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JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC

JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,542 to it, the largest being THE NOVICK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$124k
Funders on record
21
Grants received
$17k
Net assets
$306k
13/21 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Jewish Sacred Society Inc does

Mission

To promote the observance of the jewish religious laws relating to the burial of the dead, including the dissemination of information regarding the said jewish religious laws .the training and instruction of persons to aid in the jewish burial

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Gave grants to other exempt organizations

    $31,775 spentof which $31,775 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $31,775.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($79k) Expenses 100 ($99k) Net assets 100 ($199k)2018 Revenue 110 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($99k) Net assets 94 ($187k)2019 Revenue 97 ($77k) Expenses 94 ($93k) Net assets 83 ($166k)2020 Revenue 92 ($73k) Expenses 76 ($75k) Net assets 82 ($163k)2021 Revenue 184 ($146k) Expenses 109 ($107k) Net assets 101 ($202k)2022 Revenue 140 ($111k) Expenses 99 ($98k) Net assets 108 ($214k)2023 Revenue 184 ($146k) Expenses 76 ($75k) Net assets 143 ($285k)2024 Revenue 156 ($124k) Expenses 104 ($103k) Net assets 154 ($306k)
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Revenue (156)Expenses (104)Net assets (154)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $214k to $285k (+33%).

$199k
$187k
$166k
$163k
$201k
$214k
$285k
$306k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,342 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$20k
’17
−$12k
’18
−$16k
’19
−$3k
’20
$39k
’21
$13k
’22
$71k
’23
$21k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $100 → $2k.

From the IRS filings of JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY 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 SACRED SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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

24%
largest funder
48%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 42% · 2019 47% · 2020 30% · 2021 42% · 2022 39% · 2023 40% — 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

63% of JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

95% of JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
OH
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Illinois out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,843 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin17% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,843 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY 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 SACRED SOCIETY INC?
JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,542 to it, the largest being THE NOVICK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $16,542 in grants to JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC?
THE NOVICK FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JEWISH SACRED SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 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