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Ruach Chaim Inc

Educational and charitable

$79k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2024.

Education$285kReligion$281kHuman Services$7k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $52,857, the rows itemized in this filing. The $79,057 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $26,200 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$8,400
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YESHIVA SHAGAS ARYEH$13,200
TIFERES BAIS YACCOV$8,957
BAIS SHAINDEL HIGH SCHOOL$8,400
BNOS YAAKOV ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$8,100
ADERES BAIS YAAKOV$7,200
THE SPECIAL CHILDRENS CENTER$7,000
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 (FY24–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE SPECIAL CHILDRENS CENTER: $7k → 11%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$483k · 14 repeat orgs$91k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$483k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
EducationReligionInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CB
    CONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +98%
  • YS
    YESHIVA SHAGAS ARYEH INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $68k · revenue +26%
  • BS
    BAIS SHAINDEL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $50k · revenue +142%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BETH JACOB TEACHERS INSTITUTE OF JERUSALEM
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue -257%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS BRISK YERUSHALAYIM IR HAKODESH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • CN
    CONGREGATION NER MOSHE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Bais Yaakov Girls High School of Minneapolis

Providing jewish and secular education for high school aged girls.

Education
2
Yeshivat Or Hachaim of Lakewood Inc

Parochial elementary school with a focus on sephardic tradition.

Education
3
Mesivta Ohr Yisroel Inc

Parochial secondary school.

Education
4
Meoros Bais Yaakov Inc

Operation of a parochial grade school in lakewood, new jersey.

Education
5
Masores Bnos Yisroel Inc

Masores bnos yisroel is a religious elementary school providing quality education for the children of lakewood nj.

Education
6
Meiras Bais Yaakov Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for high school girls.

Education
7
Yeshivat Yagdil Torah Inc

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary school aged children.

Education
8
Nachlas Bais Yaakov

Providing jewish and secular education for elementary aged school children.

Education
9
Bnos Melech of Lakewood Inc

Educational-operation of private girls' elementary school.

Education
10
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Inc

The organization operates a religious/parochial high school and college in lakewood, nj.

Unclassified
11
Yeshiva Zichron Mayir

Educating students in jewish religious studies and prayers.

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12
Yeshiva of Los Angeles Girls High School

To provide academic excellence in both limudei kodesh and secular studies.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yeshiva Nesivos Hatorah Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Friends of Beth Jacob Teachers Institute of Jerusalem. 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 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC: $89,560 · EducationCONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INCYESHIVA SHAGAS ARYEH INC: $67,810 · EducationYESHIVA SHAGAS ARYEH INCBAIS SHAINDEL: $49,570 · EducationBAIS SHAINDELTIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $34,714 · EducationTIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INCSCSC INC: $24,000 · EducationSCSC INCADERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $22,320 · EducationADERES BAIS YAAKOV INCKOLLEL ZICHRON NESANEL INC: $19,284 · EducationCONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV OF LAKEWOOD: $18,900 · EducationYESHIVAS OHR HATORAH INC: $15,300 · EducationYESHIVA NESIVOS HATORAH INC: $14,421 · Education+2 more: $15,105 · EducationBAIS RIVKA ROCHEL INC: $56,605 · OtherBAIS RIVKA ROCHEL INCCONG AHAVAS CHESED: $39,830 · OtherCONG AHAVAS CHESEDBAIS YAAKOV CHOFETZ CHAIM OF POMONA: $14,400 · OtherBAIS YAAKOV CHOFETZ CHAIM OF POM…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS BRISK YERUSHALAYIM IR HAKODESH INC: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS BRI…CONGREGATION NER MOSHE: $10,000 · OtherCONGREGATION NER MOSHEYESHIVA GEDOLAH BAIS YISROEL INC: $9,000 · OtherYESHIVA GEDOLAH BAIS YISROEL INCYESHIVA TORAS YISROEL INC: $6,670 · OtherYESHIVA TIFERES YISROEL INC: $6,168 · OtherBAIS BINYOMIN: $6,000 · Other+1 more: $5,100 · OtherYESHIVA GEDOLA AMUDEI OHR INC: $16,202 · ReligionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BETH JACOB TEACHERS INSTITUTE OF JERUSALEM: $15,500 · InternationalTHE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER: $7,000 · Human Services
Education$370,984Other$163,773Religion$16,202International$15,500Human Services$7,000

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 budgetCONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC: $89,560 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYESHIVA SHAGAS ARYEH INC: $67,810 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBAIS SHAINDEL: $49,570 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $34,714 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSCSC INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetADERES BAIS YAAKOV INC: $22,320 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV OF LAKEWOOD: $18,900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYESHIVA GEDOLA AMUDEI OHR INC: $16,202 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetYESHIVAS OHR HATORAH INC: $15,300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetYESHIVA NESIVOS HATORAH INC: $14,421 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMESIVTA NEZER HATORAH: $9,305 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKEWOOD CHEDER SCHOOL INC: $5,800 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 CONGREGATION BNOS YAAKOV INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA SHAGAS ARYEH INC ↗
  • Who funds BAIS SHAINDEL ↗
  • Who funds TIFERES BAIS YAAKOV INC ↗
  • Who funds SCSC INC ↗
  • Who funds ADERES BAIS YAAKOV INC ↗
  • Who funds KOLLEL ZICHRON NESANEL INC ↗
  • Who funds CONG OROS BAIS YAAKOV OF LAKEWOOD ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA GEDOLA AMUDEI OHR INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BETH JACOB TEACHERS INSTITUTE OF JERUSALEM ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVAS OHR HATORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds YESHIVA NESIVOS HATORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds MESIVTA NEZER HATORAH ↗
  • Who funds THE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER ↗
  • 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 FundDonors Fund IncJewish Communal FundJewish Community Foun…David Rosenbaum Famil…Jsp Family FoundationToras Chesed IncZichron Btz Tzedakah …National Society for …Mns FoundationDirshu International …Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh …
The Ojc FundNY27.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Donors Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · David Rosenbaum Family Foundation · Jsp Family Foundation · Toras Chesed Inc · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · National Society for Hebrew Day Schools · Mns Foundation · Dirshu International Inc · Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh 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 Ruach Chaim Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruach Chaim Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Yeshivas Ohr Hatorah Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Tiferes Bais Yaakov Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Shagas Aryeh Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Mesivta Nezer Hatorah: 7% of income from government
  • The Special Children Center: 5% of income from government
  • Yeshiva Nesivos Hatorah Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Ruach Chaim 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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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