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NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC

NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC (New York) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,819,771 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($456,043). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.8M
Funders on record
55
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$4.0M
31/55 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry Inc does

Mission

To assist the endangered community of ethiopian jews.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Assistance in israel - to provide educational, cultural & other assistance to ethiopian jews who have reached israel in making a satisfactory transition to their new country.

    $1,141,867 spentof which $755,857 as grants
    45% of program spending
  2. Information and education usa - to inform the american jewish community about the current status of ethiopian jews in ethiopia and israel and to introduce the american community to the cultural heritage of these people.

    $190,635 spent
    8% of program spending
  3. Relief in ethiopia - to provide food to ethiopian jews living in ethiopia.

    $1,197,178 spentof which $1,174,428 as grants
    47% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,529,680.

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 ($2.2M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 171 ($3.8M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 199 ($2.7M)2019 Revenue 308 ($6.8M) Expenses 99 ($2.3M) Net assets 542 ($7.5M)2020 Revenue 111 ($2.4M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 588 ($8.1M)2021 Revenue 126 ($2.8M) Expenses 130 ($3.0M) Net assets 596 ($8.2M)2022 Revenue 78 ($1.7M) Expenses 121 ($2.8M) Net assets 419 ($5.8M)2023 Revenue 73 ($1.6M) Expenses 110 ($2.5M) Net assets 375 ($5.2M)2024 Revenue 82 ($1.8M) Expenses 133 ($3.0M) Net assets 291 ($4.0M)
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Revenue (82)Expenses (133)Net assets (291)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 2018 to 2019, from $3.3M to $7.8M (+133%).

$2.2M
$3.3M
$7.8M
$8.4M
$8.5M
$6.3M
$5.6M
$4.5M
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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

89% of NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,744 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$69k
’17
$1.5M
’18
$4.5M
’19
$173k
’20
−$188k
’21
−$1.0M
’22
−$875k
’23
−$1.2M
’24
3.8
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.

Chief executive

Barbara Ribakove Gordon

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1615161718151616
Joined·+0+1+4+1+0+1+0
No longer listed·1030300
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $133k → $242k.

13 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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

NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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

61% 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 NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC.

25%
largest funder
46%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 23% · 2019 23% · 2020 22% · 2021 39% · 2022 21% · 2023 28% — 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.

How long its funders stay

46% of NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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

58% of NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY 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 $766k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from New York funders.

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

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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

NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,399 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−67% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,399 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 7%Fundraising 9%

Governance

17
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

85%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 25 states

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WI
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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC?
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC (New York) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,819,771 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($456,043). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC have?
IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $1,819,771 in grants to NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $456,043 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC find more funders?
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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 55 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