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THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA
THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,450,257 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE ($698,860). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $-121973
What The Hoffberger Institute for Text Study Inc D/B/A Aleph Beta does
Mission
To create video and other educational materials that delve into jewish text and other sources in jewish studies. We seek to spread the availability and accessibility of this type of education to as many people as possible.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Aleph beta created a multi-tiered subscription plan for their supporters to be able to sponsor views of educational videos hosted on their organization's website and mobile app. These come in member/premium/friend/educator levels, and each have monthly and annual options.
$2,169,928 spent$2,321,617 earned by the program100% of program spendingAleph beta promotes and sells their three published books the organization always researches and works on new scripts, for potential future projects.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,169,928.
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 $1.1M to $525k (−51%).
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.
28% of THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Immanuel Shalev
CEO
Board chair
Steven Wagner
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $67k → $280k.
10 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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 HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 56% · 2019 41% · 2020 37% · 2021 44% · 2022 25% · 2023 37% — 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
55% of THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
95% of THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA'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 $122k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA's revenue grew 105% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA?
- THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,450,257 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE ($698,860). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,450,257 in grants to THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA?
- ASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE is the largest funder on record, with $698,860 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HOFFBERGER INSTITUTE FOR TEXT STUDY INC D/B/A ALEPH BETA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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