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ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC

ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC (Illinois) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,607,187 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($12,589,349). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$8.8M
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$32M
Net assets
$2.4M
11/22 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 84%
01What it does

What Israel Education Resource Center Inc does

Mission

To catalyze excellence in the professional field of israel education by supporting the development of educators, pioneering new educational approaches, and relentlessly promoting a relational and learner-centered philosophy.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Professional development - the icenter reaches educators from day schools, synagogues, camps, youth movements, college campuses, jccs, federations, and more. Core to these experiences is the understanding that practitioners, educational leaders, lay people, and stakeholders together play a vital role in shaping the field and culture of israel education.

    $6,064,281 spentof which $718,984 as grants$378,994 earned by the program
    76% of program spending
  2. Education - building the network and foundation of the field of israel education by providing high-quality professional learning opportunities. This includes creating and disseminating a wide variety of educational materials and resources.

    $1,953,533 spentof which $900 as grants
    24% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,017,814.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($5.7M) Expenses 100 ($5.5M) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 119 ($6.8M) Expenses 105 ($5.7M) Net assets 196 ($2.1M)2019 Revenue 116 ($6.6M) Expenses 98 ($5.4M) Net assets 311 ($3.3M)2020 Revenue 90 ($5.1M) Expenses 104 ($5.7M) Net assets 257 ($2.7M)2021 Revenue 104 ($5.9M) Expenses 120 ($6.6M) Net assets 193 ($2.0M)2022 Revenue 139 ($7.9M) Expenses 142 ($7.8M) Net assets 200 ($2.1M)2023 Revenue 131 ($7.4M) Expenses 161 ($8.8M) Net assets 71 ($757k)2024 Revenue 155 ($8.8M) Expenses 159 ($8.7M) Net assets 225 ($2.4M)
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Revenue (155)Expenses (159)Net assets (225)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 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $3.0M (+82%).

$1.1M
$2.2M
$3.4M
$2.9M
$2.2M
$2.5M
$1.6M
$3.0M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 6% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,735 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$188k
’17
$1.0M
’18
$1.2M
’19
−$596k
’20
−$677k
’21
$89k
’22
−$1.4M
’23
$86k
’24
1.6
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.

Chief executive

Anne Lanski

President and CEO

Board chair

Jeffrey Kopin

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1312151620192018
Joined·+0+3+2+5+1+2+0
No longer listed·1011212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $2.5M → $5.2M.

6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER 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

ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

40%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 46% · 2019 92% · 2020 57% · 2021 45% · 2022 61% · 2023 62% — 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

64% of ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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

ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 9 states in all.

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
OK
GA

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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

ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC

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In Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

30%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 3 states

NY
MA
CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC?
ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC (Illinois) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,607,187 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($12,589,349). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $31,607,187 in grants to ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER INC?
THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,589,349 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ISRAEL EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER 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 22 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