Texas · Nonprofit
JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC
JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,992 to it, the largest being NEW BRAUNFELS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $291k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $160k
What Jerusalem Lights Inc does
Mission
Jerusalem lights seeks to provide and share the wisdom of traditional torah teachings with all sincere spiritual seekers regardless of their race, religion, gender or orientation, emphasizing the ennoblement of the human spirit, the brotherhood of mankind, and the nurturing and development of each individual's personal faith and relationship with the creator.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Grants in the amount of 400,000 to jerusalem lights israel (a registered israeli non-profit organization) which has the same primary exempt purpose as jerusalem lights, inc., were used to help fund the creation of 88 educational weekly videos and podcasts, which can be viewed on the jerusalem lights youtube channel listed at: https://www.youtube.com/c/jerusalemlightsrabbichaimrichman this includes research, preparation and editing. In addition to the 88 weekly videos, the grants were used to fund the research, preparation and editing of 32 zoom classes on biblical studies. An archive of recordings of these classes (from isaiah chapter 31 to ezekiel chapter 11, with special classes on the subject of holidays and festivals) can be accessed here: https://www.rabbirichman.com/video-library. Additionally, the organization funded an upgrade of computer equipment for the jerusalem lights office to assist in its communications and educational outreach. Additionally, the organization funded the production of the original, full length feature film of biblical and archeological research, "secrets of the hebrew alphabet: part two - transformation" released to the public on january 12, 2025…
$400,000 spentof which $400,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $400,000.
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 $291k to $162k (−44%).
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.
100% of JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 JERUSALEM LIGHTS 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
JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC.
“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
100% of JERUSALEM LIGHTS 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC has grown faster than half of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like JERUSALEM LIGHTS 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JERUSALEM LIGHTS 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 JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC?
- JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,992 to it, the largest being NEW BRAUNFELS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $23,992 in grants to JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC?
- NEW BRAUNFELS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JERUSALEM LIGHTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 3 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