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KESHET INC

KESHET INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 128 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,652,331 to it, the largest being THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION ($4,399,500). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.5M
Funders on record
128
Grants received
$20M
Net assets
$6.8M
73/128 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 65%
01What it does

What Keshet Inc does

Mission

Keshet works for the full equality of all lgbtq jews and our families in jewish life. We strengthen jewish communities. We equip jewish organizations with the skills and knowledge to build lgbtq affirming communities; create spaces in which all queer jewish youth feel seen and valued; and advance lgbtq rights nationwide.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education and training: keshet partners with leaders of national and local jewish organizations such as synagogues, day schools, jccs, youth groups, and summer camps. We train and support jewish educators, clergy, program staff, youth, and lay leaders to ensure that lgbtq youth, families, and staff are affirmed in all jewish educational and community settings.

    $2,156,435 spent$101,486 earned by the program
    45% of program spending
  2. Leadership development for jewish lgbtq teens: at keshet's shabbat retreats, lgbtq and ally jewish teens are able to exhale; to find their place and their voice as emerging jewish leaders. Together, they build meaningful friendships, engage in deep jewish learning, and return home to build a world we can all be proud of.

    $1,389,703 spent
    29% of program spending
  3. Lgbtq equality: keshet is leading the jewish community to stand up for lgbtq rights. We call on the jewish community to fight for lgbtq justice and take action collectively to advance real breakthroughs. We mobilize rabbis, community leaders and members, synagogues, youth movements, and jewish advocacy organizations to affirm, on the bimah and in the streets, that fighting for lgbtq equality is a jewish imperative.

    $814,653 spent
    17% of program spending
  4. Special initiatives

    $431,287 spent
    9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,792,078.

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 ($2.7M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.0M)2018 Revenue 85 ($2.3M) Expenses 112 ($2.6M) Net assets 82 ($1.7M)2019 Revenue 129 ($3.4M) Expenses 127 ($3.0M) Net assets 105 ($2.1M)2020 Revenue 234 ($6.2M) Expenses 133 ($3.1M) Net assets 258 ($5.2M)2021 Revenue 155 ($4.1M) Expenses 146 ($3.4M) Net assets 293 ($5.9M)2022 Revenue 165 ($4.4M) Expenses 171 ($4.0M) Net assets 304 ($6.1M)2023 Revenue 247 ($6.6M) Expenses 206 ($4.8M) Net assets 407 ($8.2M)2024 Revenue 170 ($4.5M) Expenses 257 ($6.0M) Net assets 342 ($6.8M)
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Revenue (170)Expenses (257)Net assets (342)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 2019 to 2020, from $2.3M to $5.4M (+136%).

$2.1M
$1.8M
$2.3M
$5.4M
$6.1M
$6.3M
$8.8M
$7.6M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of KESHET INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,024 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$319k
’17
−$354k
’18
$447k
’19
$3.1M
’20
$692k
’21
$383k
’22
$1.8M
’23
−$1.5M
’24
1.6
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.

Chief executive

Idit Klein

President & CEO

Board chair

Ari Kristan

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2628272430293232
Joined·+10+1+4+8+4+8+5
No longer listed·8272555
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $3.2M.

32 of 128 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 KESHET INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 128 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

KESHET INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

42% 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 KESHET INC.

22%
largest funder
42%
top three
~11
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 29% · 2019 28% · 2020 31% · 2021 26% · 2022 19% · 2023 20% — 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 KESHET INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

KESHET INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 20 states in all.

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
NE
MO
MD
NC
OK
GA
TX
FL

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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

KESHET INC's funding base is broadening — from 34 funders to 57 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−33% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 978 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding KESHET INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $150 on record.

State$150
Top programs
  • FEES - GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $150

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 9%Fundraising 11%

Governance

24
board members
96%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

64%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 3 states

NY
MA
CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds KESHET INC?
KESHET INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 128 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,652,331 to it, the largest being THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION ($4,399,500). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KESHET INC have?
IRS filings report 128 organizations giving $19,652,331 in grants to KESHET INC, 73 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KESHET INC?
THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,399,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KESHET 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 128 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