The Jerusalem Fund Inc

Analysis

The Jerusalem Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Clifton, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, The Jerusalem Fund Inc reported income of $86k and spending of $303k, spending 354% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.2m to $86k (-99%), an average of -68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Jerusalem Fund Inc sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dustys Heart Apartment Ministries ($86k), Barnabas Enrichment Ministries ($86k) and Shelter Ministries ($86k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $207k against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of -$1.3m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.