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ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC

ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,283,931 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ($10,294,603). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$6.0M
Funders on record
32
Grants received
$27M
Net assets
$0
12/32 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Onward Israel USA Inc does

Mission

Onward israel usa, inc.'s mission is to strengthen jewish identity among young men and women, support jewish values and traditions, and foster a connection between young people and contemporary israeli society.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2021, onward israel restored the majority of its travel programs to israel, but did suffer a reduction in activities in comparison to 2019 in the winter, due to the outbreak of the covid-10 omicron variant. In the summer of 2021 travel to israel resumed, although there was a reduction in demand due to the escalation of hostilities in the middle east region in may, 2021. Activity and participation were about 70% of 2019 pre-pandemic levels.

    $9,258,948 spentof which $8,280,769 as grants$937,428 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,258,948.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.0M) Expenses 100 ($6.5M) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2018 Revenue 110 ($7.7M) Expenses 130 ($8.5M) Net assets 70 ($1.7M)2019 Revenue 147 ($10M) Expenses 137 ($8.9M) Net assets 127 ($3.1M)2020 Revenue 46 ($3.2M) Expenses 69 ($4.5M) Net assets 247 ($6.1M)2021 Revenue 86 ($6.0M) Expenses 187 ($12M) Net assets 0 ($0)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (86)Expenses (187)Net assets (0)

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 $6.1M to $0 (−100%).

$2.5M
$1.7M
$3.2M
$6.1M
$0
20172018201920202021
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$477k
’17
−$736k
’18
$1.4M
’19
−$1.3M
’20
−$6.1M
’21
7.9
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

Ilan Wagner

President & chief executive officer

Board chair

David Shapira

Chairman and treasurer

As listed on its FY2021 Form 990.

20172018201920202021
Listed89101212
Joined·+1+3+2+0
No longer listed·0200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $2.5M → $1.4M.

15 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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

ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

43% 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 ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC.

38%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 49% · 2019 64% · 2020 53% · 2021 36% · 2022 75% — 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

21% of ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

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

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 FY2022, 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

ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 11 states in all.

IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CA
MD
DE
NC
OK
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ONWARD ISRAEL USA 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

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

53%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 22 states

AK
NH
WA
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
SC
DC
OK
FL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Onward Israel Internships and Opportunities Ltd · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC?
ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,283,931 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ($10,294,603). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC have?
IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $27,283,931 in grants to ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC?
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH is the largest funder on record, with $10,294,603 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ONWARD ISRAEL USA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 32 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