Illinois · Nonprofit
THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION
THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,189,439 to it, the largest being CHARLES AND M R SHAPIRO FOUNDATION INC ($760,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $632k
What The Board of Jewish Education does
Mission
To provide early childhood and jewish education to the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early child center (ecc) - bje's early childhood center is a reggio-inspired program. The children pave the way for their own learning based on ideas or concepts that they show a visible interest in. We are a program that sets children up to use the skills they are learning to foster a love for learning. We naturally weave in the fundamentals of learning through social dramatic play and guided explorations. Facets of early literacy, pre-math and pre-science are organically introduced in an age-appropriate way. In fy25 the bje-eccs operated a full-day program in wilmette serving over 65 children aged 6 weeks to 5 years and their families. The bje employed over 20 educators. In september 2024 bje announced that, regretfully, in june of 2025 the bje ecc school and program in wilmette would close due to the end of the wilmette facility lease and inability to renew or find suitable space. Also announced was that bje and jcc arranged for the bje early childhood program to merge with jcc evanston and for bje families to enroll for the following school year (fy26) at the jcc evanston preschool and for the bje ecc director to work at both locations in fy25 and jcc evanston in fy26. Bje…
$1,461,953 spentof which $230,212 as grants$1,368,489 earned by the program91% of program spendingJteach.org, previously known as the marshall center for innovation in jewish education and the frank g. Marshall jewish learning center (mjlc), underwent rebranding in fy21. The organization continues to lead the way in providing exemplary models of educational planning, best practices, and the development of innovative curricula and materials that further enrich the field of jewish education.the resources provided by The Board of Jewish Education's jteach are available both nationally and worldwide. These cutting-edge multimedia jewish resources include over 600 original lessons and are accessed by over 105,000 educators and visitors from 133 countries and territories. With over 475,000 downloads of lessons and resources, students and families can forge personal connections to jewish thought and practice.the mission of jteach.org is to promote contemporary jewish living by using innovative pedagogy inspired by jewish wisdom spanning thousands of years.jteach provides high-quality, ready-to-use activities and lesson plans that can be easily accessed online. These original educational materials and professional development opportunities are available to jewish schools and families…
$147,153 spent$5,162 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,609,106.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.4M to $512k (−64%).
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: 2020 15% · 2021 41% · 2022 18% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $159k → $70k.
2 of 10 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 THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION’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
THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
35% 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 THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 78% · 2019 82% · 2020 55% · 2021 49% · 2022 55% · 2023 64% — 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
29% of THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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
97% of THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $405k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.2M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION?
- THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,189,439 to it, the largest being CHARLES AND M R SHAPIRO FOUNDATION INC ($760,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,189,439 in grants to THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION?
- CHARLES AND M R SHAPIRO FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $760,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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