Ohio · Nonprofit
BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND
BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,965 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($320,592). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Bikur Cholim of Cleveland does
Mission
Established in 1988, Bikur Cholim of Cleveland is a supportive, jewish community resource that promotes health and well-being in a timely and accessible manner through physical and emotional support, education and advocacy. (continued on schedule o)we strive to help young and old, within cleveland and beyond, by offering comfort, shelter and support through a variety of services.we accomplish this through the coordinated effort of dedicated staff and volunteers who selflessly perform the mitzvah of "bikur cholim" - literally "visiting the sick" - with all of the nuances of care and concern which this community embraces. Bikur cholim sees its duty to stand with individuals and their families during times of medical crisis in accordance with jewish tradition, as are the practices of the organization.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Bikur cholim provides hospital aid and assistance to patients in area hospitals, including food, transportation to and from hospitals, and interpretive services when needed. As a medical support organization grounded in religious values, we support the religious needs of our community, enabling our patients and families to have meaningful experiences during shabbat and the jewish holidays. In addition to shabbat meals sent to hospitals, we launched a shabbos in a box kit for patients so they can have all of the provisions they need to observe. Bikur cholim also arranges visits to people in hospitals, assisted living facilities and to private homes. In 2024, bikur cholim provided 8,647 kosher weekday meals and a total of 9,517 shabbat meals. (continued on schedule o)bikur cholim provided over 1,100 rides to people unable to make their own way to medical appointments. We acquired a handicapped-accessible van this year to aid in our ability to transport this patient population.
$786,288 spentof which $50,988 as grants60% of program spendingBikur cholim has hospitality rooms in 6 major cleveland area hospitals providing meals, snacks and beverages 24/7. The hospitality room at the cleveland clinic had over 25,000 visits alone this past year. Additionally, we established two kosher food cabinets in the labor and delivery and recovery rooms in the obstetrics dept at university hospitals ahuja medical center. This is a huge convenience for women and their families who have just given birth.
$208,509 spent$13,830 earned by the program16% of program spendingHousing and shelter at bikur cholim's 5 houses for out-of-town patients and their families as well as for families who have family members at area hospitals. From july 1, 2024 to june 30, 2025, accommodations were provided for 4,653 night stays.
$173,012 spent13% of program spendingBikur cholim continues to address the medical and public safety issues confronting jewish cleveland, we have implemented a 24-hour call line for after-hours support. In addition, we continued to grow our women's health division, offering our first-women's health expo attended by more than 350 women lead by medical experts covering a wide range of women's health issues. Our services encompass programs and support for the elderly, home help and medical aid for the indigent. Bikur cholim's gila program continues to offer monthly program offerings. Hundreds of free medical equipment loans were provided through our medical equipment gemach, which was relocated to a facility adjacent to our offices. This new location affords us the opportunity to better serve our patients and provides 24-hour access to the equipment.
$146,188 spent$26,469 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,313,997.
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 $585k to $907k (+55%).
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: 2021 4% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
103% of BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Alan Joseph
Executive director
Board chair
Reuven Dessler
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $20k → $171k.
9 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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: $2.1M from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Federation of Cleveland). These are real filings, and they are not money BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND raised.
From the IRS filings of BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 58% · 2019 28% · 2020 27% · 2021 42% · 2022 34% · 2023 34% — 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 BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
78% of BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $240k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $845k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND
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 Ohio
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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND?
- BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,965 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($320,592). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,121,965 in grants to BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $320,592 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing