Ohio · Nonprofit
Chabad of Columbus Inc
Chabad of Columbus Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,134,472 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,463,023). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $6.1M
- Net assets
- $9.6M
What Chabad of Columbus Inc does
Mission
Connecting Jewish youth and adults to cultural heritage in order to advance social justice based on the Jewish principle Chesed, bestowing kindness on others. Seek to galvanize the Columbus community to perform acts of kindness, benefitting those with special needs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
LifeTown - A simulated fillage that teaches life skills through role play to all students with disabilities in Ohio. LifeTown serves over 100 schools throughout 25 school districts, with 50-90 students per day participating througout the school year.
$1,142,774 spentof which $2,172 as grants$68,837 earned by the program39% of program spendingFriendship Circle - A program to engage Jewish teenagers in the reward of charitable giving to help others in need. The program has a special two-fold goal. First, to keep teenagers drug-free and maintaining high school behavior standards. Second, to serve one-on-one to help special needs children and their siblings under the close supervision of the Chabad professional staff.
$425,546 spentof which $60 as grants$120 earned by the program15% of program spendingKitchen of Life - This program is dedicated to fostering social-emotional skills through culinary arts, and serves all students of all abilities in Ohio, providing an immersive environment where students can engage in activities that promote resilience, connection and a sense of belonging.
$323,537 spentof which $387 as grants$35,009 earned by the program11% of program spendingChabad Hebrew School of the Arts Expenses $91,302. Including Grants of $0. Revenue $36,743. Camp Gan Israel - Summer Day Camp to offer Jewish enrichment programs, arts & crafts, swimming lessons and field trips to children ages 5 to 12, also provides counselor-in-training for teens. Expenses $62,453. Including Grants of $849. Revenue $86,341. Ohio State University (OSU) Campus - A ministry to Jewish students at OSU and the general Columbus community. Provides Kosher meals to students on the Sabbath and Holidays, as well as educational programs to the OSU campus and greater Columbus, Ohio community. Serves approximately 75 students weekly during the school year and roughly 250 on Holidays. Expenses $105,474. Including Grants of $75. Revenue $0. Chabad of Columbus - Provides infrastructure and support to all affiliated programs. Expenses $770,207. Including Grants of $135,960. Revenue $81,965.
$1,029,436 spentof which $137,085 as grants$205,049 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,921,293.
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 $7.6M to $9.9M (+31%).
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 20% · 2018 18% · 2019 36% · 2020 34% · 2021 30% · 2022 26% · 2023 32% · 2024 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of Chabad of Columbus 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. 0 of the last 8 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
Areyah Kaltmann
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $430k → $864k.
19 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 Chabad of Columbus Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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
Chabad of Columbus Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
68% 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 Chabad of Columbus Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 24% · 2019 22% · 2020 54% · 2021 25% · 2022 18% · 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
42% of Chabad of Columbus Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
56% of Chabad of Columbus 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 $2.7M that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
Chabad of Columbus Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,399 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,399 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Chabad of Columbus 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Chabad of Columbus Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Chabad of Columbus Inc?
- Chabad of Columbus Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,134,472 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,463,023). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Chabad of Columbus Inc have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $6,134,472 in grants to Chabad of Columbus Inc, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Chabad of Columbus Inc?
- COLUMBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,463,023 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Chabad of Columbus Inc 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.
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 53 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