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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith.

$7.0M
Granted FY2023
8
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$780kReligion$191kPhilanthropy$15k
02FY2023 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $130,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,983,148 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $6,852,648 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$14,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$141M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS$29,000
ADDLESTONE HEBREW ACADEMY$14,500
CHABAD OF NORTH TEXAS INC$14,500
MAIMONIDES SCHOOL$14,500
DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH$14,500
MACHNE ISRAEL$14,500
MARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY$14,500
TORAH ACADEMY OF BERGEN COUNTY$14,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HEBREW ACADEMY OF NEW ENGLAND: $17k → 7%KOHELET YESHIVA HS: $15k → 7%HILLEL ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%OAKLAND HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $17k → 10%SOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW SCHOOL: $15k → 11%Yeshiva of LA Girls High School: $15k → 14%WESTCHESTER DAY SCHOOL: $15k → 9%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $36k → 17%MACHNE ISRAEL: $18k → 20%CHABAD OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $15k → 5%YAVNEH ACADEMY OF DALLAS: $18k → 14%TEXAS FRIENDS OF CHABAD LUBAVITCH: $18k → 16%ADDLESTONE HEBREW ACADEMY: $15k → 12%GREATER MIAMI HEBREW ACADEMY: $15k → 15%Farber Hebrew Day School: $15k → 8%BICULTURAL DAY SCHOOL: $15k → 9%New England Jewish Academy: $15k → 11%MARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY: $15k → 17%ATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY: $15k → 13%YESHIVA ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 14%DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $15k → 12%COLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY: $15k → 15%HILLEL TORAH NORTH SUBURBAN: $15k → 14%Politz Day School: $15k → 12%YESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $18k → 8%MAIMONIDES SCHOOL: $17k → 7%YAVNEH ACADEMY OF DALLAS: $15k → 11%SHALHEVET HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 14%WESTCHESTER HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 9%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $36k → 17%MACHNE ISRAEL: $18k → 20%CHABAD OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $15k → 5%YAVNEH ACADEMY OF DALLAS: $18k → 14%TEXAS FRIENDS OF CHABAD LUBAVITCH: $18k → 16%MARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY: $15k → 17%DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $15k → 12%Yeshivat Noam: $15k → 7%MAIMONIDES SCHOOL: $15k → 7%YAVNEH ACADEMY OF DALLAS: $15k → 11%WESTCHESTER DAY SCHOOL: $15k → 9%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $29k → 17%MACHNE ISRAEL: $15k → 20%CHABAD OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $15k → 5%YAVNEH ACADEMY OF DALLAS: $15k → 14%TEXAS FRIENDS OF CHABAD LUBAVITCH: $15k → 16%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $29k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $29k → 17%YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $29k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
TN
SC
GA
TX
FL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$659k · 10 repeat orgs$327k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$659k
$283k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+65%

Still filing today

60%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AA
    AKIBAYAVNEH ACADEMY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $80k · revenue +305%
  • DA
    DENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH
    2× · 2019–2023 · $29k · revenue +44%
  • SS
    SOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW DAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2019–2021 · $29k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • YO
    YESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $18k · revenue +28%
  • NE
    NEW ENGLAND HEBREW ACADEMY
    one grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue -39%
  • MS
    MAIMONIDES SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $17k
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
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
2
Passaic Hebrew Institute

YBH of Passaic, a K-8 yeshiva in Passaic, New Jersey, emphasizes the primacy of Torah and Yiras Shomayim and offers a serious and comprehensive General Studies curriculum. YBH stresses the importance of middos tovos and acting with…

Education
3
Yeshiva Derech Hatorah-Yeshivat Mizrachi Lbanim

A school-section 170(b)(1)(a)(ii), operating from the preschool pre-k level through high school, and chartered ny the new york state education department and board of regents.

Education
4
Or Hachaim Academy

Or hachaim academy is a jewish religious school currently serving children from pre-school to 8th grade. in addition to jewish religious training, the school follows the educational curriculum as required by the state of california. the…

Education
5
Yeshivat Kadimah High School

To instill in its students a personal love for and commitment tohashem, the study and practice of torah, halacha, and jewish values asa way of life, and a love for the state of israel and the jewishpeople.

