Massachusetts · Nonprofit
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,347,217 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($21,178,527). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 95
- Grants received
- $60M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Jewish Vocational Service Inc does
Mission
Jvs's mission is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces. Learning, partnership, quality, respect and social justice are the pillars of our values.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pre-employment services provide a menu of workforce development services to individuals. Education programs include english language instruction and specialized college preparation classes and coaching. Skills training programs in multiple sectors equip job seekers with in-demand skills. Pipeline programming works with specific employers to recruit, screen and train cohorts of employees for in-demand jobs. Rapid employment service provides intensive job readiness, placement, and support services to populations including refugees and immigrants, individuals with disabilities and public assistance recipients.
$9,615,137 spent$550,409 earned by the program43% of program spendingMasshire downtown boston career center provides high quality, customized workforce development services to dislocated workers, young adults, general job seekers, career changers, and employers. Services include a comprehensive menu of workshops and seminars, 1:1 career coaching, job fairs, recruitment events, as well as screening and eligibility determination for education and training programs. The career center partners with community colleges, youth organizations, community-based organizations, and boston area businesses to provide a convenient resource for acquisition of skilled workers.
$3,911,962 spent$147,240 earned by the program17% of program spendingBusiness services provides incumbent, entry -level workers with workplace education programming at their place of employment. Classes range from workplace english to digital literacy courses, pre-college classes, research presentation skills and citizenship preparation. The program works closely with the employer partners, who provide input into curricula, as well as providing assistance in student outreach and selection.
$3,625,321 spent$2,629,334 earned by the program16% of program spendingBridges to college is jvs boston's college bridge programs. We currently offer two college bridge programs to support you in your academic journey. Both programs are offered in partnership with quincy college.the client services department serves as the virtual and physical front door of the agency, greeting customers and helping them find the right jvs program or service. We also provide support services such as computers, flexible funding, and referrals to other agencies for food, clothing, legal support, child care, and more.
$5,264,966 spent$1,327,569 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,417,386.
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 2024 to 2025, from $30M to $41M (+37%).
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: 2017 57% · 2018 55% · 2019 54% · 2020 45% · 2021 52% · 2022 49% · 2023 45% · 2024 54% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Kira Kkhazatsky
President & CEO
Board chair
Abby Flam
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 41 funders, grant income rose $3.0M → $15M.
14 of 95 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 95 funders by total. 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 VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
77% 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 VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 69% · 2019 70% · 2020 45% · 2021 44% · 2022 30% · 2023 46% — 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
52% of JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
53% of JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE 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 $28M that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC is better cushioned than half of the 290 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 290 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45.3M on record — $750k federal, $44.6M state.
- Department of Labor$750k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$31.1M
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$13.4M
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$475
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Boston Center for Adult Education Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC?
- JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,347,217 to it, the largest being Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ($21,178,527). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 95 organizations giving $60,347,217 in grants to JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC?
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc is the largest funder on record, with $21,178,527 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 95 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