JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

2001 MARKET ST STE 2300, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7027

In care of

% JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHIL

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MICHAEL BALABAN, 2 COMMERCE SQ 2001 MARKET ST 2300, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103

Signed the 990

NIKKI DICARO, SR CHIEF, FINANCE & OPERATIONS

Phone

(215) 832-0807

Website

WWW.JEWISHPHILLY.ORG

Return prepared by

EISNER ADVISORY GROUP LLC

Mission

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA MOBILIZES FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER RESOURCES TO CREATE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR JEWISH PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. THE JEWISH FEDERATION CARES FOR THOSE IN NEED, COMBATS ANTISEMITISM AND GLOBAL CRISES, AND STRENGTHENS JEWISH IDENTITY.

Program accomplishments

• SERVING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (SAFETY NET)CARING FOR THOSE IN NEED LOCALLY GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ADVANCE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE UNDERREPRESENTED, AT-RISK, AND STRUGGLING TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, PROVIDE FOOD SECURITY AND BASIC NEEDS AND CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. GRANTEES INCLUDE: ABRAMSON SENIOR CARE (IN FALL 2025, ABRAMSON SENIOR CARE MERGED WITH JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE), DIGNIFIED BURIAL ASSOCIATION, DINAH, FEDERATION HOUSING, THE FEMALE HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA, JEVS HUMAN SERVICES, JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE, JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY, JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE, KLEINLIFE, MITZVAH FOOD PROGRAM, AND TIKVAH AJMI.POVERTY/FOOD ASSISTANCE: 57.4+ MILLION MEALS AND FOOD PACKAGES PROVIDED LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE FACING POVERTY HELPED LOCALLY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 1+ MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD PROVIDED TO AROUND 8,000 PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH THE JEWISH FEDERATION'S MITZVAH FOOD PROGRAM. 1,500+ LOW - AND MODERATE-INCOME SENIORS RECEIVED AFFORDABLE AND DIGNIFIED LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS FROM FEDERATION HOUSING. 3,700 ISRAELI CHILDREN FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES RECEIVED STEM EDUCATION THROUGH OFANIM. 233,445 RUSSIAN SPEAKERS AND PEOPLE FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION SERVED LOCALLY AND AROUND THE WORLD.DISABILITY/MENTAL HEALTH: 43,877 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WERE SERVED LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. 25,000 YOUTH, AGED 3 TO18, FROM 53 EVACUATED COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING THROUGH THE JEWISH FEDERATION'S SUPPORT OF DROR ISRAEL.OLDER ADULTS: 40,000+ HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WERE SERVED LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. 1,600 OLDER ADULTS RECEIVED COORDINATED HEALTHCARE AND COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FROM ABRAMSON SENIOR CARE.SECURITY: $1.2 MILLION SECURED IN GRANT FUNDING FOR 51 ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS SECURITY ISSUES. ~12,000 CAMPERS AND STAFF PROTECTED IN 2025 BY THE SECURITY TRAININGS PROVIDED AT 21 LOCAL JEWISH DAY AND OVERNIGHT CAMPS. ~4,000 JEWISH DAY SCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF PROTECTED FOR THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR THROUGH SECURITY TRAININGS. 190+ LOCAL JEWISH INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE SECURITY GUIDANCE FROM THE JEWISH FEDERATION.JEWISH EDUCATION/CONNECTION: 1,200 JEWISH DAY-AND PRE-SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH THE EITC PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS, FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. 5,700 LOCAL YOUTH RECEIVED FREE, MONTHLY, JEWISH-THEMED BOOKS THROUGH PJ LIBRARY LAST YEAR.
  Expenses $5,527,037 · grants $5,527,037
• SUPPORTING ISRAEL AND GLOBAL JEWRY GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS IN ISRAEL THAT ENHANCE JEWISH LIFE AND PRIDE, PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS, INTEGRATE MARGINALIZED SOCIETIES, AND DEPLOY RESCUE AND RELIEF SERVICES IN TIMES OF CRISIS. GRANTEES INCLUDE: AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE, INC., ATID BAMIDBAR, ATIDIM, BINA, DROR ISRAEL, HILMA TECH FOR IMPACT, ISRAEL HOFSHEET, ISRAEL MOVEMENT FOR REFORM AND PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM, THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL, LATET ISRAELI HUMANITARIAN AID, LEKET ISRAEL, THE LONE SOLDIER CENTER IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL LEVIN, MACHON SHITIM, MAOZ, MASORTI FOUNDATION FOR CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM, NEGEV NOW NETWORK, OFANIM, AND OLIM BEYAHAD.
  Expenses $4,528,480 · grants $4,528,480
• PHILANTHROPHIC FUND AND DIRECT ENDOWMENT SUPPORT SECURING A VIBRANT JEWISH FUTURE FUNDS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND TO THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THESE INSTITUTIONS, WE ALSO PROTECT THEM BY PROVIDING SECURITY RESOURCES AT NO COST WHILE ENHANCING THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO STAND UP TO JEWISH HATE THROUGH TRAININGS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. GRANTEES INCLUDE: BBYO, CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS, THE CHEVRA, ABRAMS HEBREW ACADEMY, CHEDER CHABAD OF PHILADELPHIA, JACK M. BARRACK HEBREW ACADEMY, KOHELET YESHIVA, POLITZ YESHIVA & BAIS YAAKOV, RAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL, KOSLOFF TORAH ACADEMY GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, CASKEY TORAH ACADEMY, OROT, THE MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA, GREATER PHILLY HILLEL NETWORK, HILLEL AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY, HILLEL AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL, JEWISH LEARNING VENTURE, VENTURE ISRAEL FELLOWSHIP, KAISERMAN JCC, MACHNE ISRAEL PHILADELPHIA LUBAVITCHER CENTER, MAKOM COMMUNITY, MEM GLOBAL (FORMERLY MOISHE HOUSE), MOVING TRADITIONS, UNION OF ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONS, ONETABLE, PENN HILLEL, PENN STATE HILLEL, PHILLY FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE, AND TRIBE 12.
  Expenses $15,865,302 · grants $15,865,302
• PROGRAM OPERATIONS ARE PRIMARILY FUNDS USED TO ADMINISTER, MEASURE AND EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS ON THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PROVIDING CERTAIN DIRECT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.OTHER PROGRAM SUPPORT REPRESENTS GRANTS AND OTHER EXPENSES TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF JEWISH FEDERATION.
  Expenses $20,060,016 · grants $8,424,258

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

23-1500085

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1957

Accounting year ends

August

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T700)

Assets (IRS master file)

$506,374,468

Income (IRS master file)

$99,574,802

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-1500085).

Questions about JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

What is the EIN of JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA?

The employer identification number (EIN) of JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA is 23-1500085.

Is JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1957.

Are donations to JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Who is the principal officer of JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names MICHAEL BALABAN.

Who are the officers and directors of JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 40 people; 12 received compensation from the organization, the highest $481,478 (MICHAEL BALABAN, PRESIDENT & CEO).

How much revenue does JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA have?

On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $76,883,429, expenses of $56,358,177 and total assets of $506,374,468 at year end.

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