Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts Inc

Analysis

Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1948, 78 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts Inc reported income of $5.7m and spending of $5.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.3m to $5.7m (+8.1%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Catholic Foundation of Central Florida Inc ($5.7m), United Way of Champaign County Illinois Inc ($5.7m) and GDMCF Charitable TR ($5.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $678k. At year end it held assets of $51.2m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $50.1m. It reported 15 employees.