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THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT

THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,353 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($76,220). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2018
$450k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$155k
Net assets
$33k
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What The Jewish High School of Connecticut does

Mission

The Jewish High School of Connecticut is dedicated to educate jewish youth for whom jewish values and traditions shape and guide their lives and for whom learning and responsible actions are foundational for achievement.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

To offer a comprehensive education package for students in grades nine through twelve.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $54k → $10k.

5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT’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 HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

93% 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 JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT.

49%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 56% · 2019 100% · 2020 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.

How long its funders stay

14% of THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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 FY2020, 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

75% of THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT'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 $39k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

NY
CT
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’20
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $116k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT

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 Connecticut

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

23
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

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 JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT?
THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $155,353 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($76,220). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $155,353 in grants to THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT?
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $76,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL OF CONNECTICUT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 8 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