Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST
THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $335,054 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($102,343). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $464k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $335k
- Net assets
- $938k
What The Shearim USA Charitable Trust does
Mission
To assist the She'arim College of Jewish Studies
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Student Financial Aid Programs Scholarship to students in order to study at Shearim College of Jewish Studies
$158,000 spentof which $158,000 as grants40% of program spendingAdult Education Programs: Support for regular and special programs for Shearim College of Jewish Studies for programs in Israel and the US
$85,000 spentof which $85,000 as grants22% of program spendingAdult Education Programs: Support for housing for students of Shearim College of Jewish Studies
$114,000 spentof which $114,000 as grants29% of program spendingContinuing Education Programs: Special programs provided by the staff of Shearim College of Jewish Studies and related staff including zoom programing
$17,250 spentof which $17,250 as grants4% of program spendingAdult Education Programs: Grants to strengthen the study of the Sephardic program at She'arim College of Jewish studies and its affiliate programs
$9,000 spentof which $9,000 as grants2% of program spendingAssisted Shearim in modify physical plant improvements, acquisition of educational tools and materials.
$12,000 spentof which $12,000 as grants3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $395,250.
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 $492k to $818k (+66%).
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.
99% of THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Chava Gottlieb
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $17k → $61k.
8 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST’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 SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 40% · 2022 68% · 2023 29% — 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
38% of THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
84% of THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST'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 $53k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $282k 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 SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST
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 Pennsylvania
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
98%
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 SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST?
- THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $335,054 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($102,343). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $335,054 in grants to THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $102,343 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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