New York · Nonprofit
JBI INTERNATIONAL INC
JBI INTERNATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,925,202 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ($647,852). 99 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 156
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Jbi International Inc does
Mission
Jbi library's mission is to ensure that anyone who is blind, has low vision or other print disability can fully participate in and feel connected to all aspects of jewish life, from culture, education, and community to religious practice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Libraries: the jbi library includes a broad spectrum of jewish-interest books in audio, large print and braille, all produced in-house and distributed free of charge directly to our patrons doorsteps; after enjoying the materials, patrons return them, postage free. We offer more than 13,000 circulating audiobooks and several thousand braille titles and large print materials encompassing fiction, history, biography, short stories, peridicals, humor, liturgical texts, poetry, jewish studies, memoirs, cookbooks and more, with new titles added regularly.
$2,156,488 spent$10,917 earned by the program58% of program spendingOutreach: jbi actively reaches out to the community to promote the widest use of its free audio, large print and braille library. This is true particularly for the growing number of visually impaired seniors, including immigrant populations, many of which live a "shut in" existence. To reach this senior population, as well as their caregivers, adult children and friends, jbi makes presentations, advertises in local newspapers and publications, encourages local press coverage and forges communication with relevant institutions and agencies. We also provide assistance to schools, children, prisoners and veterans.
$1,115,598 spent30% of program spendingJbi's educational and cultural programs provide accessible literary, cultural, and educational experiences to individuals who are blind, have low vision, or are otherwise print disabled. Through a wide range of offeringsincluding author talks, lectures, book clubs, and cultural programsjbi fosters community engagement, lifelong learning, and meaningful participation in jewish and general cultural life. All programs are designed with accessibility at the forefront, utilizing formats such as live audio, telephone-based participation, and digital platforms to ensure inclusive access regardless of geographic or technological barriers. These programs serve a diverse and often isolated population, promoting intellectual enrichment, cultural connection, and social inclusion.
$312,595 spentof which $181,288 as grants8% of program spendingPeriodicals: jbi offers a variety of jbi periodicals in audio and braille format which are unavailable otherwise to the visually impaired. These include hadassah and lilith magazine, jbi voices-a compilation of articles from a global selection of newspapers and journals, and also include jbi's cultural series.
$49,217 spent1% of program spendingIsraeli assistance program: jbi provided support for the central library for the blind in israel for the construction of their new recording studio.
$41,212 spent1% of program spendingOther programs
$34,940 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,710,050.
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 2021 to 2022, from $26M to $23M (−11%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 3% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 11% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of JBI INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Michelle Shapiro Abraham
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 44 funders to 59 funders, grant income rose $196k → $494k.
11 of 156 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 JBI INTERNATIONAL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 156 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
JBI INTERNATIONAL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% 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
49% 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 JBI INTERNATIONAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 79% · 2019 20% · 2020 22% · 2021 22% · 2022 26% · 2023 40% — 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
47% of JBI INTERNATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
59% of JBI INTERNATIONAL INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
JBI INTERNATIONAL INC is better cushioned than half of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding JBI INTERNATIONAL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like JBI INTERNATIONAL 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 27 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JBI INTERNATIONAL 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 JBI INTERNATIONAL INC?
- JBI INTERNATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,925,202 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ($647,852). 99 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JBI INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 156 organizations giving $3,925,202 in grants to JBI INTERNATIONAL INC, 99 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JBI INTERNATIONAL INC?
- JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO is the largest funder on record, with $647,852 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JBI INTERNATIONAL 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.
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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 156 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing