Maryland · Nonprofit
SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC
SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,146 to it, the largest being JEWS OF COLOR INITIATIVE ($6,146). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Shaarei Center for Jewish Learning & Life Inc does
Mission
A hub for meaningful engagement and community, grounded in jewish culture, wisdom, and learning.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Fiscal sponsor of the jews of color mishpacha project (jocmp). Jocmp wants to be a hub of learning, convening, and growth for joc individuals, communities, and jewish institutions. They offer workshops, advocacy, outreach, and gathering spaces for jewish people of color and their families, allies and accomplices.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Place for meaningful community building, both local and jewish. We intend it to be a container for creativity, collaboration, exploration, and discovery. We are committed to the vision of being shaarei - gateways in hebrew - a hub for learning, connecting, and growing together. Whether it be in lectures, classes, workshops, musical concerts and performances, or other hands-on experiences, we will embrace curiosity, open-mindedness, and deep care. We hope those who come here will share these values and help us build something sacred together.
$774,289 spent$53,898 earned by the program95% of program spendingFiscal sponsor of the jews of color mishpacha project (jocmp). Jocmp wants to be a hub of learning, convening, and growth for joc individuals, communities, and jewish institutions. They offer workshops, advocacy, outreach, and gathering spaces for jewish people of color and their families, allies and accomplices.
$43,809 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $818,098.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $369k to $1.9M (+424%).
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.
98% of SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
Rabbi Jessica Dressin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC’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.
Where its funders are
SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC?
- SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,146 to it, the largest being JEWS OF COLOR INITIATIVE ($6,146). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,146 in grants to SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC?
- JEWS OF COLOR INITIATIVE is the largest funder on record, with $6,146 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHAAREI CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING & LIFE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 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