Michigan · Nonprofit
THE JEWISH FUND
THE JEWISH FUND (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being TEPPER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE JEWISH FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,336 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,336 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporatedshared funders
- The Sylvia Pevin and George Pevin Foundationportfolio match
- The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundationportfolio match
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.
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.
1% of THE JEWISH FUND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% 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
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $500.
Left out of every figure on this page: $22k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit). These are real filings, and they are not money THE JEWISH FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of THE JEWISH FUND’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 JEWISH FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 59% · 2023 100% — 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
THE JEWISH FUND draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 3 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporatedshared fundersPA · backs 27 organizations that share your funders
- The Sylvia Pevin and George Pevin Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Karp Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The D Dan and Betty Kahn Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Jewish Federations of North America Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sherman Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bradley Impact Fund Incshared fundersWI · backs 55 organizations that share your funders
- Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Incshared fundersMD · backs 28 organizations that share your funders
- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Incshared fundersWI · backs 31 organizations that share your funders
- Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer MemoriallocalMI · funds 69 organizations near you
- Adolph Coors Foundationshared fundersCO · backs 28 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE JEWISH FUND
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 54 related entities
- Jewish Federation of Detroit · exempt
- United Jewish Foundation · exempt
- Applebaum Family Support Foundation · exempt
- Barnett Family Support Foundation · exempt
- Madeleine H and Mandell L Berman Family Support Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE JEWISH FUND: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JEWISH FUND?
- THE JEWISH FUND (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being TEPPER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JEWISH FUND have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $9,000 in grants to THE JEWISH FUND.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JEWISH FUND?
- TEPPER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JEWISH FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing