Virginia · Nonprofit
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND (Virginia) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,962,198 to it, the largest being THE LEWIS AND BUTLER FOUNDATION ($517,750). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Jewish Community Federation of Richmond does
Mission
A. To organize and maintain an organization or organizations to coordinate the soliciting of funds for charitable purposes and allocate the same to such local, non-local or foreign organizations as it may determine. B. To interest itself in all matters pertaining to the jewish community in the city of richmond and its vicinity and in and outside of the commonwealth of virginia, and to be helpful in such ways as are in the best interest of all persons of the jewish and richmond community. Values of outreach and engagement the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond believes all individuals in the community are important and values their perspective in building, sustaining and perpetuating a caring community. The jcfr will create options for all jews, regardless of age, economic status or affiliation, to participate in communal life. The federation will collaborate with jewish agencies, organizations and synagogues to promote outreach in an effort to foster jewish continuity and an aware
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The federation supports rescue, emergency and community renewal activities throughout the world, including in zaparozhye, ukraine, through jewish community centers, chesed welfare centers and the american jewish joint distribution committee which is our partner in this effort. Federation funding also supports welfare relief reaching elderly jews in more than 2,000 locations throughout the region, providing food, medicine and medical care, home care, winter heating, and other social services through a network of more than 60 social welfare centers operated by the american jewish joint distribution committee (jdc). In the reporting period, 64,992 seniors received food assistance; 21,833 seniors received home care; 20,719 received medicine or medical assistance; 7,345 received winter relief; and 1400 jewish youth were brought into the jewish tent at camp szarvas. Jdc also furnished critical nutritional and medical assistance to more than 30,000 jewish children and their families. The jewish agency for israel (jafi) operated summer camps and sunday schools in the region and provided leadership activities for young adults. Ukraine: in response to the war in ukraine,…
$1,312,728 spentof which $819,113 as grants53% of program spendingThe Jewish Community Federation of Richmond works to secure a strong jewish future. The federation's annual campaign supports more than 35 agencies, programs, and services in greater richmond, nationally, in israel, and in more than 70 other countries around the world. The federation supports organizations and programs that educate and strengthen jewish identity by funding formal and informal educational opportunities, helping ensure future generations can sustain and care for our community. In fiscal year 2024-2025, the federation supported multiple formal and informal jewish education and identity initiatives serving adults and children in the community. In addition, the federation provided grants and scholarships to jewish day schools, jewish camps, and youth organizations and programs, reaching over 2,750 youth and teens and enhancing participants' connection to, understanding of, and appreciation of jewish heritage. The federation provided significant support to the weinstein jewish community center (jcc) to provide services to more than 10,000 people of all ages, faiths, and abilities through early childhood education and after-school programs, summer camp, cultural arts,…
$661,338 spentof which $326,461 as grants27% of program spendingThe Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, through its network of beneficiary agencies and services, helps address humanitarian needs of people of all ages. The federation allocates funds locally from the annual federation campaign to care for the most vulnerable people in our community. Through partners including jewish family services (jfs) richmond, the weinstein jcc and others, the federation addresses emergency financial needs and mental health needs. The federation assists vulnerable individuals and families, including those who became newly and unexpectedly in need of critical support. At the same time, the federation works to support the financial stability of key partner agencies and schools.
$158,718 spentof which $78,349 as grants6% of program spendingFollowing the hamas terrorist attacks on october 7, 2023, the federation provided emergency assistance through collective support of the jewish federations of north america (jfna) to help address urgent needs in israel. The federation-supported emergency efforts included assistance for evacuees from frontline communities; food and financial assistance for impacted families, older adults, and homebound individuals; coordination support for organizations scaling response efforts; immediate cash grants to individuals and families impacted by terror and violence; targeted support for vulnerable populations and caregivers (including older adults, young children, people living with disabilities, russian-speaking and ethiopian israelis, holocaust survivors, and marginalized populations such as bedouin communities); and expanded trauma relief and psychosocial support, including hotline capacity. Support also included direct care for first responders, lone soldiers, injured individuals, and families whose relatives were murdered, injured, or abducted, as well as training and support for caregivers and responders, including hospital emergency teams and municipal teams.
$346,612 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,479,396.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.3M to $5.0M (+17%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Daniel Staffenberg
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $124k → $512k.
10 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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: $7.8M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Richmond Jewish Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND raised.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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 FEDERATION OF RICHMOND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
43% 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 FEDERATION OF RICHMOND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 45% · 2019 51% · 2020 44% · 2021 39% · 2022 25% · 2023 20% — 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
62% of JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
92% of JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $697k 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 FEDERATION OF RICHMOND's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 16 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND (Virginia) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,962,198 to it, the largest being THE LEWIS AND BUTLER FOUNDATION ($517,750). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,962,198 in grants to JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND?
- THE LEWIS AND BUTLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $517,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 32 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