Massachusetts · Nonprofit
JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC
JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $953,485 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($744,102). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2020
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $953k
- Net assets
- $0
What Jewish Teen Initiative of Greater Boston Inc does
Mission
The jewish teen initiative (jti) is an organization committed to building community among all jewish teens through institutional collaboration, a rich spectrum of innovative programming and participation in national opportunities. Jti strives to connect jewish teens to their peers and to motivate participation in jewish life through: collaborating across the community for teen engagement, offering new experientially-based programming rooted in jewish values and learning and expanding opportunities to participate in "best practice" programming in new england and beyond.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
For many years, north shore teens seeking meaningful jewish engagementhad few options, particularly if they were unaffiliated or wanted toconnect with friends outside their own local area or youth group. Fromgloucester to marblehead, it was difficult for jewish teens toparticipate in jewish learning, community service, and social eventswith other jewish teens from the area.established in 2008 with start-up funding from the jim josephfoundation, the jewish teen initiative of greater boston ("jti") soughtto fill this void. During our 2016-2017 fiscal year, we expanded toencompass a new sub-region. Now serving boston's north shore andmetrowest communities, jti connects jewish teens to their peers and inspires participation in jewish life by:-creating jewish experiences for teens-building partnerships with synagogues and teen-focused organizations-establishing an infrastructure to identify jewish teens, promoteengagement in jewish learning opportunities, and create jewish teennetworksjewish life for teens in the greater boston area is now more vibrant,accessible and rich with possibility. From running a jcc's purimcarnival, to volunteering with habitat for humanity, to enjoying…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2017 to 2018, from $197k to $212k (+8%).
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: 2020 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $46k → $40k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON 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 TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 69% · 2019 64% · 2020 90% · 2021 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
95% of JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON 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 $47k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $907k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
42% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON 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 TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC?
- JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $953,485 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($744,102). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $953,485 in grants to JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC?
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc is the largest funder on record, with $744,102 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH TEEN INITIATIVE OF GREATER BOSTON INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), 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