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JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah
JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $484 to it, the largest being Irving & Marilyn Naiditch Family Foundation ($300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $484
- Net assets
- $48k
What JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah does
Mission
Bringing Jewish choral music to Chicagoland and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Maintaining the tradition of Jewish choral music in Chicagoland and beyond by performing concerts for synagogues and temples and congregate living facilities.
$35,071 spent49% of program spendingServe as a Jewish choral musical resource for Chicagoland and beyond. Coordinated a series of concerts with congregations in our local area, Toronto, Atlanta and Birmingham.
$35,000 spent49% of program spendingEncourage the composition of new Jewish choral music. New pieces were composed by musicians in Chicago and Philadelphia.
$1,000 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $71,071.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $300 → $31.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah’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
JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
38% 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 SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $184 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $484 to it, the largest being Irving & Marilyn Naiditch Family Foundation ($300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $484 in grants to JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah?
- Irving & Marilyn Naiditch Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH COMMUNITY SINGERS INC dba Kol Zimrah 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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