Minnesota · Nonprofit
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,905,651 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($780,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $35k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $0
What Jewish Family Service of St Paul does
Mission
Inspired by jewish values, we help people from all backgrounds build on their strengths and meet life's challenges.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Jfs is a non-sectarian agency providing a broad variety of services to people of all religions and backgrounds in the st. Paul metro area. Jfs is particularly well known for its person-centered aging and disability programming and its collaborative approach to meeting the needs of our most vulnerable across all service areas. Aging and disability services, the largest service sector, provided case management and support to 841 individuals and families to assist them to continue living independently. Older adults, frail elders, survivors of the holocaust, and persons with disabilities were provided assessments, service plans, referrals, in-home personal care, emergency assistance, and ongoing case management. Almost 90% of our elder clients live below the poverty line.
$1,326,058 spent$1,273,387 earned by the program59% of program spendingCommunity programming -. Chaplaincy - our community chaplain provides spiritual and moral support to people of all faiths, ages and backgrounds. This program provides support to isolated individuals in need throughout the community, including correctional facilities. 609 individuals were served by the chaplaincy program. Kosher meals on wheels provided over 7,981 hot, nutritious and kosher meals to people in need. Our family life education program co-sponsored the community's mental health education conference and provides ongoing programming for women considering life transitions.
$721,161 spent$91,739 earned by the program32% of program spendingOur counseling and early intervention program provided therapy sessions to 131 individuals and families to address difficulties in relationships, dysfunctional behavior, and other crisis situations. Our three licensed therapists provided educational seminars to a variety of audiences participating in community seminars and workshops. Through case management and emergency financial assistance in the form of grants and loans, we helped 60 individuals and families meet their basic needs and avoid eviction/foreclosure and utility shut-off. Our volunteer engagement program packed and delivered passover supplies to 136 families who otherwise couldn't celebrate the holiday.
$206,478 spentof which $7,828 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,253,697.
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. 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 2025 to 2026, from $3.5M to $0 (−100%).
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: 2019 5% · 2020 13% · 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 15% · 2024 2% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL’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. 5 of the last 10 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
Ruth Hampton Olkon
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $289k → $450k.
7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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: $3.8M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The United Jewish Fund and Council St Paul Jewish Federation). These are real filings, and they are not money JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL raised.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL’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 ST PAUL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
60% 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 ST PAUL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 77% · 2019 40% · 2020 37% · 2021 35% · 2022 28% · 2023 39% — 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
64% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
96% of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M 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.
Against its field
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 19 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 413 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL: 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 OF ST PAUL?
- JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL (Minnesota) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,905,651 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($780,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,905,651 in grants to JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL?
- OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $780,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 30 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing