JELF by the Numbers Our Impact is Growing!
Each year JELF funds hundreds of students with interest-free loans for their higher education. Here are just a few stats to help illustrate JELF's impact and legacy.
As each loan is repaid, more students can be funded.
JELF is making a difference.
Each loan JELF makes represents a student and a story.
JELF has played a part by providing 6,646 interest-free, last dollar loans. We refer to our recipients as "JELFies."
6,646 Total Students
99% Repayment Rate
438 Recipients Last Year
100% Jewish Students
![orph_home2 - Copy Children of the Hebrew Orphans’ Home going on a field trip
to the Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, circa 1928.](https://jelf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/orph_home2-Copy-scaled.jpg)
![HOH Hebrew Orphans' Home, 478 Washington Street, Atlanta, 1889 - 1930. This building was sold in the 1970's and later demolished.](https://jelf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/HOH.jpg)
![Al Garber Al Garber,
Hebrew Orphans' Home Resident; Board Chair 1965-1967](https://jelf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AL-GARBER-e1579287234760.jpg)
![Full-Cirlce-Society.png Full-Cirlce-Society.png](https://jelf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Full-Cirlce-Society.png.png)
Bringing it Full Circle!
Since 2014, JELF has seen a 150% increase in Alumni giving! We continue to add more JELFies to our Full Circle Society each year - those who have received a JELF loan and now understand the importance and are able to give back themselves.
1,075 Full Circle Members
150% Alumni Giving Increase
26% Full Circle Percentage
$100K Full Circle Donations
Many JELF loan recipients are vital members of the JELF community – in turn, helping future Jewish students in need
$813K repaid last year.
This is one of the ways our fund for new loans is replenished!
JELF Alumni Leadership
16% of current JELF Board members are former recipients themselves.
Volunteering to Lend a Hand
Each year scores of volunteers from around JELF's five-state region personally review each loan application.
Tomer T.
"There was a low point in my life where I couldn't feed myself. JELF provided me with the funds to be able to pay for basic life necessities. That's why it's so important to me as a donor to give back to JELF"