Public Charity

THE JEWISH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS

THE JEWISH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS is a Public Charity headquartered in NEEDHAM, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $7.4M revenue, $4.7M expenses, $27.4M total assets. 16 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $503K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 222543200 NEEDHAM, MA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$7.4M
Total Expenses$4.7M
Total Assets$27.4M
Grant Records16
Funding Total$503K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

JCAM MAINTAINS, PRESERVES AND RESTORES JEWISH CEMETERIES AND GRAVE SITES THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS. JCAM OWNS AND MANAGES 124 CEMETERIES IN MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH REPRESENTS 56% OF THE JEWISH CEMETERIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. JCAM'S MISSION INCLUDES A SOLUTION IN PERPETUITY FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND FORMERLY ABANDONED CEMETERIES, PROVIDING A DIGNIFIED FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE INTERRED IN THESE CEMETERIES. JCAM ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES AND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ACCESS TO 175 YEARS OF HISTORY OF JEWISH PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Where $100 goes at The Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts

How The Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$82 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $82 for programs

$72
Maintain cemeteries
87% of program spending
$6
Restore cemeteries
8% of program spending
$4
Support burials (community outreach)
5% of program spending
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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.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Howard Hirsh
DIRECTOR Jay Sage
CLERK Sander Rikleen
PRESIDENT Scott Joseph
DIRECTOR Steven Hamburger

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$128,944 6 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$91,900 6 grants
Unspecified
$282,408 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $7.4M $4.7M $27.4M
2024 $5.2M $4.4M $24.2M
2023 $5.1M $3.8M $23.4M
2022 $507K $3.7M $22.0M
2020 $4.0M $2.9M $23.8M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.0M to $7.4M (+87%), with total assets most recently reported at $27.4M.

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

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