New York · Nonprofit
CHAZAK
CHAZAK (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $920,240 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($706,610). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $920k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Chazak does
Mission
Chazak is a global Jewish organization that inspires, equips, and unites young people through the profound wisdom of the Torah and the rich Sephardic heritage. Within our diverse community, we strive to foster fulfilling lives and impactful leadership. Our initiatives are founded on our core values of education, leadership, and community, and we provide in-depth exploration of Jewish traditions and the Sephardic ethos. Our initiatives go beyond borders, including retreats and trips all over the world, fostering cultural exchange, and promoting a better understanding of our common heritage. We remain committed to our mission of developing leaders, fostering unity, and ensuring a vibrant future for the Sephardic Jewish community and the world at large.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We are proud to reflect on the enriching 2023 Chazak Pesach experience. This one-of-a-kind journey was designed for Sephardic community members to celebrate and share their rich heritage and distinctive cuisine during the Passover holidays. Our carefully planned itinerary included a variety of lectures and programs for both adults and children to help us better understand and appreciate Sephardic traditions. This experience was more than just a vacation it was a chance for families to reconnect with their roots, participate in meaningful cultural exchanges, and create lasting memories. We are honored to have been a part of this journey of discovery and community building, reinforcing the values and traditions that make our Sephardic heritage so vibrant and alive.
$2,595,986 spentof which $8,550 as grants$2,440,893 earned by the program80% of program spendingOur vision is to build youth that are energized and equipped with strong ideals and solid tools to ensure a promising future for the whole community. Thousands of teens participate in the weekly programmes and trips that are run to ignite their Jewish pride and passion for learning. Working with all segments of the community, we strengthen and invigorate the level of learning and observance. To date, Chazak content has had over 1.2 million views.
$653,123 spent20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,249,109.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $2.0M (+43%).
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.
100% of CHAZAK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Shlomo Farhi
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $180 → $403k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 CHAZAK’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
CHAZAK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 CHAZAK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 85% · 2020 95% · 2021 43% · 2022 82% · 2023 80% — 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
0% of CHAZAK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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
85% of CHAZAK'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 $135k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $785k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CHAZAK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CHAZAK
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Chazak UK · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHAZAK: 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 CHAZAK?
- CHAZAK (New York) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $920,240 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($706,610). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHAZAK have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $920,240 in grants to CHAZAK, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAZAK?
- JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $706,610 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAZAK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 22 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