Public Charity

JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND

JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND, of RICHMOND, VA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.1M in revenue, $4.1M in expenses, $5.1M in total assets. IRS filings disclose 178 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $14.4M.

EIN: 540524512 RICHMOND, VA Federated Giving Programs NTEE: T70 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.1M
Total Expenses$4.1M
Total Assets$5.1M
Grants Given178
Grant Total$14.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

A. TO ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS TO COORDINATE THE SOLICITING OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND ALLOCATE THE SAME TO SUCH LOCAL, NON-LOCAL OR FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS AS IT MAY DETERMINE. B. TO INTEREST ITSELF IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND AND ITS VICINITY AND IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AND TO BE HELPFUL IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL PERSONS OF THE JEWISH AND RICHMOND COMMUNITY. VALUES OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF RICHMOND BELIEVES ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE IMPORTANT AND VALUES THEIR PERSPECTIVE IN BUILDING, SUSTAINING AND PERPETUATING A CARING COMMUNITY. THE JCFR WILL CREATE OPTIONS FOR ALL JEWS, REGARDLESS OF AGE, ECONOMIC STATUS OR AFFILIATION, TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNAL LIFE. THE FEDERATION WILL COLLABORATE WITH JEWISH AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SYNAGOGUES TO PROMOTE OUTREACH IN AN EFFORT TO FOSTER JEWISH CONTINUITY AND AN AWARE

Where $100 goes at Jewish Community Federation of Richmond

How Jewish Community Federation of Richmond divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$9 Management running the organization
$19 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$38
The federation supports rescue, emergency and community renewal activities throughout the world, including in zaparozhye, ukraine, through jewish community centers, chesed welfare centers and the american jewish joint…
53% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 64,992 seniors; 21,833 seniors; 1,400 youth
$19
The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond works to secure a strong jewish future
27% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 35 agencies; 2,750 youth; 10,000 people
$10
Following the hamas terrorist attacks on october 7, 2023, the federation provided emergency assistance through collective support of the jewish federations of north america (jfna) to help address…
14% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Jewish Community Federation of Richmond

Sometimes funds new orgs 16% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2022–2024).

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Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Adam Shor
ALLOCATIONS Amy Melnick-Scharf
IMMED PAST P Amy Nisenson
VICE-PRESIDE Brian Greene
DIRECTOR Charley Scher
DIRECTOR Dan Brandeis Rjf

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$14,388,270 175 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.1M $4.1M $5.1M
2024 $6.2M $5.7M $5.0M
2023 $3.2M $3.4M $4.3M
2022 $3.7M $3.6M $4.7M
2021 $4.0M $4.1M $4.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $4.1M, with total assets most recently reported at $5.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in DC, GA, MD, NJ, NY, VA.

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