Houston, TX

Houston Jewish Family Foundation

EIN 76-0240622

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Family Support Services Faith communities Children & youth People with disabilities Seniors Low-income

Mission

The Houston Jewish Family Foundation (HJFF) was established in 1987 to provide ongoing resources to strengthen families in the Jewish community of Houston, Texas through counseling and social services.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity (supporting organization) Contributions are tax-deductible

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About Houston Jewish Family Foundation

The Houston Jewish Family Foundation is a donor-facing supporting foundation that holds legacy and endowment funds to underwrite the work of Alexander Jewish Family Service (Alexander JFS) in Houston. It exists to ensure ongoing revenue for counseling, senior supports, services for people with disabilities, employment programs and other social-service infrastructure that serves the local Jewish community. HJFF operates an independent board that raises and disburses endowed and annual funds; in recent filings the foundation reported multi-million-dollar assets and annual grant distributions exceeding $1,000,000 to Alexander JFS, reflecting its role as a long-term financial steward for community social services.

Notable achievements

Longstanding legacy fund (est. 1987)

HJFF was established in 1987 and has since grown through legacy and endowment gifts to provide sustained financial support for Jewish Family Service programs in Houston.

Major recent grantmaking

In the most recent fiscal year HJFF’s grantmaking to Alexander JFS exceeded $1,000,000, continuing a multi-year pattern of seven-figure distributions that fund counseling, senior aid, disability services, and employment programs.

Significant endowment assets

The foundation manages a substantial endowment (reported net assets in the tens of millions), enabling multi-year program support, donor-directed legacy funds, and annual distributions to beneficiary programs.

At a glance

Total assets: $32.2M
Annual revenue: $3.3M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity (supporting organization)
EIN: 76-0240622
Location: Houston, TX
Website: www.alexanderjfs.org/hjff
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Listed and profiled in major nonprofit databases and 990 aggregators as EIN 76-0240622 (active 501(c)(3) supporting organization).

Shown as a partner/beneficiary in local Jewish philanthropic networks (partner agency relationships with Alexander JFS, Jewish Federation of Greater Houston and recognition as a community endowment steward).

Evaluated by charity rating and information services and presented with a high accountability/finance profile in public nonprofit data summaries.

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