California · Nonprofit
JIMENA INC
JIMENA INC (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,777,423 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ($549,100). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $850k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Jimena Inc does
Mission
Jimena's mission is to achieve universal recognition for the heritage and history of the 850,000 indigenous jewish refugees from the middle east and north africa. Our programs aim to ensure that the accurate history of mizrahi and sephardic jews is incorporated into mainstream jewish and middle eastern narratives, in order to create balance in attitudes, narratives, and discourses about middle eastern refugees and the modern jewish experience.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the tax year, the organization undertook two new significant program services that were not described in the prior year`s form 990 filings. These include: research and training & leadership development. These programs were implemented to further the organization`s mission and to meet the needs of our target community.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Education and engagement - education and engagement initiatives focus on increasing awareness of the history, heritage, and contemporary experiences of jews from the middle east and north africa. Through educational programs, cultural events, and partnerships, jimena aims to promote understanding and engagement within jewish and non-jewish communities.
$289,697 spentof which $1,000 as grants48% of program spendingResearch - jimena's research initiatives are dedicated to collecting advancing knowledge about sephardic and mizrahi jews through demographic studies and community needs assessments. By partnering with academic institutions, jimena produces research that aims to enhances community programs, and strengthens efforts for sephardic and mizrahi inclusion and representation.
$92,087 spent$20,000 earned by the program15% of program spendingTraining & leadership development - jimena's training & leadership development programs aim to empower the next generation of jewish educators and leaders through specialized fellowships, training, and skill-building opportunities.
$86,906 spent15% of program spendingOther programs
$130,102 spent$4,070 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $598,792.
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 2020 to 2021, from $551k to $1.2M (+115%).
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.
94% of JIMENA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Sarah Levin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $154k → $547k.
13 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 JIMENA 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
JIMENA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
74% 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 JIMENA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 55% · 2019 21% · 2020 17% · 2021 29% · 2022 24% · 2023 18% — 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 JIMENA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
65% of JIMENA 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 $974k that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
JIMENA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 297 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 297 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like JIMENA 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 JIMENA 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 JIMENA INC?
- JIMENA INC (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,777,423 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ($549,100). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JIMENA INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,777,423 in grants to JIMENA INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JIMENA INC?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA is the largest funder on record, with $549,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JIMENA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 29 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