Jewish Book Trust Inc

Analysis

Jewish Book Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 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, Jewish Book Trust Inc reported income of $4.1m and spending of $4.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $4.1m (+133%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Jewish Book Trust Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnabas International ($4.1m), Back to the Bible ($4.1m) and Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network ($4.1m).

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 $126k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $126k.

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.