Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Analysis

Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1955, 71 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 Southern Arizona reported income of $7.0m and spending of $6.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.4m to $7.0m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Southern Arizona 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 94th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation for Nantucket ($7.0m), Irvine Public Schools Foundation ($7.0m) and York Foundation ($7.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $406k (5.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $22.6m against liabilities of $349k, net assets of $22.3m. It reported 31 employees.