Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $611,380 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($170,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $611k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Kaiserman Jewish Community Center does
Mission
The Kaiserman Jewish Community Center aspires to be the premier multi-generational hub of non-denominational jewish activity. We strive to positively impact the wellness of the mind, body and spirit in an inclusive environment for this and future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The robert j. Wilf preschool and kindergarten at the kaiserman jcc our 20-acre site. The preschool is housed in the flora and jerome p. Heilweil building adjacent to the conston fitness center. The preschool and kindergarten provide a stimulating, creative environment for children to have fun. While encouraging their cognitive, social and emotional development, we help each child build feelings of positive self-esteem. With this strong foundation, children are exposed to the complete preschool experience as they enjoy music, art, computers, kinder gym and swimming. Some of the more memorable experiences include celebrating shabbat and the jewish holidays. In addition, our fully licensed kindergarten programs offer language arts, math, social studies, science and hebrew.
$4,495,711 spentof which $186,802 as grants$3,534,929 earned by the program76% of program spendingFrom tots to teens, kaiserman jcc provides summer day camp experiences that builds friendships and memories to last a lifetime. Our day camp is open to everyone in the community. We are committed to providing an excellent, well-rounded summer program where children of all ages gain knowledge, skills self-esteem and confidence. Our campers have the opportunity to learn about jewish traditions and connect with their heritage. In addition, the kaiserman jcc offers a full inclusion program for children with special needs bringing children of all abilities together to learn, grow, understand and appreciate one another's differences. Supervisors, specialists and counselors are all carefully selected based on experience and ability to relate to children. They help to provide a safe, nurturing environment that builds a sense of independence and individual accomplishment for our campers.
$1,095,870 spent$1,577,754 earned by the program18% of program spendingA worldwide olympic-style sporting event for jewish teen athletes ages 12-16. Join 3,000 jewish teen athletes from around the globe at the world's largest jewish youth sporting event. The jcc maccabi games offers olympic-style sports competitions, including opening and closing ceremonies; travel; community service; social and cultural events; and opportunities to make friends and memories to last a lifetime. Experience the magic of jcc maccabi.
$350,293 spent$340,421 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,941,874.
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 2017 to 2018, from $3.0M to $5.6M (+88%).
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 14% · 2021 14% · 2022 3% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER’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. 5 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
Alan Scher
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $30k → $160k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.2M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia). These are real filings, and they are not money KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER’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
KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
82% 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 KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 49% · 2023 69% — 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
20% of KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 39% 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
56% of KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER'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 $269k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $343k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER has grown faster than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER?
- KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $611,380 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($170,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $611,380 in grants to KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $170,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAISERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 18 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