South Carolina · Nonprofit
Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc
Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $751,500 to it, the largest being BJH FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR SERVICES CAROLINA FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH SENIORS ($272,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $552k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $752k
- Net assets
- $677k
What Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc does
Mission
To empower individuals, strengthen families, protect the vulnerable and help seniors age with dignity. Our work is based on Jewish values to improve quality of life regardless of race, religion, ethnic background, sexual orientation, or gender identity. JFS is guided by the fundamental Jewish values of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam (repair of the world).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Senior Outreach Initiative Jewish Family Services offers services and resource referrals through the Senior Outreach Initiative for older adults in greater Charleston. JFS seeks to maintain the independence and dignity of senior adults, while keeping them connected to Jewish traditions and community. Our friendly staff provide the following services to assist seniors and their family and caregivers: Resources and referrals to the appropriate local agencies.Comprehensive assessments Assistance in navigating senior benefits Home and long-term care visitations Jewish-themed gatherings at senior living residences Wellness visits Holocaust Survivor Support JFS also provides Holocaust survivors with critical financial resources that they need to live with dignity.
$178,196 spentof which $13,532 as grants$8,505 earned by the program55% of program spendingEmergency Financial Assistance Emergency Financial Services offers financial assistance to individuals and families in greater Charleston. Jewish history and values guide our work; therefore, we have a responsibility to meet the particular needs of the Jewish community while also providing services to people of all backgrounds. We assist people in the Jewish and broader communities to achieve stability and well-being by providing food, financial assistance and social support services. Kosher Food Pantry Since its creation, the Kosher Food Pantry (KFP) has contributed to the response to hunger in the greater Charleston community. The KFP reflects our commitment to the Jewish values of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam (repair of the world) and to serving community members in need with kavod (respect). Jewish Education Loan Fund JELF funded 396 Jewish students at over 100 different college and universities with a total of $1,933,235 in interest-free loans. In 2025, students from the Charleston area and received $2,000. JELF is proud that it's 100% interest-free loans for higher education (college, graduate school and vocational programs) helped more Jewish students with more loans…
$147,748 spentof which $109,215 as grants45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $325,944.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $593k to $687k (+16%).
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: 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Miriam Jones
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $187k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $431k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Endowment Foundation of South Carolina). These are real filings, and they are not money Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston 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 Services of Greater Charleston Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 Services of Greater Charleston Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 67% · 2021 38% · 2022 52% · 2023 53% — 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
50% of Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 70% 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
Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 5 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.
Against its field
Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 Services of Greater Charleston 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 Services of Greater Charleston Inc?
- Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc (South Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $751,500 to it, the largest being BJH FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR SERVICES CAROLINA FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH SENIORS ($272,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $751,500 in grants to Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc?
- BJH FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR SERVICES CAROLINA FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH SENIORS is the largest funder on record, with $272,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 10 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