Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION
MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,569,217 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ($1,079,700). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Mitzvah Circle Foundation does
Mission
To provide support to individuals and families during times of individual crisis, poverty, homelessness and serious illness. We serve people who are unable to obtain immediate or sufficient help from government agencies and traditional service organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Diaper bank: collects and distributes donated diapers to families in need who do not receive such support from public resources. The diaper bank also distributes other baby supplies including car seats, formula and clothing.
$1,491,299 spentof which $1,196,157 as grants30% of program spendingPeriod supply: to increase access to period supplies for women and girls who do not have resources to obtain these essentials. Without them, women and girls miss work and school. Working with school nurses, homeless shelters and other social service agencies, we are distributing period supplies to populations most in need.
$83,625 spentof which $83,625 as grants2% of program spendingCritical needs: provides guidance and support to individuals with needs not met by other organizations or public resources. The organization serves the whole family providing over 100 types of necessities, including shoes, diapers, clothing, school supplies, toiletries and more.
$3,296,404 spentof which $2,644,016 as grants66% of program spendingMitzvah circle food project: delivers over 1,000 pounds of food monthly from local supermarkets and bakeries to after-school programs, community centers and food banks in the greater philadelphia area.
$92,100 spentof which $92,100 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,963,428.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.4M to $8.7M (+99%).
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: 2022 2% · 2023 6% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% 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 9 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $50k → $516k.
16 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
49% 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 MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 26% · 2019 18% · 2020 13% · 2021 13% · 2022 11% · 2023 19% — 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
48% of MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
79% of MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M 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
MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$800k
- Corporation for National and Community Service$300k
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.
Organizations like MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: 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 MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION?
- MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,569,217 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ($1,079,700). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $5,569,217 in grants to MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION?
- JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA is the largest funder on record, with $1,079,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 77 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