Washington · Nonprofit
KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE
KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE (Washington) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,819 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($232,189). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $755k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Kavana the Kavana Cooperative does
Mission
Kavana is a cooperative that empowers participants to create a meaningful jewish life and a positive jewish identity. Kavana welcomes individuals and families with many approaches to judaism, offers a variety of ways to engage in jewish life, and demands participation in our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Spiritual exploration through prayer and cultural celebrations. We hope to facilitate an individual's connection to him/herself, the community and/or god through cultural events, learning, social action, life cycle events and prayer.
$204,141 spent$110,344 earned by the program21% of program spendingEducational exploration through text study and experience based learning for students of all knowledge levels. Our education programs aim to provide both adults and children with the inspiration to translate learning into action.
$783,678 spent$206,137 earned by the program79% of program spendingEngagement in social justice issues through broader community involvement. In order to be meaningful, judaism must be lived in the world. Our commitment to social justice prompts us to act both within the jewish community and outside of it by doing deeds of lovingkindness and acting justly.
$6,819 spent$3,791 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $994,638.
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 2019 to 2020, from $536k to $805k (+50%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum
Executive director
Board chair
Steve Lewis
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $28k → $123k.
11 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE’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
KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 37% · 2019 27% · 2020 30% · 2021 59% · 2022 39% · 2023 35% — 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
56% of KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
93% of KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE'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 $55k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $700k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE: 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 KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE?
- KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE (Washington) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,819 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($232,189). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $754,819 in grants to KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $232,189 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAVANA THE KAVANA COOPERATIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 13 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