Illinois · Nonprofit
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 123 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,072,485 to it, the largest being JOSEPH L LIEBERMAN AND ESTHER M ($2,831,062). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 123
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Jewish Community Centers of Chicago does
Mission
JCC Chicago is building community, supporting individuals and families, and growing hope through Jewish connections for everyone.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early Childhood - JCC Chicago's Early Childhood program is offered at seven sites throughout metropolitan Chicago and the suburbs to provide an excellent educational foundation for over 500 children ages six weeks to four years. The Early Childhood program offers year-round care and both full-day and half-day preschool.
$14,642,087 spentof which $601,304 as grants$10,055,269 earned by the program41% of program spendingDay Camp - JCC Chicago Day Camp programming is offered at nine locations throughout Chicagoland, serving approximately 4,000 children ages three through thirteen. Day Camps operate during the summer months for sessions ranging from one to eight weeks. Day Camp enables children to discover and expand their interests through various activities, and create friendships with others all in a safe environment.
$11,248,407 spentof which $316,477 as grants$13,818,737 earned by the program31% of program spendingOvernight Chi - JCC Chicago's overnight camp, Camp Chi takes place on a 600-acre campus in Lake Delton, Wisconsin. Camp Chi provides a complete co-ed overnight camping experience for 1,350 youth and teens ages seven to sixteen, offering endless opportunities to campers to explore new interests and build upon individual skills through various activities. Camp Chi sessions run during the summer months between mid-June and mid-August.
$5,019,973 spentof which $358,600 as grants$6,361,986 earned by the program14% of program spendingCommunity Engagement - JCC Chicago offers a variety of low cost engagement programs and activities for the community. These programs include cultural and educational programs including Chicago Jewish Film Festival and Community Wednesdays, fitness memberships, swim programs, teen programs including year round youth and school clubs.
$3,697,400 spentof which $7,605 as grants$1,151,529 earned by the program10% of program spendingPerlstein Retreat Center - The Perlstein Resort and Conference Center located in Lake Delton, Wisconsin, adjacent to JCC Camp Chi, is JCC Chicago's premier destination for families, groups, businesses and individuals throughout the Midwest, providing programming, accommodations and meaningful events for guests.
$1,144,648 spent$375,430 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,752,515.
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 2022 to 2023, from $35M to $53M (+55%).
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 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 14% · 2022 5% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of Jewish Community Centers of Chicago’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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
Adrienne Goodman
President/Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 55 funders, grant income rose $221k → $3.3M.
16 of 123 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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: $95M from 15 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago). These are real filings, and they are not money Jewish Community Centers of Chicago raised.
From the IRS filings of Jewish Community Centers of Chicago’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 123 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
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% 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 Jewish Community Centers of Chicago.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 15% · 2019 36% · 2020 37% · 2021 29% · 2022 19% · 2023 14% — diversifying over time.
“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
52% of Jewish Community Centers of Chicago's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
71% of Jewish Community Centers of Chicago's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Jewish Community Centers of Chicago
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Jewish Community Centers Endowment Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Jewish Community Centers of Chicago: 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 Jewish Community Centers of Chicago?
- Jewish Community Centers of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 123 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,072,485 to it, the largest being JOSEPH L LIEBERMAN AND ESTHER M ($2,831,062). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Jewish Community Centers of Chicago have?
- IRS filings report 123 organizations giving $18,072,485 in grants to Jewish Community Centers of Chicago, 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Jewish Community Centers of Chicago?
- JOSEPH L LIEBERMAN AND ESTHER M is the largest funder on record, with $2,831,062 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Jewish Community Centers of Chicago 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.
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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 123 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