Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,157,102
- Total expenses
- $1,887,827
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,416,054
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $571,130
- Investment income
- $169,918
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,316,224
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,057,699
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,258,525
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,404,844
- Management and general expenses
- $295,675
- Fundraising expenses
- $187,308
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,404,844
Program services were 74.4% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$286,952
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$10,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,119,102
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$15,599
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU
total $571,130 · related or exempt $571,130
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3 · Investment income
total $169,918 · excluded $169,918
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$110,416
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$286,952
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$110,416
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $339,500 · program services $157,350 · management and general $121,975 · fundraising $60,175
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $424,661 · program services $354,638 · management and general $23,216 · fundraising $46,807
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $34,798 · program services $23,315 · management and general $6,611 · fundraising $4,872
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $64,140 · program services $42,973 · management and general $12,186 · fundraising $8,981
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $19,200 · management and general $19,200
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11g · Fees: other
total $352,252 · program services $260,381 · management and general $64,475 · fundraising $27,396
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $93,642 · program services $91,942 · fundraising $1,700
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13 · Office expenses
total $47,595 · program services $31,889 · management and general $9,041 · fundraising $6,665
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16 · Occupancy
total $73,699 · program services $49,378 · management and general $14,003 · fundraising $10,318
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17 · Travel
total $28,035 · program services $18,145 · management and general $9,890
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $3,086 · program services $2,068 · management and general $586 · fundraising $432
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23 · Insurance
total $2,020 · management and general $2,020
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24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND SHIPPING
total $164,913 · program services $156,189 · fundraising $8,724
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24b · Other expenses: FACILITIES, RENTAL, CAT
total $80,863 · program services $80,863
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24c · Other expenses: BOOK PURCHASE
total $59,362 · program services $59,362
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24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND PROCES
total $34,066 · program services $22,825 · management and general $6,473 · fundraising $4,768
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24e · All other expenses
total $65,995 · program services $53,526 · management and general $5,999 · fundraising $6,470
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $837,783 · end of year $244,030
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $269,098 · end of year $1,653,064
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $156,882 · end of year $173,797
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $7,007
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,119 · end of year $121,629
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$31,594
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,086
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $28,508
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,313,437 · end of year $2,242,003
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $1,706,300 · end of year $1,257,424
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $588,762
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $471,297 · end of year $118,735
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $1,378,002
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $560,962
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,433,070 · end of year $3,940,125
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $381,252 · end of year $318,400
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL CELEBRATES AND CHAMPIONS BOOKS THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS OF JEWISH EXPERIENCE. BY CONNECTING READERS, AUTHORS, AND ALL WHO VALUE LITERATURE, WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ESSENTIAL CONVERSATIONS AND VIBRANT ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH LIFE AND COMMUNITY.
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THROUGH ITS MANY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, THE ORGANIZATION INTERACTS WITH THE FULL RANGE OF PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE WITH BOOKS SUCH AS AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, COMMUNITY EVENT ORGANIZERS, LIBRARIANS, AND READERS. THE DIVERSITY AND SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS ALLOWS THE ORGANIZATION TO REACH ALL DEMOGRAPHICS AND DENOMINATIONS, ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE, ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND INTERNATIONALLY.
Expenses $1,404,844 · Revenue $571,130
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
JULIE BARER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
KAREN BERMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ELISA SPUNGEN BILDNER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
TRACY BROWN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JESSICA CHOD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
WILLIAM DAROFF
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PERRY DAVIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
EDITH EVERETT
PRESIDENT EMERITA
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
EVAN FARBER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MARCI GLAZER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOY GREENBERG
CO-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DANIEL JEYDEL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ALAN KADISH
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
RACHEL KADISH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOY LEVITT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
STACEY LEVY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DEBBY MILLER
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ETTA ZIMMERMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DANA RAUCHER
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOSH ROLNICK
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
BECKY SCHAMIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LINDA STERLING
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LILIAN STERN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ALEX TROY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DEBBIE TURVEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LAUREN WEIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JANE WEITZMAN
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LENORE J WEITZMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CARMEL KRAUSS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JUDITH LIEBERMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
AA STEINBERGER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
NAOMI FIRESTONE-TEETER
CEO
- Total calculated
- $180,000
- From this org
- $180,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $180,000
-
MARC ROTHSTEIN
COO
- Total calculated
- $154,634
- From this org
- $149,301
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,333
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,301
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,333
- Filer's total
- $154,634
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 4 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611559349301026
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