Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
T OF L INC
T OF L INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,645,087 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ($3,126,642). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $8.6M
- Net assets
- $24M
What T of L Inc does
Mission
The tree of life is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Our mission is to uproot antisemitism by preserving the memory of those lost on october 27, 2018-the deadliest antisemitic attack in u.s. History-and transforming the site into a center for education, remembrance, bridging, and celebration.the new tree of life is a locally grounded institution with national reach that honors the lives lost and inspires people everywhere to confront antisemitism and all forms of identity-based hate.upon completion, the building will house the first museum dedicated to exploring the history and contemporary reality of antisemitism in america; a memorial to those murdered in the attack; a sacred sanctuary; and spaces for education, public programming, and dialogue. It will serve as a national destination for learning, remembrance, and action.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Light is tree of lifes k-12 educational program offering, equipping school age learners to identify and confront hate in their own lives through experiential and dialogue-based learning. The tree of life hosts its own robust adult public programming, including a national traveling exhibition and associated programming.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The tree of life, inc. Is working to uproot antisemitism by remembering the lives of the loved ones taken on october 27, 2018, and building relationships across differences to repair our world. The reimagined tree of life is a place that will celebrate jewish life and tradition and remember each victim and the horror that happened from the 2018 pittsburgh synagogue shooting. It is a place that provides programming and a museum to educate people of all ages and backgrounds, builds connections, and inspires courageous action to create compassionate communities.
$1,559,257 spent62% of program spendingThe holocaust center of pittsburgh (hcp) connects the horrors of the holocaust and antisemitism with injustices of today. Through education, the hcp seeks to address these injustices and empower individuals to build a more civil and humane society. The hcp reaches thousands of students, educators, and members of the public annually through engaging cultural events and lectures; a robust generations speaker bureau; chutz-pow! Superheroes of the holocaust comic book series; a public exhibit called "revolving doors; trainings and workshops to help participants understand and work to dismantle antisemitism; and free and affordable resources for teachers, students, and the community about the holocaust and dismantling antisemitism.
$444,891 spentof which $64,218 as grants$18,522 earned by the program18% of program spendingLight is tree of lifes k-12 educational program offering, equipping school age learners to identify and confront hate in their own lives through experiential and dialogue-based learning. The tree of life hosts its own robust adult public programming, including a national traveling exhibition and associated programming.
$499,676 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,503,824.
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 $11M to $18M (+65%).
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: 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of T OF L INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Carole Zawatsky
CEO
Board chair
Michael Bernstein
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $95k → $1.9M.
15 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 T OF L INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
T OF L INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% 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 T OF L INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 53% · 2023 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
51% of T OF L 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 $4.2M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
T OF L INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding T OF L INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like T OF L 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% 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 T OF L 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 T OF L INC?
- T OF L INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,645,087 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ($3,126,642). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does T OF L INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $8,645,087 in grants to T OF L INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of T OF L INC?
- JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH is the largest funder on record, with $3,126,642 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like T OF L INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 33 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