Birmingham Jewish Federation

Analysis

Birmingham Jewish Federation is a registered charity in United States, based in Mountain BRK, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1992, 34 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, Birmingham Jewish Federation reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $3.8m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Birmingham Jewish Federation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mutual Aid Sharing Plan ($3.8m), United Way of Greater Union County Inc ($3.8m) and Herzog Tomorrow Foundation ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $234k (6.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $291k. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $554k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 14 employees.