Maryland · Nonprofit
BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON
BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON (Maryland) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,076,593 to it, the largest being BENDER FOUNDATION INC ($5,742,200). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Bender Jcc of Greater Washington does
Mission
The bender jcc embraces and welcomes the diversity of our community and encourages everyone to seek meaning and fulfillment by participating in our rich programming inspired by our jewish heritage. We open our doors to everyone, including people of all backgrounds, religions, abilities, and sexual orientations, and interfaith couples and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health and wellness - wellness at the bender jcc includes membership, health & fitness and aquatics. From personal training and physical therapy to proactive senior health education, the center is proud to offer members of all ages a number of ongoing wellness programs and activities that strengthen both body and mind. With over 40,000 square feet, year-round indoor and outdoor pools, and state-of-the-art equipment, the weinberg health & fitness center offers comprehensive and cutting-edge fitness options.
$3,068,815 spentof which $37,344 as grants$2,270,652 earned by the program31% of program spendingEarly childhood - the center's preschool engages, challenges, and enriches children's exploration and learning in a safe, supportive setting using a caring, nurturing and highly trained staff. A play-based curriculum-founded on emergent curriculum and inspired by the reggio emilia approach-enables children to become active learners and engaged classroom participants. Interest-based topic studies invite students to explore the world around them. Children are encouraged to express themselves through art and music, and jewish values, customs, and traditions are integrated throughout curriculum. In fy25, approximately 100 students and their families were served through the preschool. Holiday-based family celebrations such as pizza in the hut for sukkot and hanukkah sing, fun social opportunities for children and their families, such as family play dates, and unique learning opportunities, such as our gallery exhibits and curriculum night are all part of the yearly calendar.
$2,733,963 spentof which $24,970 as grants$2,861,490 earned by the program28% of program spendingCamp lessans camp jcc provides a seven-week summer day camp program serving children and young adults ages 4-21. The program serves more than 450 campers daily and offers structured activities that promote personal growth, skill development, and social engagement. Activities include visual and performing arts, swimming, stem education, music, dance, athletics, nature programming, and rock wall climbing.after school enrichment programming: bender jcc's after school enrichment program provides a fun and flexible after-school experience for children ages 5-12 designed to match each child's unique interests. Families can select options that align with their child's passions, whether that's arts, sports, dance, karate, swimming, or others. We provide a safe, energetic, and inclusive environment where kids can thrive while doing what they enjoy. The camp serves campers of all abilities and is committed to ensuring access to quality summer programming for a diverse population. Through its inclusion and kochavim programs, the camp provides individualized supports and accommodations to campers with diverse developmental, cognitive, and physical needs to ensure meaningful participation in…
$2,132,247 spentof which $5,050 as grants$1,806,820 earned by the program22% of program spendingAdult services - with lively, comprehensive programming, the bender jcc is a great place for adults of all ages and walks of life. The bender jcc engages adults through arts & culture offerings, weekly senior lunches which include an exercise session, excursions around the greater dc area as well as to new york city. The senior lunch program attracts over 100 people each week, providing them with an opportunity to socialize with others. Over the course of the year, hundreds of adults participate in our concerts, book festival, excursions, culture activities. They also engage with our goldman art gallery.
$1,203,567 spentof which $615 as grants$1,370,467 earned by the program12% of program spendingSpecial needs - the bender jcc was founded on the belief that communities benefit when all people of all ability levels learn, grow, and celebrate together. Inclusion of those with disabilities has always been at the forefront of our mission and has made us an area leader in comprehensive disability inclusion, from our programming to our facilities.
$751,749 spent$328,589 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,890,341.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $35M to $30M (−13%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 5% · 2020 5% · 2021 8% · 2022 20% · 2023 10% · 2024 10% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Josh Bender
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Daryle Bobb
Chair - as of 07/2024
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 33 funders to 31 funders, grant income fell $2.2M → $1.1M.
12 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $9.4M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON raised.
From the IRS filings of BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 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
BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 71% · 2019 13% · 2020 43% · 2021 36% · 2022 53% · 2023 41% — 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
38% of BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
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
BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $12M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $669k on record.
- Grant$669k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON?
- BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON (Maryland) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,076,593 to it, the largest being BENDER FOUNDATION INC ($5,742,200). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $12,076,593 in grants to BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON?
- BENDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,742,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 89 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