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Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc

To cultivate a vibrant, healthy jewish community, inspire greater jewish identity, and promote deeper understanding and stronger connections between jews and non-jews in reading/berks county.

$159k
Granted FY2018
6
Itemized grants FY2018
6
Organizations funded FY2018
0%
First-time grantees FY2018
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96% of Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Jewish Federations Of North America Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $88k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

9
’17
6
’18
5
’20
5
’21
4
’22
3
’23
1
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Itemized, FY2018
$88k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2018
$15,400
Largest grant, FY2018
$26,607
Organizations funded a year
6 to 9
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018
2
Total assets, FY2018
$1.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 0% of the organizations Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20186$88k0%
FY20179$127kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$959kReligion$99kInternational$74kFood & Nutrition$58kEducation$56kArts & Culture$36kHuman Services$20k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Berks County Inc$81,95060%
Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom$76,6005n/a
Impactisrael Inc$74,00051%
American Friends of Meir Panim$57,88380%
Gratz College$50,14831%
Reading Symphony Orchestra Association$25,00051%
Chabad Lubavitch of Berks Count Inc$22,0003n/a
South Mountain YMCA$20,00011%
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum$10,60030%
Foundation for Reading Area Community College$6,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Berks County Inc: $81,950 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetImpactisrael Inc: $74,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Meir Panim: $57,883 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGratz College: $50,148 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetReading Symphony Orchestra Association: $25,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSouth Mountain YMCA: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFoundation for the Reading Public Museum: $10,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation for Reading Area Community College: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 8.

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.

Berks County Community Foundation IncPA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berks County Community Foundation Inc · Marlin Miller Jr Family Foundation · Henry Janssen Foundation · Penn Entertainment Foundation · The Breidegam Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc

How much does Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc give?
Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $88,190, out of $158,689 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (74%), Religion (8%), International (6%).
Who are Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Berks County Inc ($82k), Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom ($77k), Impactisrael Inc ($74k).
Does Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berks County Community Foundation Inc, Marlin Miller Jr Family Foundation, Henry Janssen Foundation.
Where is Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc based?
Jewish Federation of Reading Pa Inc is based in PA.

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 11 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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