Massachusetts · Nonprofit
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,009,732 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($16,430,234). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Inc does
Mission
Representative voice of the organized jewish community in the greater boston area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community engagement the council works to engage members of boston's jewish community in the work of social justice through community service and community organizing, in partnership with other faith communities and a range of community-based nonprofits. The social justice program areas are: the greater boston jewish coalition for literacy, which mobilizes hundreds of volunteers to provide weekly tutoring to elementary school children in under resourced urban elementary schools. The council also provides holocaust programming and education, in conjunction with the new england holocaust memorial.
$932,579 spent60% of program spendingGovernment affairs - working together with the massachusetts association of jewish federations (majf), the council brings together broad coalitions of jewish agencies, organizations and individuals, to advocate for compassionate public policies and adequate funding to assist those most in need and improve the quality of life for all. Through successful collaborations with a variety of advocacy organizations in the broader community, the council multiplies its impact and the reach of its contacts and fosters and develops relationships with governmental officials at the federal, state and local levels in order to achieve policy successes in the budgetary, administrative and legislative arenas.
$258,502 spent17% of program spendingIsrael engagement - the council is committed to engaging with people from diverse backgrounds to foster civil dialogue and build support for israel, the national homeland of the jewish people. The council pursues these goals by engaging in work such as community education, cultivating relationships throughout greater boston, leading study tours to israel with community leaders and supporting national efforts through our partnerships with the jewish council for public affairs. Study tour participants are strategically selected influential leaders, including clergy and elected officials.
$138,931 spent9% of program spendingImmigrant and refugee support - the council takes a multi-pronged approach to stand in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors, including organizing sanctuary clusters and immigration detention accompaniment. Since september of 2021, we have been part of a comprehensive network welcoming afghan immigrants and refugees into our community and have organized 35 congregational support teams, including 25 synagogues, in order to welcome some 200 afghan individuals and families.
$217,443 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,547,455.
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 $2.2M to $3.2M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 12% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jeremy Burton
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $2.0M.
10 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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 RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 94% · 2019 97% · 2020 95% · 2021 84% · 2022 79% · 2023 71% — 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
45% of JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
94% of JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON 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. Of the $1.2M that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 718 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 718 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,009,732 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($16,430,234). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $20,009,732 in grants to JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC?
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc is the largest funder on record, with $16,430,234 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 34 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