (SLRE): THE STRATEGIC LEARNING, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YIELDING NEW INSIGHTS THAT CAN BE USED TO STRATEGICALLY IMPROVE AJWS'S WORK TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS. SLRE GUIDES ONGOING STRATEGY MANAGEMENT AND INVESTIGATES KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT AJWS'S STRATEGIES INCLUDING HOW WE CREATE SUSTAINED HUMAN RIGHTS CHANGE AND WHAT IMPACT WE HAVE HAD. IN ADDITION TO DESIGNING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION THAT ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, SLRE ALSO HELPS AJWS'S PROGRAMMATIC STAFF SEEK AND APPLY LESSONS LEARNED AND CREATE INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVES. (SEE SCH. O)IN FY2025, SLRE FURTHERED ITS WORK IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF REPORTING, MONITORING, EVALUATION, LEARNING AND RESEARCH: - SLRE CONTINUED TO ENSURE TIMELY OUTCOME MONITORING, DATA ANALYSIS AND DISSEMINATION, AND SUPPORT FOR REFLECTION SPACES FOR LEARNING AND ACTION. SLRE ENGAGED ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND BOARD IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF AJWS'S PROGRAMMATIC WORK BY SHARING DATA FROM OUR MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS.-SLRE REVIEWED AND REFINED ALL MONITORING AND DATA COLLECTION TOOLS TO SUPPORT ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS TO LEARNING SYSTEMS. SLRE STREAMLINED DATA COLLECTION TO ENSURE CLARITY OF PURPOSE AND SCOPE.- SLRE CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH INSTITUTIONAL GIVING AND PROGRAMS TEAMS TO FULFILL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS AND TO SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR WORK IN PRIORITY COUNTRIES. OUR SUPPORT INCLUDED PREPARING QUARTERLY MONITORING REPORTS FOR EXISTING GRANTS AND FACILITATING PROJECT DESIGN CONVERSATIONS FOR NEW PROPOSALS.- SLRE ADVANCED THE WORK TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR GRANTS MULTIPLIER MODEL. IN FY2025, SLRE REVIEWED DATA FROM A PILOT TOOL AND CREATED A SUMMARY OF HOW WE WORK TO SUPPORT PARTNERS THROUGH ACCOMPANIMENT. SLRE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR METRICS TO SUPPORT TRACKING AND EVALUATING OUR GRANTS MULTIPLIER MODEL.-SLRE HAS DEEPLY PRIORITIZED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. SLRE STAFF WERE INSTRUMENTAL LEADERS IN DESIGNING AND PRODUCING AN INTERNAL TRAINING VIDEO ON BIAS AND MICROAGGRESSIONS FOR ALL STAFF THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED IN FY2026. SLRE CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND RACIAL JUSTICE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AROUND SPECIFIC INITIATIVES AND PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION ROADMAP. -SLRE HAS REPRESENTED AJWS'S WORK IN EXTERNAL SPACES FOCUSED ON IMPROVING MONITORING AND EVALUATION. STAFF PRESENTED IN A WEBINAR ON EQUITY IN EVALUATION CONTRACTING AND ORGANIZED A PANEL ON FEMINIST SYSTEMS EVALUATION AT THE AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION.

    Expenses $814,138

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ROBERT BANK

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $468,320
    From this org
    $430,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,563
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $423,899
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,858
    Deferred
    $15,866
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,697
    Filer's total
    $468,320

  • BRAD ABELOW

    CHAIR (THRU 06/2024)/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL MINNEMAN

    SECRETARY/CHAIR (AS OF 03/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT WAXMAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE ROSENBLUM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHULI KARKOWSKY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELANA BILDNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY COHAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL DELFINER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTY FRIEDMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE GOLDSTEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHERINE HAYNES

    TRUSTEE (THRU 01/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL LEHMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARON LESLIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN LEVIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EUNICE LIM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAYNE LIPMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANALUCIA LOPEZREVOREDO

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN LOWENBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STACY MASON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL YANOWITZ MILLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE OFFIT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAMAL PALMER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IDA POSNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NATHALIE RUBENS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $44,917,779
    Expenses
    $42,880,101
    Contributions
    $41,838,743
    Grants paid
    $18,932,061
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $42,700,367
    Expenses
    $46,525,148
    Contributions
    $40,714,406
    Grants paid
    $19,820,668
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $42,598,085
    Expenses
    $44,153,854
    Contributions
    $41,973,147
    Grants paid
    $19,633,625

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,997,172
    Expenses
    $46,991,300
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,781,906

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $65,333,616
    Expenses
    $46,286,265
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,564,070

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,452,378
    Expenses
    $42,515,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,416,985

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,611,387
    Expenses
    $44,016,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,639,183

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $64,741,672
    Expenses
    $52,454,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $57,350,491

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,631,656
    Expenses
    $67,069,742
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,444,356

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $68,958,539
    Expenses
    $65,415,820
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,968,492

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $58,158,816
    Expenses
    $61,487,233
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,349,218

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $73,244,782
    Expenses
    $58,885,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,461,475

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $53,832,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,328,948

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • TELEFUND LLC

    $7,314 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    $6,177 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.