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Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany

EIN 13-1677841 · New York, NY

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LegitimacyCautionRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedToo small or too little detailImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

THE CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY WORKS TO SECURE COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION FOR SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND HEIRS OF VICTIMS.

Income
$1.6 billion
Spending
$1.6 billion
Employees
183
Volunteers
76
Highest pay
$1.2 million, executive vice president

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Financial health

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Governance

This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (27)
  1. $910.9 million spent. GERMAN ALLOCATION FUNDS - FUND FOR WELFARE SERVICES: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTING JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
  2. $641.2 million spent. GERMAN COMPENSATION FUNDS: TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION PURSUANT TO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY AND THE GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SUCH PAYMENTS ARE MADE TO INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION. IN 2024, 283,437 INDIVIDUALS BENEFITED FROM THESE PROGRAMS.
  3. $19.7 million spent. GERMAN ALLOCATION FUNDS - FUND FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DOCUMENTATION: TO ADMINISTER PROJECTS THAT FURTHER HOLOCAUST RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DOCUMENTATION PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GERMAN FOUNDATION REMEMBRANCE, RESPONSIBILITY AND FUTURE (EVZ FOUNDATION). THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
  4. $11.8 million spent. CLAIMS CONFERENCE AS SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION PROGRAM: TO SHARE IN THE PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM THE RECOVERY OF RESTITUTED PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY RESTITUTION LAW. SUCH PROCEEDS FROM THESE RECOVERIES ARE ALLOCATED TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, OR THEIR HEIRS OR INSTITUTIONS BENEFITING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, OR CARRYING OUT PROGRAMS OF HOLOCAUST RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DOCUMENTATION.
  5. $10.9 million spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - ROMANIAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION OF ROMANIAN ORIGIN WHO ARE FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE.
  6. $1.1 million spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - AUSTRIAN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS THAT SHELTER OR EXTEND SERVICES TO AGED JEWISH VICTIMS FROM AUSTRIA PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.
  7. $1.0 million spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - WEINBERG FUND: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZISM IN NORTH AMERICA.
  8. $375,171 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST ERA INSURANCE CLAIMS: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH PROVIDE SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION.
  9. $138,893 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - URO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH PROVIDE ON-GOING SOCIAL WELFARE ASSISTANCE OR EMERGENCY ONE-TIME GRANTS TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION.
  10. $55,667 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - LANDECKER FUND: TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZISM WORLDWIDE.
  11. $45,828 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - SWISS BANK SETTLEMENT FUNDS: TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE WELFARE SERICES TO VICTIMS OR TARGETS OF NAZI PERSECUTION, PURSUANT TO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SIGNED BY A NUMBER OF SWISS BANKS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A U.S. FEDERAL COURT.
  12. $38,674 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - BANK AUSTRIA FUND: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH AID VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION FROM AUSTRIA PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH BANK AUSTRIA A.G. AND CREDITANSTALT.
  13. $772 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - AUSTRIAN HOLOCAUST EDUCATION FUND: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROJECTS PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.
  14. $195 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - ADDITIONAL LABOR DISTRIBUTION FUND: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS FOR JEWISH NAZI VICTIMS.
  15. $188 spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - NAZI PERSECUTEE RELIEF FUNDS: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PROJECTS BENEFITING NAZI VICTIMS PURSUANT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, SPAIN, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND.
  16. (Expenses $ 11,842,971 including grants of $ 6,619,354)(Revenue $ 3,660,958) CLAIMS CONFERENCE AS SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION PROGRAM: TO SHARE IN THE PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM THE RECOVERY OF RESTITUTED PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THE GERMAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY RESTITUTION LAW. SUCH PROCEEDS FROM THESE RECOVERIES ARE ALLOCATED TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, OR THEIR HEIRS OR INSTITUTIONS BENEFITING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, OR CARRYING OUT PROGRAMS OF HOLOCAUST RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DOCUMENTATION.
  17. (Expenses $ 10,940,714 including grants of $ 10,869,414)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - ROMANIAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION OF ROMANIAN ORIGIN WHO ARE FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE.
  18. (Expenses $ 1,108,887 including grants of $ 1,108,656)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - AUSTRIAN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS THAT SHELTER OR EXTEND SERVICES TO AGED JEWISH VICTIMS FROM AUSTRIA PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.
  19. (Expenses $ 1,005,543 including grants of $ 1,005,543)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - WEINBERG FUND: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZISM IN NORTH AMERICA.
  20. (Expenses $ 375,171 including grants of $ 375,171)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON HOLOCAUST ERA INSURANCE CLAIMS: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH PROVIDE SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION.
  21. (Expenses $ 138,893 including grants of $ 138,893)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - URO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH PROVIDE ON-GOING SOCIAL WELFARE ASSISTANCE OR EMERGENCY ONE-TIME GRANTS TO VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION.
  22. (Expenses $ 55,667 including grants of $ 55,667)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - LANDECKER FUND: TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZISM WORLDWIDE.
  23. (Expenses $ 45,828 including grants of $ 45,828)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - SWISS BANK SETTLEMENT FUNDS: TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE WELFARE SERICES TO VICTIMS OR TARGETS OF NAZI PERSECUTION, PURSUANT TO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SIGNED BY A NUMBER OF SWISS BANKS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A U.S. FEDERAL COURT.
  24. (Expenses $ 38,674 including grants of $ 38,674)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - BANK AUSTRIA FUND: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH AID VICTIMS OF NAZI PERSECUTION FROM AUSTRIA PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH BANK AUSTRIA A.G. AND CREDITANSTALT.
  25. (Expenses $ 772 including grants of $ 772)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - AUSTRIAN HOLOCAUST EDUCATION FUND: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROJECTS PURSUANT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.
  26. (Expenses $ 195 including grants of $ 195)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - ADDITIONAL LABOR DISTRIBUTION FUND: TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS FOR JEWISH NAZI VICTIMS.
  27. (Expenses $ 188 including grants of $ 188)(Revenue $ 0) OTHER PROGRAMS - NAZI PERSECUTEE RELIEF FUNDS: TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PROJECTS BENEFITING NAZI VICTIMS PURSUANT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, SPAIN, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.

    The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since July 1955.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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