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Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc

Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,686,496 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($13,700,663). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$11M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$22M
Net assets
$6.9M
17/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 77%
01What it does

What Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc does

Mission

To study, encourage, and promote the Jewish religious ideals of Aliyah (immigration to Israel/the Return to Zion) and the centrality of the Land of Israel in Jewish life and culture. The mission further strives to facilitate and celebrate Aliyah, advocate for Immigrants, and deepen education that strengthens the Jewish people's connection to Israel.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Nefesh B'Nefesh - Jewish Souls United, Inc. (NBN) advances its mission by supporting and funding educational initiatives, informative seminars, and community programming throughout the United States. These programs are designed to inspire and promote the Jewish religious values of Aliyah (immigration) / Return to Zion and the central role of the Land of Israel in Jewish identity and culture. In addition, NBN actively assists individuals and families in their Aliyah (immigration) journey-providing guidance, resources, and advocacy to ease their transition, celebrate their achievements, and strengthen the bond between Diaspora Jewry and Israel.

    $7,413,823 spentof which $5,483,365 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,413,823.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($4.6M) Net assets 100 ($505k)2018 Revenue 102 ($2.3M) Expenses 58 ($2.7M) Net assets -70 ($-352112)2019 Revenue 95 ($2.1M) Expenses 30 ($1.4M) Net assets 78 ($396k)2020 Revenue 320 ($7.3M) Expenses 153 ($7.0M) Net assets 120 ($608k)2021 Revenue 159 ($3.6M) Expenses 188 ($8.7M) Net assets 701 ($3.5M)2022 Revenue 232 ($5.2M) Expenses 113 ($5.2M) Net assets 310 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 438 ($9.9M) Expenses 169 ($7.8M) Net assets 681 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 506 ($11M) Expenses 174 ($8.0M) Net assets 1362 ($6.9M)
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Revenue (506)Expenses (174)Net assets (1362)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.5M to $9.2M (+273%).

$950k
$301k
$521k
$2.5M
$9.2M
$6.9M
$7.1M
$7.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 296 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2.3M
’17
−$370k
’18
$748k
’19
$212k
’20
−$5.1M
’21
$23k
’22
$2.1M
’23
$3.4M
’24
1.5
months of
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.

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Listed76777777
Joined·+0+1+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·1000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $602k → $4.1M.

16 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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

Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

63%
largest funder
75%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 34% · 2019 90% · 2020 94% · 2021 72% · 2022 77% · 2023 93% — 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

14% of Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 11 states in all.

WA
IL
NY
IN
PA
NJ
CA
VA
KS
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 249 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · top quartile
Months of reserve1.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 5%Fundraising 2%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

70%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc?
Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,686,496 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($13,700,663). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $21,686,496 in grants to Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc?
THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,700,663 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Souls United Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 38 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