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INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 448 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,821,906 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,516,253). 210 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$318M
Funders on record
448
Grants received
$45M
Net assets
$208M
210/448 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc does

Mission

The international fellowship of christian and jews is the leading non-profit building bridges between christians and jews, blessing israel and the jewish people around the world with, humanitarian care and life-saving aid.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Poverty:meeting the needs of poorest citizens living in israel and the former soviet union remains a high priority for the fellowship. Through its poverty program, the fellowship assists millions of impoverished people with basic needs as they struggle to overcome extreme economic hardship. Through the poverty program, the fellowship is actively involved in cities throughout israel and the former soviet union providing food, clothing, shelter, medical care, emergency funds and other resources to those in desperate need, including families and children. Supplying thousands of needy elderly, children and poor families with necessities including food, heating fuel during the winter as well as medicine, personal care. (see schedule o)(poverty continued) the fellowship assists in helping the poor find jobs and provide for their families. The fellowship focuses heavily on the elderly population. The with dignity and fellowship program reaches nearly half of the elderly eighty years or older living in poverty in israel, and guarantees their food security for the rest of their lives. The fellowship also rescues orphaned and abandoned jewish children from the streets and provides them with…

    $110,602,474 spentof which $96,920,525 as grants
    54% of program spending
  2. Fellowship:through our programs of bridge building between christians and jews, the fellowship's ministry provides education resources to christians to learn about the jewish roots of their christian faith, as well as the history of israel and her people. The fellowship provides prayer support to our donors through prayer calls with thousands of supporters, requests for prayers to be sent to the western wall, and a dedicate staff that pray with our donors daily. The fellowship continues to engage both christian and jews leaders in interfaith dialog, continuing to strengthen the bridge of understanding and respect. (see schedule o)(fellowship continued) in 2024 there were 300,000 downloads of yael's nourish your biblical roots podcast, with nearly 1,500 subscribers by the end of 2024. There were 46,600 podcast followers through pray.com and 16,000 people engaged in monthly prayer services. There were over 3.5 million engagements with social media platforms.

    $41,683,794 spentof which $13,053,915 as grants$7,066 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  3. Security: israel is surrounded by hostile neighbors and so the fellowship serves as watchmen on the walls for god's people. Terrorist groups like hamas and hezbollah funded by iran pose a constant threat to israel. Terrorist rocket fire, suicide bombings and vehicular attacks sow death, destruction, and chaos. In response, the fellowship provides emergency equipment for israel's first responders, builds and reinforces bomb shelters, supports programs that offer counseling to trauma victims, finances help for victims of terror, supports israel's soldiers, and so much more. In wartime, we act quickly to meet the needs of israelis in the line of fire and help victims heal from physical and emotional trauma. (see schedule o)(security continued) 50 mobile bomb shelters were installed, including 30 in the first weeks after october 7th during operation swords of iron. 2 armored security vehicles were supplied to civilian security officers and emergency teams in southern israel. 93,000 people serving in the israel defense force and their families were provided with emergency funds for basic or household needs, as well as comfort and care. Additionally, the fellowship provided medical…

    $34,840,555 spentof which $34,568,035 as grants
    17% of program spending
  4. Aliyah (immigration to israel)expenses: $8,500,761 grants: 7,676,597the fellowship helps fulfill biblical prophecy by bringing the jewish people home "from the four quarters of the earth" (isaiah 11:12) through aliyah (immigration to israel) and provides them with klitah (resettlement) assistance when they arrive, including housing, job training and placement, hebrew language lessons, and more, giving them the tools they need to be full, productive citizens in their new home.since it was founded, the fellowship's supporters have helped thousands of jews from around the globe the former soviet union, europe, south america, arab and muslim countries make israel their home.for many jews, making aliyah (immigrating to israel) means finally escaping anti-semitism, oppression, violence, and extreme poverty. It offers them hope for a better life and a chance to live out their faith. In 2024, the fellowship assisted over 4,000 people make aliyah from 35 different countries.emergency: expenses: $7,575,018 grants: $0in addition to our core programs, the fellowship used this fund to provide support to those in israel directly impacted by the war. The fellowship also raised awareness in the…

    $16,442,358 spentof which $7,676,597 as grants
    8% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $203,569,181.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($121M) Expenses 100 ($134M) Net assets 100 ($24M)2018 Revenue 99 ($120M) Expenses 87 ($117M) Net assets 101 ($25M)2019 Revenue 97 ($118M) Expenses 85 ($115M) Net assets 132 ($32M)2020 Revenue 130 ($158M) Expenses 98 ($132M) Net assets 250 ($61M)2021 Revenue 181 ($220M) Expenses 132 ($177M) Net assets 436 ($106M)2022 Revenue 188 ($228M) Expenses 170 ($229M) Net assets 393 ($96M)2023 Revenue 224 ($271M) Expenses 169 ($228M) Net assets 603 ($147M)2024 Revenue 262 ($318M) Expenses 202 ($272M) Net assets 855 ($208M)
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Revenue (262)Expenses (202)Net assets (855)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $172M to $233M (+35%).

$45M
$47M
$53M
$79M
$125M
$122M
$172M
$233M
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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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$13M
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$3.3M
’18
$3.2M
’19
$26M
’20
$43M
’21
−$1.5M
’22
$44M
’23
$46M
’24
3.2
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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

Yael Eckstein-Farkas

President & CEO

Board chair

Bishop Paul Lanier

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+4+10+10+0+2+1+1
No longer listed·69102422
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 40 funders to 172 funders, grant income rose $424k → $8.2M.

72 of 448 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $16k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest Amin Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC raised.

From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 448 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

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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

78% 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 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC.

19%
largest funder
42%
top three
~12
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 20% · 2019 35% · 2020 61% · 2021 43% · 2022 14% · 2023 26% — 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

37% of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

75% of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS 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 $11M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 45 states.

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

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Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34M arriving through sponsors registered in 30 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

Organizations like INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS 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 Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 11%Fundraising 15%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 26 states

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Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Ifcj Foundation · exempt
  • Hakeren L'Yedidut · exempt
  • Foundation Korea Ifcj · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC?
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC (Illinois) receives grants from 448 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,821,906 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($8,516,253). 210 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC have?
IRS filings report 448 organizations giving $44,821,906 in grants to INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC, 210 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $8,516,253 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 448 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