Illinois · Nonprofit
L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC
L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,787 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($204,540). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2018
- $342k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $360k
- Net assets
- $463k
What L Chaim Center for Inspired Living Inc does
Mission
A significant percentage of jewish adults know little about their rich jewish heritage and its observance, having lacked the opportunity to learn about it in a nurturing, intellectually challenging setting. The mission of the organization is to educate them about and to allow them to experience this heritage in an open, nurturing environment.the organization serves jews of all backrounds and affiliations an even non-jews who have an interest in learning about judaism.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Friday night live (fnl). Fnl is a program which exposes attendees to traditions, observance and study of the ritual laws of the sabbath.from the organization's website:join l'chaim center's magical monthly shabbaton you have to experience it to believe it! Warmth, unity, inspiration, community, and great food and fun too. Custom designed for every single jewish person from every walk of life. Come for friday night or come for it all. Taste shabbat you'll be so glad you did!
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 $382k to $468k (+22%).
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.
86% of L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING 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. 0 of the last 2 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 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $3k → $116k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC’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
L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 72% · 2019 71% · 2020 99% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% · 2023 77% — 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 L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
92% of L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING 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 $29k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $331k 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
L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,741 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,741 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2018
Organizations like L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING 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 L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC?
- L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC (Illinois) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,787 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($204,540). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $359,787 in grants to L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $204,540 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like L CHAIM CENTER FOR INSPIRED LIVING INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 14 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