California · Nonprofit
MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL
MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,305,916 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ($1,715,070). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $5.9M
What Merkaz Hatorah Community Kollel does
Mission
Advance study of the talmud and jewish law by torah scholars
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
During 2024, the organization conducted the following program activities:increased awareness of torah learning to the community, including an annual banquet.
$1,855,328 spentof which $46,790 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,855,328.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $4.8M to $13M (+163%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 13% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Michael Gradon
CEO
Board chair
Michael Horowitz
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $331k → $480k.
9 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL’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
MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 42% · 2019 72% · 2020 46% · 2021 46% · 2022 44% · 2023 37% — 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
75% of MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
78% of MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL'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 $1.1M that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL: 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 MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL?
- MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,305,916 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ($1,715,070). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $5,305,916 in grants to MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES is the largest funder on record, with $1,715,070 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERKAZ HATORAH COMMUNITY KOLLEL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 27 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