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PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC
PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,573,893 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($5,867,274). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $27M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America Inc does
Mission
The pardes institute of jewish studies north america, inc. ("pardes") was organized for the purpose of providing financial support to the students and faculty of the pardes institute for jewish studies (the "institute") in jerusalem, israel. Pardes' mission has since been broadened to dramatically expand access to deep, accessible jewish learning experiences within intimate communities across north america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Pardes institute of jewish studies north america, provides financial and managerial support for the pardes institute of jewish studies in jerusalem and the programming pardes provides in north america. Through its efforts, thousands of pardes alumni have acquired extraordinary jewish education at pardes in israel, and returning to the united states, and elsewhere around the globe, to become teachers and/or leaders of jewish institutions, schools, and community organizations. Pardes students are generally graduates of the top colleges and universities in the u.s., who are seeking a spiritual connection and intellectual understanding of their jewish heritage before going on to graduate programs in business, medicine, sciences, education, and the rabbinate. Many graduates assume professional leadership positions within the jewish community.
$10,859,397 spentof which $9,738,636 as grants$139,136 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $10,859,397.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.8M to $11M (+499%).
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: 2021 2% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Mark S Freedman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $3.5M.
30 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
51% 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 PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 55% · 2019 32% · 2020 45% · 2021 41% · 2022 33% · 2023 36% — 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
46% of PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 16 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC?
- PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,573,893 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($5,867,274). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $26,573,893 in grants to PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA INC?
- JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,867,274 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARDES INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES NORTH AMERICA 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.
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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 79 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