Rhode Island · Nonprofit
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,113 to it, the largest being HELENE & BERTRAM BERNHARDT FOUNDATION ($49,302). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $93k
- Net assets
- $0
What Jewish Family Service Inc does
Mission
The mission of jewish family service is to sustain, nurture and strengthen the emotional and general well-being and stability of families and individuals throughout the life cycle, within the framework of jewish tradition and values. The agency provides professional services to the greater rhode island community, with emphasis on recognizing and meeting current and emerging community needs within the framework of jewish tradition and values.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Lifeline services - jewish family service administers lifeline ri, a personal emergency response system for the elderly and disabled to allow them to live safely at home.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $31k → $800.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.2M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island). These are real filings, and they are not money JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC’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 FAMILY SERVICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 80%; 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 78% · 2018 63% · 2019 70% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
85% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
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 FAMILY SERVICE 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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 FAMILY SERVICE INC?
- JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,113 to it, the largest being HELENE & BERTRAM BERNHARDT FOUNDATION ($49,302). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $93,113 in grants to JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC?
- HELENE & BERTRAM BERNHARDT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $49,302 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 7 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