New York · Nonprofit
The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc
The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,368 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($116,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $390k
- Net assets
- $35M
What The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc does
Mission
The Workers Circle, formerly known as The Workmen's Circle, is a 501(c)(3) organization that continues to serve as a dynamic force in Jewish identify formation for secular and progressive Jews. The organization officially adopted the name The Workers Circle in 2019, reflecting its ongoing mission and vision as a welcoming and inclusive home for Jewish cultural engagement. Rooted in a strong tradition of activism and community, The Workers Circle brings together a multigenerational community united by a shared commitment to celebrating Jewish heritage and advancing progressive values. Our members, friends, and allies connect through Jewish culture, history and traditions, while working collectively to protect democracy and ensure that all voices are heard. Our model for growth responds to the ongoing demand among American Jews for new connections to Jewish identity and culture. It is rooted in the fundamental belief that if given the opportunity, modern American Jews can find in Jewish
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The New York Workers Circle School is a secular, progressive Jewish Sunday school and community that invites families to build a contemporary Jewish identity rooted in an exploration of cultural heritage and a search for justice in the NYC area. Led by dynamic educators who are also acclaimed artists, musicians, Yiddishists and activists, our learning program digs deep into cultural roots, values children as change makers and cultural creators, and centers voices often marginalized in Jewish life. We are a welcoming community of multifaith, multiracial families with diverse gender identities, family structures, and Jewish journeys. The program includes classes for children ages 3 months - 13 years, Yiddish language, Jewish cultural traditions from around the globe, holiday celebrations, B'nei Mitsve preparation, and teen community service and activism opportunities. The College Network promotes activism, Yiddish culture, and community. It is a national network of students, recent graduates, and young adults connected for social justice and inspired by Yiddish culture. The College Network gathers regularly, virtually and in person for action, community building, and two annual…
$835,845 spentof which $7,670 as grants$502,963 earned by the program34% of program spendingThe Workers Circle experienced significant growth and renewal across its programs, advocacy, and community engagement. Educational offerings expanded through new and diverse classes in Yiddish language, Jewish cultural history, and social justice. The Workers Circle activist community reached over 1.6 million voters in states that had enacted new voter suppression laws, many targeting voters of color. Our outreach took the form of phone banking, texting, handwritten postcards, and door knocking. Our Demand Democracy/Fight Fascism Campaign connected with thousands of new activists, and we created powerful partnerships with Black-led organizations, including the Center for Common Ground, Black Voters Matter, and more. The Workers Circle Democracy Circles emerged as vibrant hubs of grassroots organizing and activism since their launch in 2023. Our network expanded to over 80 circles nationwide, connecting over 350 participants in a grassroots movement that powers our activism. The Workers Circle continues to be the world's leading center for Yiddish language instruction and the largest provider of Yiddish language classes in the U.S. We've offered 160 classes through our…
$532,421 spent22% of program spendingSocial justice: see mission statement at part iii, line 1
$702,619 spent29% of program spendingmembers services
$366,966 spent$16,639 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,437,851.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.2M to $36M (+761%).
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: 2018 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 12% · 2022 0% · 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Ann Toback
CEO/executive director
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 $49k → $61k.
7 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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: $32M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest WCARY Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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 Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 96% · 2019 86% · 2020 54% · 2021 63% · 2022 45% · 2023 41% — 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
67% of The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
79% of The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc'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 $83k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $307k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc's revenue grew 27% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 4 related entities
- 3155 Grace Holdings LLC · disregarded
- The Cemetery Department of the Wc · exempt
- Second Century Fund of the Workmen's Cir · exempt
- Workers Circle Action · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc?
- The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,368 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($116,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $390,368 in grants to The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $116,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Workmen's Circle Arbeter Ring Inc 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.
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 11 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