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Eshel Publications Inc

Eshel Publications Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,799 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($163,836). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$475k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$407k
Net assets
$161k
5/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%
01What it does

What Eshel Publications Inc does

Mission

The purpose of the organization is to publish and distribute orthodox jewish religious teachings. The religious teachings are made available via books, lectures, and trips to orthodox jewish religious sites.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Research, preparation, and delivery of scholarly written works and lectures.

    $343,767 spent
    71% of program spending
  2. Trips to and lectures about orthodox religious sites.

    $121,752 spent$110,828 earned by the program
    25% of program spending
  3. Printing and distribution of orthodox jewish religious books.

    $18,946 spent$119,212 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $484,465.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($245k) Expenses 100 ($199k) Net assets 100 ($161k)2020 Revenue 98 ($240k) Expenses 88 ($176k) Net assets 140 ($225k)2021 Revenue 168 ($413k) Expenses 200 ($397k) Net assets 149 ($241k)2022 Revenue 133 ($326k) Expenses 136 ($271k) Net assets 183 ($296k)2023 Revenue 120 ($293k) Expenses 210 ($418k) Net assets 106 ($171k)2024 Revenue 194 ($475k) Expenses 244 ($484k) Net assets 100 ($161k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (194)Expenses (244)Net assets (100)Peer revenue range

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 $302k to $176k (−42%).

$165k
$226k
$245k
$302k
$176k
$182k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

63% of Eshel Publications Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$46k
’19
$64k
’20
$16k
’21
$55k
’22
−$125k
’23
−$10k
’24
3.4
months of
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.

201920202021202220232024
Listed334333
Joined·+0+2+1+0+0
No longer listed·01200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $19k → $72k.

7 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 Eshel Publications 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

Eshel Publications 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

98% 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 Eshel Publications Inc.

40%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 71% · 2019 57% · 2020 48% · 2021 71% · 2022 54% · 2023 70% — broadly stable.

“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

33% of Eshel Publications Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

97% of Eshel Publications 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 $13k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states.

NY
NJ
CO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $394k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Eshel Publications Inc has grown faster than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve3.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Eshel Publications 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 Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

46%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Eshel Publications Inc?
Eshel Publications Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,799 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($163,836). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Eshel Publications Inc have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $406,799 in grants to Eshel Publications Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Eshel Publications Inc?
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $163,836 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Eshel Publications Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 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