Massachusetts · Nonprofit
JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,150 to it, the largest being NATIONAL CENTER TO ENCOURAGE JUDAISM ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $46k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $0
What Jewish Discovery Institute does
Mission
Jewish Discovery Institute, Inc. (JDI) offers a variety of programs to help people explore the intricacies of interfaith relationships including, for those interested, a meaningful conversion program. Additionally, we provide training and support to Rabbis, educators, and lay leaders to make local Conservative and independent synagogues more sensitive to the needs of interfaith couples.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
We offer a variety of programs to help people explore the intricacies of interfaith relationships including, for those interested, a meaningful conversion program. Additionally, we provide training and support to Rabbis, educators, and lay leaders to make local Conservative and independent synagogues more sensitive to the needs of interfaith couples.
$45,000 spentof which $45,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $18k to $5k (−74%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Rabbi Braham David
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $650 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE’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 DISCOVERY INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 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
JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: 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 DISCOVERY INSTITUTE?
- JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,150 to it, the largest being NATIONAL CENTER TO ENCOURAGE JUDAISM ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,150 in grants to JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE?
- NATIONAL CENTER TO ENCOURAGE JUDAISM is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), 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