How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA have?

IRS filings report 1 organization giving $489,250 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA.

Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA?

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZED FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $489,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

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Pennsylvania · Nonprofit

FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $489,250 to it, the largest being BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZED FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ($489,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025: $17M
Funders on record: 1
Grants received: $489k
Net assets: $8.1M

0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%

01What it does

What Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia does

Mission

The Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia (the foundation), created by the jewish federation of greater philadelphia in partnership with the regional jewish day schools, is an irs-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, whose mission is to provide needs-based school scholarships, with an expanded opportunity to support enhanced curriculum content to state-approved programs provided to public school students.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

The foundation awarded $15,212,675 in needs-based scholarships to 1,037 day school students from low- and moderate-income households who qualified for the educational improvement tax credit (eitc) program of the commonwealth of pennsylvania.certain amounts of contributions, within allowable limits of program guidelines, were set aside to create "reserve funds" to create a supplemental source for need-based scholarships based on certain triggering events, as defined: 1. A legislative or governmental change creates a negative impact on the program2. Unforeseen circumstances which negatively impact the economy, school tuition collections, etc.3. The reserve funds calculation had been reduced to 3% last year once the state increased its required spend rate of contributions from a minimum of 80% to 90%. In addition, previously schools had been required to share use of their reserve funds as scholarship for students and schools could only use these funds once they had reached a specific threshold. Beginning this year, once schools received their reserve funds, shortly after the beginning of the fiscal year, the threshold for usage was removed with no further oversight from the…
$15,212,675 spentof which $15,212,675 as grants
87% of program spending
The foundation awarded $682,895 in needs-based scholarships to 142 pre-school students from low- and moderate-income households who attend pre-schools that foster jewish identity in the greater philadelphia area and who qualify for the pre-k educational improvement tax credit program of the commonwealth of pennsylvania.
$682,895 spentof which $682,895 as grants
4% of program spending
The foundation awarded $1,262,411 in needs-based scholarships to 174 day school students who live within the catchment area of one of the 15% poorest performing schools in the commonwealth of pennsylvania as allowed under the opportunity scholarship tax credit (ostc) program.
$1,262,411 spentof which $1,262,411 as grants
7% of program spending
The foundation awarded a combined $402,842 for innovative educational program grants with public schools to: youth symposium on the holocaust/mordechai anielewicz arts competition philadelphia holocaust remembrance foundation inc the weitzman national museum of american jewish history jewish student union (ncsy) jevs human services
$402,842 spentof which $402,842 as grants
2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,560,823.

02The organization over time

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.

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Revenue (195)Expenses (225)Net assets (240)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 2017 to 2018, from $3.4M to $7.6M (+122%).

$3.4M

$7.6M

$5.4M

$5.0M

$5.7M

$8.6M

$12M

$9.3M

$8.5M

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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.

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).

This organization

Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$654k

’17

$4.2M

’18

−$2.2M

’19

−$414k

’20

$329k

’21

$2.8M

’22

$2.8M

’23

−$2.1M

’24

−$1.3M

’25

5.3

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.

Board chair

Elliot Holtz

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed141414151414141514

Joined·+4+2+1+0+0+0+3+0

No longer listed·42010021

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

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total

Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schoolsunclassified

$489k

funders

From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA’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.

Where its funders are

100% of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA is better cushioned than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−7% · bottom quartile

Months of reserve5.3mo · above the median

Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

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 Pennsylvania

Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh85%Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia84%Foundation of the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Philadelphia Inc83%Pittsburgh Jewish Publication & Education Foundation81%Holy Family Foundation81%Friends of Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School81%Jewish Community Foundation of Central Pa81%Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors Association81%

Nationally

Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh85%Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia84%Foundation of the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Philadelphia Inc83%The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc82%Jewish Federation of St Joseph Valley Inc82%Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona82%Jewish Federation of San Antonio82%Jewish Federation of Cleveland81%

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 3%Fundraising 3%

Governance

board members

93%

independent

✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

65%

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

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA?: FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $489,250 to it, the largest being BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZED FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ($489,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA have?: IRS filings report 1 organization giving $489,250 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA.
Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA?: BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZED FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $489,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA find more funders?: Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 1 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