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THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE
THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,192,029 to it, the largest being DANIEL M SOREF RVOC TR ($1,235,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $26M
What The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee does
Mission
Our mission: creating spaces. Building opportunties. Inspiring jewish moments for diverse communities. Committed to serving the entire community with inclusive jewish spirit, an innovative charge, and a commitment to being here at every stage of your journey.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood development - the jcc's early childhood development program strives to provide a happy and relaxed learning situation that emphasizes the process of learning and the pleasure of discovery. As a diverse community, we create connections that enrich our everyday living and learning. Our dedicated early childhood educators are continually enhancing our rich program of excellence inspired by jewish tradition and values, strengthened by active parent involvement. We build trusting relationships that support each child's individuality, creativity and potential.
$6,272,717 spent$6,251,883 earned by the program35% of program spendingCamp activities - camp interlaken, located in eagle river, wisconsin, offers an incomparable jewish summer experience for campers and staff. Jcc day camps, located in fredonia, wisconsin, offers a range of fun and learning activities for children ages 5-14. Scholarship support and special programming is available for disadvantaged children. Both camps foster enduring relationships, a love of jewish community and a connection to israel while promoting individual growth, learning and fun.
$4,495,233 spent$3,595,309 earned by the program25% of program spendingHealth, aquatics, recreation and fitness - the jcc is committed to providing the best programs and activities that promote physical, social and spiritual health. Our goal is to help members establish and maintain healthy life-long habits that improve the quality of their lives.
$2,774,293 spent$691,639 earned by the program15% of program spendingOther programs - the jcc operates a food pantry providing food assistance to over 22,000 individuals, living in three milwaukee zip codes ranked 'low' on the health equity index. An initiative, "food as medicine" transforms emergency food assistance into a tool for long-term wellness. The jcc also operates programs serving seniors and inclusion program for disabled populations, serving some of the most vulnerable in our community.
$4,438,210 spent$3,929,565 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,980,453.
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 2022 to 2023, from $35M to $53M (+50%).
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 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Sheryl Rubin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $123k → $554k.
13 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $17M from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
58% 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 HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 50% · 2019 26% · 2020 40% · 2021 52% · 2022 34% · 2023 38% — 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
54% of THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $988k 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.
Against its field
THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 21 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE
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 Wisconsin
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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Matan Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE?
- THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,192,029 to it, the largest being DANIEL M SOREF RVOC TR ($1,235,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $4,192,029 in grants to THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE?
- DANIEL M SOREF RVOC TR is the largest funder on record, with $1,235,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 52 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