Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,039,783 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($1,493,560). 8 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
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps of Massachusetts Inc does
Mission
Through positive summer camping experiences at its camps and the dor l'dor leadership program, the eli and bessie cohen camps' mission is to promote personal growth and social skills, appreciation of the jewish way of life, and understanding of the people and land of israel in a supportive and fun environment. These programs enrich children's lives by encouraging them to be comfortable and confident in themselves so that they connect positively with others and the world they live in, leave camp determined to sustain judaism and the jewish people, and be committed to contributing responsibly to their world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
A summer camp program providing room, board and recreation for children. During the 2025 summer season, the camp housed approximately 377 campers.
$2,671,187 spentof which $147,326 as grants$3,379,396 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,671,187.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $7.5M to $6.8M (−9%).
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 14% · 2022 16% · 2023 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Benjamin Portnoy
Executive director
Board chair
Dr Renee Goldberg
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $228k → $246k.
6 of 14 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 ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC’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
ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 95% · 2019 78% · 2020 66% · 2021 75% · 2022 84% · 2023 75% — 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
44% of ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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 ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 $404k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Eli & Bessie Cohen Camps Camp Tel Noar & Camp Tevya · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,039,783 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($1,493,560). 8 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 ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $2,039,783 in grants to ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,493,560 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ELI AND BESSIE COHEN CAMPS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 14 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