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OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE

OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE (Colorado) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $789,118 to it, the largest being BRUCE K GOULD FOUNDATION INC ($260,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$637k
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$789k
Net assets
$126k
8/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 56%
01What it does

What Ohr Hatzafun Productions D/B/A Hidden Light Institute does

Mission

Ohr hatzafun productions is a 501(c)(3) created to produce documentary films and other programming initiatives to educate, in particular young people, about major jewish and israeli leaders and events.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Upheaval: the journey of menachem begin the production of a documentary on the life of menachem begin.

    $10,876 spent$13,403 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  2. Centered: joe lieberman the production of a documentary on the life of joe lieberman and the sanctity of democracy.

    $627,885 spent$5,100 earned by the program
    98% of program spending
  3. Youth education programming: the creation of 20 minute video versions of the documentaries (in five languages) and companion curriculi to be distributed to high school students worldwide, programming for 100+ college campuses in the us, europe and latin america to include the documentaries and guest speakers/discussion groups.

  4. Upheaval: the journey of menachem begin the production of a documentary on the life of menachem begin.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $638,761.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($603k) Expenses 100 ($402k) Net assets 100 ($280k)2020 Revenue 123 ($744k) Expenses 163 ($656k) Net assets 131 ($368k)2021 Revenue 64 ($387k) Expenses 122 ($492k) Net assets 94 ($263k)2022 Revenue 26 ($157k) Expenses 72 ($288k) Net assets 47 ($131k)2023 Revenue 75 ($453k) Expenses 104 ($419k) Net assets 59 ($165k)2024 Revenue 106 ($637k) Expenses 168 ($676k) Net assets 45 ($126k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (106)Expenses (168)Net assets (45)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 2021 to 2022, from $263k to $137k (−48%).

$282k
$369k
$263k
$137k
$171k
$128k
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$201k
’19
$87k
’20
−$105k
’21
−$131k
’22
$34k
’23
−$39k
’24
2.3
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.

Board chair

Barry Gurland

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed151515151918
Joined·+0+0+0+12+4
No longer listed·00085
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $50k → $253k.

9 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE’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

OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

45% 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 OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE.

33%
largest funder
54%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2020 46% · 2021 29% · 2022 51% · 2023 79% — 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

0% of OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 8 states in all.

NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DE
FL

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $352k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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

OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−6% · below the median
Months of reserve2.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE

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 Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Begin Documentary Film LLC · disregarded
  • Lieberman Documentary LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE?
OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE (Colorado) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $789,118 to it, the largest being BRUCE K GOULD FOUNDATION INC ($260,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $789,118 in grants to OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE?
BRUCE K GOULD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OHR HATZAFUN PRODUCTIONS D/B/A HIDDEN LIGHT INSTITUTE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 23 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