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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED (Illinois) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,886,019 to it, the largest being MORRIS AND JUDITH ROSENZWEIG FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,005,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$5.3M
Funders on record
83
Grants received
$7.9M
Net assets
$5.6M
45/83 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What American Friends of the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled does

Mission

The israel parasport center is committed to providing ongoing financial support to the center, empowering physically disabled israeli children from all backgrounds to participate in physical and psychological rehabilitation through sports to attain the goal of leading productive and successful lives in israeli society.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The israel parasport center is committed to providing ongoing financial support to the center, empowering children and adults with physical disabilities from all backgrounds to participate in physical and psychological rehabilitation through sports to attain the goal of leading productive and successful lives in israeli society.the israel parasport center is one of the world pioneers in the field of sports rehabilitation. The center opened its gates in 1960 and specializes in the physical and psychological rehabilitation of children and youth. For 60 years, our remarkable staff and volunteers have encouraged the disabled to participate in a variety of sports activities and to benefit from the countless ways in which sports is healing.the spirit and motivation of sport is used to guide people with disabilities to build self esteem and confidence leading to productive, fulfilling lives in israeli society. Sports activities contribute more to the confidence, morale, and self-image of people with disabilities than any other form of rehabilitation. For the thousands of children that have benefitted from the israel parasport center, the center's sports activities have proven to prolong…

    $2,420,000 spentof which $2,420,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,420,000.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.4M) Expenses 100 ($2.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.6M)2018 Revenue 116 ($2.8M) Expenses 124 ($2.5M) Net assets 120 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 93 ($2.2M) Expenses 114 ($2.3M) Net assets 118 ($1.9M)2020 Revenue 114 ($2.7M) Expenses 138 ($2.7M) Net assets 118 ($1.9M)2021 Revenue 150 ($3.6M) Expenses 138 ($2.7M) Net assets 170 ($2.8M)2022 Revenue 204 ($4.9M) Expenses 174 ($3.4M) Net assets 257 ($4.2M)2023 Revenue 158 ($3.8M) Expenses 186 ($3.7M) Net assets 280 ($4.6M)2024 Revenue 220 ($5.3M) Expenses 219 ($4.3M) Net assets 337 ($5.6M)
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Revenue (220)Expenses (219)Net assets (337)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.9M to $4.4M (+54%).

$1.7M
$2.1M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$2.9M
$4.4M
$4.8M
$5.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,679 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$416k
’17
$324k
’18
−$30k
’19
−$3k
’20
$864k
’21
$1.4M
’22
$96k
’23
$924k
’24
3.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Jennifer Flink

Nat'l exec director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2828323434343635
Joined·+0+7+2+4+2+4+2
No longer listed·0304223
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $597k → $1.0M.

23 of 83 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 83 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left

46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED.

13%
largest funder
32%
top three
~16
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 29% · 2019 18% · 2020 30% · 2021 29% · 2022 19% · 2023 15% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

51% of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 13 states in all.

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DE
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 11%Fundraising 21%

Governance

32
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 4 states

IL
NY
NJ
CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED?
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED (Illinois) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,886,019 to it, the largest being MORRIS AND JUDITH ROSENZWEIG FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,005,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED have?
IRS filings report 83 organizations giving $7,886,019 in grants to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED?
MORRIS AND JUDITH ROSENZWEIG FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,005,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 83 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing