New York · Nonprofit
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,036 to it, the largest being CIRCLE OF SERVICE FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $24M
What Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture does
Mission
Mfjc's purpose is the development of the social capital of the jewish people, its communal, cultural, and professional leadership, and the fostering of jewish connectedness globally, including the propagation of the hebrew language.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Nahum goldmann fellowship is a special program aimed at nurturing a new generation of jewish communal leadership across the world. The program provides an intensive experience of jewish learning, living and leadership for young men and women from around the world between the ages of 25-40 who show serious interest in jewish culture and demonstrate a potential for individual growth and communal leadership.fellowship program: awarded to individuals with the assistance of scholarly bodies to enable them to pursue independent work in jewish culture and scholarship broadly defined. The organization has awarded approximately 34 grants for the year ending 9/30/25.doctoral scholarship program: awarded with the assistance of scholarly bodies to help individuals train for careers in jewish scholarship and research in the jewish community. The organization has awarded approximately 9 grants for the year ending 9/30/25.advanced torah fellows: individuals receive financial support towards research, preparation, and publication of a paper or book that demonstrates significant scholarship and the capacity to connect torah to current social and cultual issues. Approximately 4 grants for the year…
$1,490,357 spentof which $425,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,490,357.
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 $24M to $20M (−16%).
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.
7% of MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Board chair
Dr Fernando Lottenberg
Chair exec com
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $36 → $13k.
From the IRS filings of MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE’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
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE is better cushioned 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 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE
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
20%
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 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE: 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 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE?
- MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,036 to it, the largest being CIRCLE OF SERVICE FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,036 in grants to MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE?
- CIRCLE OF SERVICE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CULTURE 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.
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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 2 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