Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$459,206

Total expenses

$460,338

Contributions and grants received

$406,923

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$33,233

Investment income

$16,264

Other revenue

$2,786

Total assets, end of year

$109,430

Total liabilities, end of year

$24,356

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$85,074

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$304,663

Management and general expenses

$81,626

Fundraising expenses

$74,049

Program service expenses (Part III)

$304,663

Program services were 66.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM AND MEDIA'S PURPOSE IS TO CREATE CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY THROUGH JEWISH CINEMA AND DIGITAL STORYTELLING, WELCOMING AUDIENCES TO ENGAGE WITH JEWISH CULTURE, HISTORY, IDENTITY, AND VALUES THROUGH FILM, MEDIA, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND DIALOGUE. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COVERING SEPTEMBER 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 2025, THE ORGANIZATION'S THREE LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1.44TH PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL / FALL FEST 2024 PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM AND MEDIA PRESENTED THE 44TH PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, ALSO KNOWN AS FALL FEST 2024, FROM NOVEMBER 14-24, 2024. THE FESTIVAL SERVED AS THE ORGANIZATION'S LARGEST PUBLIC PROGRAM AND ADVANCED PJFM'S CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL MISSION BY PRESENTING JEWISH CINEMA AND MEDIA TO BROAD PUBLIC AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE PHILADELPHIA REGION. THE FESTIVAL INCLUDED 18 FILMS, CONSISTING OF 13 FEATURE FILMS AND 5 SHORT FILMS, AND INCLUDED NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY, DOCUDRAMA, DOMESTIC, AND INTERNATIONAL WORKS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED FILMS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND MULTIPLE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING ISRAEL, FRANCE, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, GERMANY, HUNGARY, ITALY, JAPAN, POLAND, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE FESTIVAL INCLUDED 20 TOTAL FILM SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, INCLUDING 5 SPECIAL EVENTS. TOTAL IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE WAS 2,100, WITH AN AVERAGE IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE OF 84 PER SCREENING OR EVENT. THROUGH SCREENINGS, SPECIAL EVENTS, FILMMAKER ENGAGEMENT, GUEST SPEAKERS, AND AUDIENCE DIALOGUE, THE FESTIVAL PROVIDED CULTURAL EDUCATION, PROMOTED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH STORIES AND EXPERIENCES, AND CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION ACROSS JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH AUDIENCES. 2. JEWISH RESILIENCE SPRING FESTIVAL PJFM PRESENTED JEWISH RESILIENCE, A SPRINGTIME FESTIVAL FOCUSED ON JEWISH STORIES OF PERSEVERANCE, MEMORY, IDENTITY, CULTURAL CONTINUITY, AND COMMUNAL STRENGTH. THE PROGRAM ADVANCED THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE BY USING FILM, MEDIA, AND PUBLIC CONVERSATION TO EXPLORE JEWISH RESILIENCE ACROSS HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS. JEWISH RESILIENCE INCLUDED 10 SCREENINGS, 9 PUBLIC PROGRAM EVENTS, AND 5 GUEST SPEAKERS, PANELISTS, FILMMAKERS, OR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS. THE FESTIVAL SERVED APPROXIMATELY 400 PEOPLE. AUDIENCES INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, INTERFAITH AND MULTICULTURAL AUDIENCES, STUDENTS, OLDER ADULTS, EDUCATORS, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE PROGRAM PROVIDED AN ACCESSIBLE FORUM FOR EDUCATION, REFLECTION, AND DIALOGUE ON JEWISH HISTORY, IDENTITY, ANTISEMITISM, TRAUMA, RECOVERY, AND CULTURAL ENDURANCE. BY PAIRING FILM PRESENTATIONS WITH MODERATED CONVERSATIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, JEWISH RESILIENCE SUPPORTED PUBLIC LEARNING AND STRENGTHENED PJFM'S ROLE AS A CONVENER OF JEWISH ARTS, CULTURE, AND CIVIC DIALOGUE. 3.UNAPOLOGETICALLY JEWISH COMPETITION PJFM CONTINUED ITS UNAPOLOGETICALLY JEWISH COMPETITION, A SOCIAL MEDIA AND STORYTELLING INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ELEVATE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH CREATIVE EXPRESSION. THE COMPETITION ADVANCED THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION BY ENCOURAGING ARTISTS, FILMMAKERS, AND DIGITAL STORYTELLERS TO EXPLORE JEWISH IDENTITY, CULTURE, VALUES, AND LIVED EXPERIENCE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT. THE COMPETITION INCLUDED 9 APPLICANTS, 7 SELECTED FINALISTS, AND 2 IN- PERSON PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. FINALISTS PRODUCED AND CREATED ORIGINAL CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA CENTERED ON THE UNAPOLOGETICALLY JEWISH COMPETITION WITH THE PURPOSE TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY. FINALISTS PRESENTED THEIR ORIGINAL CONTENT AT AN IN-PERSON SHOWCASE AND AWARD SHOW. THE PROGRAM BENEFITED APPROXIMATELY 200 IN-PERSON AND OVER A MILLION IN UNIQUE VIEWS AND ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UNAPOLOGETICALLY JEWISH EXPANDED PJFM'S REACH BEYOND TRADITIONAL FILM EXHIBITION BY ENGAGING EMERGING CREATORS AND AUDIENCES THROUGH CONTEMPORARY MEDIA PLATFORMS. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTED JEWISH STORYTELLING, AMPLIFIED A VARIETY OF JEWISH VOICES, AND CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC AUDIENCES TO ENCOUNTER JEWISH IDENTITY AND CREATIVITY IN TIMELY, ACCESSIBLE, AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT WAYS.

  Expenses $304,663 · Revenue $33,233

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2024

Filed

1 September 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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