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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF CNTR FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDU IN ISRAEL.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,038,259
Total expenses
$7,953,161
Contributions and grants received
$8,900,325
Grants paid
$7,027,800
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$137,934
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,972,655
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,741
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,958,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,085,748
Management and general expenses
$385,996
Fundraising expenses
$481,417
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,085,748

Program services were 89.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,900,325

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $132,826 · excluded $132,826

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $752,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $746,892

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,108

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,108 · excluded $5,108

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $7,027,800 · program services $7,027,800

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $378,199 · program services $30,824 · management and general $166,072 · fundraising $181,303

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $90,609 · program services $9,924 · management and general $16,320 · fundraising $64,365

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,525 · program services $173 · management and general $1,094 · fundraising $1,258

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,228 · program services $2,561 · management and general $12,424 · fundraising $23,243

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,951 · program services $49 · management and general $6,455 · fundraising $447

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,184 · program services $271 · management and general $35,457 · fundraising $2,456

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $60,318 · fundraising $60,318

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,736 · program services $288 · management and general $74,104 · fundraising $344

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $160 · management and general $130 · fundraising $30

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,557 · program services $2,605 · management and general $22,096 · fundraising $46,856

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,132 · program services $1,430 · management and general $1,369 · fundraising $11,333

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,100 · program services $944 · management and general $4,583 · fundraising $8,573

  • 17 · Travel

    total $52,264 · program services $3,501 · management and general $16,986 · fundraising $31,777

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $74,976 · program services $5,024 · management and general $24,367 · fundraising $45,585

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $903 · program services $60 · management and general $294 · fundraising $549

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,385 · program services $294 · management and general $1,425 · fundraising $2,666

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHARITABLE DONATIONS

    total $1,234 · management and general $1,234

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $639 · management and general $639

  • 24c · Other expenses: APPRECIATION

    total $628 · management and general $314 · fundraising $314

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $633 · management and general $633

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,084 · end of year $37,174

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,433,601 · end of year $6,452,819

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,308,950 · end of year $1,462,072

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $8,411

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,665 · end of year $8,645

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $10,966

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $7,826

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,449 · end of year $3,140

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $259 · end of year $394

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,026 · end of year $13,741

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,438,032 · end of year $6,496,842

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,308,950 · end of year $1,462,072

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE PARTNERSHIP AND COEXISTENCE AMONG JEWISH AND ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATED SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING FUNDING FOR AND ASSISTING IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH ISRAELI NONPROFITS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AFHIH SUPPORTS & PROMOTES HAND IN HAND IN ITS WORK CREATING PARTNERSHIP & SHARED SOCIETY BETWEEN JEWISH & ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL. ITS IMPACT EXPANDS TO OVER 10,000 CHILDREN, TEENS & ADULTS ACROSS ISRAEL WHERE ITS MODEL OF INTEGRATED SCHOOLS AND SHARED COMMUNITIES CONTINUES TO GROW.

  • IN ISRAEL, HAND IN HAND HELPED SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF HAND IN HAND'S SCHOOL IN HAIFA, ISRAEL UP TO 8TH GRADE, WITH PLANS IN PLACE TO EXPAND INTO 9TH GRADE IN 2025-2026 THEREBY HAVING A FULL JUNIOR HIGH PROGRAM (AND LATER WILL EXPAND INTO 10TH-12TH GRADE AS WELL). HAND IN HAND SUPPORTED THE EXPANSION OF ITS PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE HAND IN HAND SCHOOLS IN JAFFA, ISRAEL AND HAIFA, ISRAEL. THEY PROVIDED FUNDING FOR ADDED SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH STAFF TO HELP HAND IN HAND SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA OF THE OCTOBER 7 HAMAS ATTACKS AND SUBSEQUENT WAR IN GAZA. THIS HELPED CHILDREN DEALING WITH TRAUMA AND FEARS AND HELPED PREPARE AND STRENGTHEN TEACHERS' WORK IN THE CLASSROOM. HAND IN HAND FUNDING ALSO ENABLED A PROGRAM AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL TO CONTINUE IN ITS THIRD YEAR.

    Expenses $7,085,748 · Grants $7,027,800

  • IN THE U.S. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE CO-FOUNDER TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AROUND THE US GIVING DOZENS OF TALKS IN SYNAGOGUE, CHURCHES AND AT HOSTED PARLOR MEETINGS. HAND IN HAND CO-FOUNDER MADE APPROXIMATELY 40 PRESENTATIONS TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT GROUPS. IN ADDITION, AMERICAN FRIENDS BOARD MEMBERS HOSTED MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH DONORS AND NEW PROSPECTS. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HAND IN HAND HOSTED 4 HAND IN HAND GRADUATES FOR SPEAKING TOURS OF THE U.S. WHERE THEY SPOKE ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES GROWING UP IN THE HAND IN HAND INTEGRATED JEWISH-ARAB SCHOOLS.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stuart Brown

    CHAIR BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Emile Bendit

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paula Blumenfeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Bram

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Ciporin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Warren Eisenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martha Freedman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Seth Jaffe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Rothman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Shulak-Rome

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Steinfeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Drew Pardoll

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonja Dinner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ross Margolies

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lee Gordon

    CO-FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,300
    From this org
    $100,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,467
    Hours/week
    45

  • Patricia Smith

    CORPORATE SECRETARY OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $59,661
    From this org
    $58,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,328
    Hours/week
    36

  • Alon Shalev

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521929349301502

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