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Kavod vNichum

Kavod vNichum (New Jersey) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,706 to it, the largest being LIPPMAN KANFER FOUNDATION FOR LIVING TORAH ($50,000). 6 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
$240k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$284k
Net assets
$70k
6/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What Kavod vNichum does

Mission

KAVOD V'NICHUM, HEBREW FOR HONOR AND COMFORT PROVIDES END-OF-LIFE EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND TRAINING IN THE JEWISH TRADITION. Kavod vNichum empowers, educates, and trains Chevra Kadisha sacred communities that come together at the end of life to care for the deceased and comfort the living through Jewish rituals and traditions

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Religion Related, Spiritual Development Conference: Chevra Kadisha conference provides education about Jewish traditions around death and dying, including care for the dead and comfort for the bereaved. Conference includes workshops, lectures, study and networking. In 2024, our annual conference brought together more than 300 Chevra Kadisha volunteers, clergy, end-of-life doulas/midwives, Jewish communal professionals, students, funeral home professionals, chaplains, and seekers to share wisdom, explore Jewish practices, and build a stronger, more connected movement.

    $109,257 spent$68,405 earned by the program
    48% of program spending
  2. Olam Chesed Program. Six-month cohort-based leadership program launched in 2024. Through a mix of online and in-person activities, participants become part of a supportive national network of Chevra Kadisha Builders.

    $83,228 spent$11,408 earned by the program
    36% of program spending
  3. Other Programs and Courses

    $21,308 spent$11,063 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  4. Training Programs: Our training programs offer bespoke training for Jewish communities and/or Chevra Kadisha.

    $16,221 spent$9,713 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $230,014.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($82k) Expenses 100 ($70k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2018 Revenue 165 ($135k) Expenses 119 ($84k) Net assets 582 ($61k)2019 Revenue 196 ($161k) Expenses 216 ($152k) Net assets 548 ($58k)2020 Revenue 134 ($110k) Expenses 138 ($97k) Net assets 662 ($70k)2021 Revenue 163 ($133k) Expenses 148 ($105k) Net assets 935 ($98k)2022 Revenue 329 ($269k) Expenses 270 ($190k) Net assets 1713 ($180k)2023 Revenue 260 ($212k) Expenses 305 ($215k) Net assets 1684 ($177k)2024 Revenue 199 ($163k) Expenses 272 ($192k) Net assets 1407 ($148k)2025 Revenue 293 ($240k) Expenses 450 ($318k) Net assets 667 ($70k)
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Revenue (293)Expenses (450)Net assets (667)Peer revenue range

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 $150k to $72k (−52%).

$14k
$66k
$63k
$94k
$111k
$182k
$182k
$150k
$72k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

58% of Kavod vNichum’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$51k
’18
$8k
’19
$12k
’20
$29k
’21
$78k
’22
−$3k
’23
−$29k
’24
−$78k
’25
2.7
months of
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.

202220232025
Listed81010
Joined·+3·
No longer listed·1·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $12k → $75k.

9 of 16 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.

From the IRS filings of Kavod vNichum’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

Kavod vNichum has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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

73% 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 Kavod vNichum.

18%
largest funder
46%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 99% · 2019 58% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 48% · 2023 33% — 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

17% of Kavod vNichum's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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 Kavod vNichum'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 $126k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 6 states.

NY
OH
NJ
VA
DC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $158k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Kavod vNichum has grown faster than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−33% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 17%Fundraising 10%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Kavod vNichum?
Kavod vNichum (New Jersey) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,706 to it, the largest being LIPPMAN KANFER FOUNDATION FOR LIVING TORAH ($50,000). 6 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 Kavod vNichum have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $283,706 in grants to Kavod vNichum, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Kavod vNichum?
LIPPMAN KANFER FOUNDATION FOR LIVING TORAH is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Kavod vNichum find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 16 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