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6
Yeshiva Har Torah

A religious school providing teaching facilities of jewish faith, history, literature, jewish life and ideals.

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7
Mesivta High School of Greater Philadelphia

The mesivta high school of greater philadelphia is a jewish orthodox boys' high school, educating students in grades 9-12 in torah and secular disciplines.

Education
8
Rabbi David L Silver Yeshiva Academy

To provide education in general and judiac studies

Education
9
Maor Yeshiva High School Inc

A jewish orthodox high school

Education
10
Yeshiva Keter Torah Inc

Providing secular and religious education for elementary and high school aged students

Education
11
Yeshiva Keren Hatorah of Passaic- Clifton

To operate a high school offering religious instruction and general studies as well as a post high school program of talmudic studies. the school shall be run under the standards of orthodox jewish law and tradition.

Education
12
The Tehiyah Day School

Awaken. build. connect. tehiyah day school is a jewish community school committed to: awakening intellectual curiosity and a strong sense of jewish identity; building a culture of thoughtfulness ad ethical behavior; connecting learners to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Yeshiva of Los Angeles Girls High School. 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

21 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. 21 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $202,500 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLSAKIBAYAVNEH ACADEMY: $79,500 · EducationAKIBAYAVNEH ACADEMYDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $29,000 · EducationDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAHATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY INC: $29,000 · EducationATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY INCWESTCHESTER HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL: $29,000 · EducationWESTCHESTER HEBREW HIGH SCHOOLYESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $18,000 · EducationOakland Hebrew Day School: $17,000 · Education+7 more: $102,000 · Education+7 moreMACHNE ISRAEL INC: $108,500 · OtherMACHNE ISRAEL INCTEXAS FRIENDS OF CHABAD-LUBAVITCH INC: $65,000 · OtherTEXAS FRIENDS OF CHABAD-LUBAVITCH INCCHABAD OF NORTH TEXAS INCORPORATION: $58,000 · OtherCHABAD OF NORTH TEXAS INCORPORATIONMARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY-YESHIVA OF THE SOUTH: $29,500 · OtherMARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY-YESHIVA OF THE SOUTHSOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $29,000 · OtherSOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW DAY SCHOOLNEW ENGLAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $17,000 · OtherMAIMONIDES SCHOOL: $17,000 · Other+9 more: $126,500 · Other+9 moreHILLEL TORAH NORTH SUBURBAN DAY SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $14,500 · PhilanthropyGreater Miami Hebrew Academy: $14,500 · Religion
Education$506,000Other$450,500Philanthropy$14,500Religion$14,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLS: $202,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAKIBAYAVNEH ACADEMY: $79,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $29,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW DAY SCHOOL: $29,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY INC: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCHESTER HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL: $29,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetYESHIVA OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $17,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOakland Hebrew Day School: $17,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKOHELET YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL INC: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL TORAH NORTH SUBURBAN DAY SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $14,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetMaimonides Hebrew Day School: $14,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPOLITZ DAY SCHOOL OF CHERRY HILL A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $14,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW ENGLAND JEWISH ACADEMY: $14,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetADDLESTONE HEBREW ACADEMY: $14,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYESHIVA OF LOS ANGELES GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL: $14,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYESHIVAT NOAM: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH: $14,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Miami Hebrew Academy: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTORAH ACADEMY OF BERGEN COUNTY: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundPrizmah Center for Je…Center for Initiative…Jewish Community Foun…Yeshiva UniversityGs Donor Advised Phil…Our Jewish Children I…Jewish Federation of …FjcCombined Jewish Phila…Ma Tov Charitable Fou…Jlrj Inc
Jewish Communal FundNY32.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc · Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Yeshiva University · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Our Jewish Children Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Fjc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Ma Tov Charitable Foundation Co Sam Vogel · Jlrj Inc

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 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Torah Academy of Bergen County: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 32 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $8.5M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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