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Fund for Jewish Education Inc

TO SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS TO DULY ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

$163k
Granted FY2020
11
Grants FY2020
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$579kReligion$567kHealth$88kPhilanthropy$48kHuman Services$20kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2020 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k6 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $63k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$8,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$127k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEV BEREL INC$59,795
TOVA UVRUCHA INC$30,000
BAIS YAAKOV HIGH SCHOOL OF CHICAGO$12,000
TORAS CHAIM$10,500
TELSHE YESHIVA CHICAGO$10,000
VEITZENER KOLLEL$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
CHICAGO MEDICAL RESOURCECONG OSEH CHAYII$7,200
Individual grant recipient$6,360
CONG TIFERES TZVI$6,000
CONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV$5,425
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%A Torah Infertility Medium of Exchange: $18k → 20%A Torah Infertility Medium of Exchange: $18k → 20%MISASKIM: $7k → 20%CHICAGO CHESED FUND: $18k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$843k · 15 repeat orgs$539k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +65% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2020, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
25

Total granted

$843k
$510k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+65%

Still filing today

27%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LB
    LEV BEREL INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $206k · revenue +11%
  • BY
    Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago
    4× · 2017–2020 · $63k · revenue +70%
  • AT
    A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange
    2× · 2018–2019 · $36k · revenue +228%

Funded once

  • AO
    AF OF MOSDOS HAKEREM
    one grant, 2018 · $75k
  • CA
    CONG AGUDATH ISRAEL OF BORO PARK
    one grant, 2017 · $51k
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR TAHARATH HAMISHPACHA IN ILgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +139%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Gemilas Chesed Kramer Inc
Philanthropy
2
Ohr Olam Corp

publish religious books

Religion
3
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
4
Tomchei Torah Inc

Religious Teaching

—
5
Chasdei Dovid Elimelech Inc
Philanthropy
6
Chabad Lametayel Inc

encourage and facilitate the observance of traditional orthodox Jewish practices around the world.

—
7
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
8
Zichron Moshe Elihu Tzedoka Fund
Philanthropy
9
Zichron Yaakov Yitzchok Inc
—
10
Ohr Yisrael Yeshiva Inc

Ohr Yisrael is a religious institution that provides religious services and instruction to Rabbis and community members.

Religion
11
Zicron Eliyahu Inc
—
12
Birchas Yaakov Kollel Inc

Maintain communal and charitable affairs in accordance with the tradition of the orthodox jewish faith

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Limudei Da'as Inc; the most unlike its peers is Leo Gluck Charitable Foundation Co Irving Gluck. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TELSHE YESHIVA-CHICAGO RABBINICAL COLLEGE TELSHE-CHICAGO: $112,200 · OtherTELSHE YESHIVA-CHICAGO RABBINICAL COLLEGE TELSHE-CHICAGOYESHIVA SHEARIS YISROEL-VEITZENER CHEDER INC: $105,700 · OtherYESHIVA SHEARIS YISROEL-VEITZENER CHEDER INCVEITZENER KOLLEL: $100,018 · OtherVEITZENER KOLLELAF OF MOSDOS HAKEREM: $75,000 · OtherAF OF MOSDOS HAKEREMCONG AGUDATH ISRAEL OF BORO PARK: $50,848 · OtherCONG AGUDATH ISRAEL OF BORO PARKTOVA UVRUCHA INC: $50,000 · OtherTOVA UVRUCHA INCYESHIVA OHEL SHAIM D KAALEV INC: $50,000 · OtherYESHIVA OHEL SHAIM D KAALEV INCSINAI ACADEMY: $37,500 · OtherTSHECHENOV INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL ZECHUTA D AVRAHAM: $36,000 · OtherLEO GLUCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CO IRVING GLUCK: $36,000 · OtherTSEHCHENOV INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL: $36,000 · Other+20 more: $234,627 · Other+20 moreLEV BEREL INC: $205,735 · ReligionLEV BEREL INCBais Yaakov High School of Chicago: $63,343 · ReligionBais Yaakov High School of …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR TAHARATH HAMISHPACHA IN IL: $50,000 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CEN…+2 more: $11,680 · ReligionA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $36,000 · Human ServicesCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $18,400 · Human ServicesMISASKIM CORP: $7,000 · Human ServicesLeChaim Charities Inc: $25,000 · HealthGUARDIANS OF THE SICK INC: $17,500 · HealthONWARD LIVING INC: $10,000 · HealthYESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $7,700 · EducationLAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC: $5,986 · Education
Other$923,893Religion$330,758Human Services$61,400Health$52,500Education$13,686

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEV BEREL INC: $205,735 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBais Yaakov High School of Chicago: $63,343 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetA Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange: $36,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLEO GLUCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CO IRVING GLUCK: $36,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetCHICAGO CHESED FUND: $18,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGUARDIANS OF THE SICK INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF JEWISH UNITY: $15,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetYESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC: $7,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISASKIM CORP: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC: $5,986 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds LEV BEREL INC ↗
  • Who funds Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR TAHARATH HAMISHPACHA IN IL ↗
  • Who funds A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange ↗
  • Who funds LEO GLUCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION CO IRVING GLUCK ↗
  • Who funds LeChaim Charities Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHESED FUND ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIANS OF THE SICK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF JEWISH UNITY ↗
  • Who funds ONWARD LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA ORCHOS CHAIM INC ↗
  • Who funds MISASKIM CORP ↗
  • Who funds LIMUDEI DA'AS INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Ojc FundJewish Communal FundJewish Federation of …Jewish Community Foun…Jack Adjmi Family Fou…National Society for …Lakewood Cheder Schoo…Regina Goldwasser Fou…Zichron Btz Tzedakah …Donors Fund IncThe Pharmore Drugs Ch…Todd a and Raphaela S…
The Ojc FundNY28.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Lakewood Cheder School Inc · Regina Goldwasser Foundation · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · Donors Fund Inc · The Pharmore Drugs Charitable Foundation · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fund for Jewish Education Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fund for Jewish Education Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Yeshiva Orchos Chaim Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Fund for Jewish Education Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $67k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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