New York · Nonprofit
KULANU INC
KULANU INC (New York) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,048,486 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,075,522). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $510k
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $6.0M
- Net assets
- $553k
What Kulanu Inc does
Mission
To support isolated, emerging and returning jewish communities around the globe.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2022 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
See 4a for new program in zimbabwe
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Gelfand zimbabwe agricultural grant - this is a major construction program to develop water sources in rural zimbabwe to enable the community to become self-sufficient.
$103,619 spentof which $103,619 as grants27% of program spendingReligion-related spiritual funding across the globe - kulanu provides religion based spiritual development resources around the globe, including ritual baths in el salvador and tanzania and prayer books and schooling in uganda and nigeria.
$70,000 spentof which $60,000 as grants18% of program spendingKulanu mini-grant programs - kulanu gives a series of small grants to help communities such as uganda, ghana, zimbabwe and nigeria with religious ritual objects, holiday observances and food insecurity.
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants13% of program spendingOther general programs
$164,128 spentof which $162,537 as grants42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $387,747.
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 2021 to 2022, from $355k to $577k (+62%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 6% · 2022 0% · 2023 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of KULANU INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $140k → $1.6M.
10 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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: $34k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Kulanu Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money KULANU INC raised.
From the IRS filings of KULANU INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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
KULANU INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 KULANU INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 58% · 2019 42% · 2020 37% · 2021 49% · 2022 44% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.
“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
30% of KULANU 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
96% of KULANU 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 $267k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
KULANU INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,527 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,527 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KULANU 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 New York
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
82%
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 KULANU 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 KULANU INC?
- KULANU INC (New York) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,048,486 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,075,522). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KULANU INC have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $6,048,486 in grants to KULANU INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KULANU INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,075,522 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KULANU INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 46 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