New York · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC
INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC (New York) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,950,943 to it, the largest being THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION ($1,210,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $8.0M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc does
Mission
Ijs's mission is to develop and teach jewish spiritual practices so that individuals and communities may experience greater awareness, purpose, and interconnection.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Online programs: ijs offers online and in-person opportunities to connect to jewish spirituality through mindfulness practice in accessible and meaningful ways. From beginning to advanced courses in jewish meditation and in-depth leadership training, to weekly mindful yoga and free daily meditation sits open to all, our programs are designed to deepen spiritual practice for people anywhere on their journey.
$1,203,939 spent$496,904 earned by the program43% of program spendingLeadership and clergy cohort programs: our immersive, cohort-based programs provide intensive spiritual training over 10 to 18 months for clergy, lay leaders, and dedicated practitioners seeking to integrate jewish mindfulness and leadership into their professional and personal lives. Ijs provides several specialized programs: clergy leadership program for rabbis and cantors to learn the skills of jewish spirituality; kivvun: mindful jewish leadership program for lay leaders; yesod program for aspiring mindfulness teachers; and kol dodi spiritual director training. These programs cultivate a network of spiritually-grounded leaders who are equipped to transform jewish communal life.
$1,096,339 spent$326,380 earned by the program39% of program spendingRetreats: our in-person retreats provide intensive, multi-day immersive experiences designed to deepen jewish mindfulness practice and foster spiritual growth within a supportive communal environment. By offering a dedicated space for reflection and practice away from daily life, these retreats empower individuals to return to their communities with a more grounded, spiritually-informed approach to jewish living and leadership.
$333,482 spent$98,781 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther: in addition to these programs, we also run several programs throughout the year for our sustainer's circle and sell text studies. We also earned additional revenue from "scholar-in-residence" where our ceo/president, josh feigelson, made presentations to partner organizations and their participants.
$142,382 spent$19,239 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,776,142.
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.
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 $1.8M to $4.7M (+163%).
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: 2022 10% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Rabbi Joshua Feigelson
President & CEO
Board chair
Marvin Israelow
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $328k → $1.2M.
22 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 funders by total. 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
INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
38% 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 INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 22% · 2019 20% · 2020 17% · 2021 34% · 2022 41% · 2023 23% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY 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 New York
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
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY 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 INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC (New York) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,950,943 to it, the largest being THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION ($1,210,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $7,950,943 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC?
- THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 79 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