Tennessee · Nonprofit
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,918 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($86,316). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Jewish Family Service of Nashville and Middle Tennessee Inc does
Mission
Jewish family service of nashville and middle tennessee, incorporated provides professional social services from jewish perspectives which respond to and support individuals and families through life's transitions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Jewish family service provided financial assistance to 245 individuals, counseling services to 50 individuals, adoption services to 134 individuals and information and referrals to 427 individuals.
$215,638 spentof which $4,176 as grants$45,626 earned by the program51% of program spendingFamily life education provided benefit to 206 individuals through various programs and activities designed to strengthen jewish family life. Jfs hosts and moderates support groups (including anxiety, grief, and caregiver groups), group presentations and workshops, and youth services, such as the healthy skills for healthy kids workshops. In addition, 40 individuals were directed to our job network to assist their search for employment.
$64,931 spent15% of program spendingSenior services provides support to 390 senior adults and people with disabilities in the nashville jewish community. This is accomplished through a volunteer program for those who are unable to leave their homes and a luncheon program for mobile seniors, giving them anopportunity to socialize with their peers. In addition, jfs brings jewish life to assisted living facilities through shabbat and holiday services.
$92,160 spent22% of program spendingProvides emergency financial assistance or a monthly food box containing kosher food items to those in need. Recipients are interviewed by a social worker to determine eligibility.
$48,244 spentof which $10,750 as grants11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $420,973.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.9M to $2.4M (+25%).
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 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Pamela Kelner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $16k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee). These are real filings, and they are not money JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE 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 OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 41% · 2022 54% · 2023 58% — 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.
Where its funders are
81% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE 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 $40k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $176k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC?
- JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,918 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($86,316). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $215,918 in grants to JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $86,316 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF NASHVILLE AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 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