South Carolina · Nonprofit
HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,330 to it, the largest being THE MEER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $30k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $410k
What Hebrew Benevolent Society does
Mission
To provide charitable and educational funds for charleston's jewish community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Programs for the needy and foreign immigrants provided through charleston jewish social services, a 501(c)(3) organization, through charleston jewish community center, a 501(c)(3) organization, and other local non profit agencies.
$22,300 spentof which $22,300 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $22,300.
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 2022 to 2023, from $421k to $407k (−3%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $194 → $100.
From the IRS filings of HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY’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
HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 91% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: 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 HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY?
- HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,330 to it, the largest being THE MEER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $12,330 in grants to HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY?
- THE MEER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 4 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