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BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC
BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC (California) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,905,245 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA ($6,379,055). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc does
Mission
Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. Bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and advancing jewish learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
A. Community impact - 22,500 students and 132 los angeles jewish schools benefited from an array of bje programs, consultation, professional development services, advocacy, and support across early childhood, day school, and part-time jewish education programs, with the goal of strengthening quality and accessibility.b. Direct student services - 10,075 hours of direct services in english language arts, mathematics, counseling, and hebrew language instruction were provided to 590 students.c. Professional development - bje provided and facilitated professional development conferences and workshops for 1,434 total educator enrollments across 75 sessions.d. Professional networks - bje convened 17 professional learning networks organized by school role, including heads of school, development directors, early childhood and part-time religious school program directors, admissions directors among others.e. Title services - bje facilitates access to federally funded title services for students in grades k-12 under the elementary and secondary education act, including support for students falling behind academically in english language arts and mathematics, counseling services professional…
$2,950,859 spentof which $57,942 as grants$1,251,368 earned by the program78% of program spendingBje coordinates the los angeles delegation for the international march of the living, an experiential educational program that brings high school seniors and jewish teens from l.a. And around the world to commemorate two pivotal events in jewish history - the holocaust and the founding of the state of israel. The delegation traveled to poland only, due to the ongoing war in gaza. In addition to educators and historians who accompanied the delegation, the l.a. Teens were privileged to be joined by a holocaust survivor and a family member of a survivor, both of whom shared their personal stories. On yom hashoah, holocaust remembrance day, the delegation marched from auschwitz to birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built during world war ii. 50% of participants benefited directly from financial aid.
$492,654 spentof which $37,660 as grants$214,625 earned by the program13% of program spendingFinancial assistance & accessibility - bje is committed to ensuring that jewish education remains within reach for every family. Through its financial assistance programs, bje provided vital support to 33 schools, serving 10,033 students, strengthening the foundation of jewish learning accross the greater los angeles community. 254 students benefited directly from financial aid, ensuring that no child is turned away from the gift of a jewish education due to financial circumstances. Additionally, emergency scholarships were awarded to seven early childhood families in their most critical moment of need, providing a lifeline to ensure their children could continue their jewish educational journey.
$329,655 spentof which $329,655 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,773,168.
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 2022 to 2023, from $15M to $18M (+20%).
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.
66% of BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Dr Gil Graff
Exec Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 27 funders, grant income fell $2.6M → $1.7M.
12 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 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
BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 55% · 2019 54% · 2020 43% · 2021 45% · 2022 29% · 2023 40% — 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
42% of BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
80% of BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC'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 $3.2M that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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 BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC?
- BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC (California) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,905,245 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA ($6,379,055). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $15,905,245 in grants to BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC?
- JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA is the largest funder on record, with $6,379,055 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 64 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