Connecticut · Nonprofit
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,600 to it, the largest being GARDEN HOMES FUND ($75,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $77k
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $209k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Jewish Family Service Inc does
Mission
To provide social services to individuals and families living in Connecticut.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Adoption Services-provides home studies,post placement services, counseling and Probate Court services to Connecticut adoptive families
$10,500 spent67% of program spendingCounseling-Provides short term telephone professional counseling and information and referral services to individuals of all ages in need of assistance in coping with occurrences of daily life. Also provides financial and Holiday assistance to aforementioned individuals and families.
$5,250 spent33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,750.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $68k to $88k (+30%).
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.
53% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Eric Newman
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $18k → $35k.
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 has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 62% · 2019 75% · 2020 38% · 2021 55% · 2022 39% · 2023 43% — 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
36% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
78% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC's grant income comes from Connecticut 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.
Against its field
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC has grown faster than half of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
69%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: 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 FAMILY SERVICE INC?
- JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $208,600 to it, the largest being GARDEN HOMES FUND ($75,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $208,600 in grants to JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC?
- GARDEN HOMES FUND is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 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 Connecticut. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 24 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