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← JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,670,513
Total expenses
$2,129,889
Contributions and grants received
$1,436,813
Grants paid
$46,570
Program service revenue
$139,224
Investment income
$143,060
Other revenue
-$48,584
Total assets, end of year
$10,335,203
Total liabilities, end of year
$999,227
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,335,976
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,744,709
Management and general expenses
$183,632
Fundraising expenses
$201,548
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,744,709

Program services were 81.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $35,645

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,401,168

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,718

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMP SERVICE FEES

    total $95,063 · related or exempt $95,063

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $44,161 · related or exempt $44,161

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $43,060 · excluded $43,060

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $22,076

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $22,076

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $22,076 · excluded $22,076

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $759,236

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

    securities $659,236

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $100,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $100,000 · excluded $100,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $30,892

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $35,645

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,191

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$7,299 · excluded -$7,299

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $113,860

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $52,116

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $61,744 · excluded $61,744

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total -$125,105 · related or exempt -$125,105

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$125,105

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $42,240 · program services $42,240

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,330 · program services $4,330

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $170,469 · program services $34,094 · management and general $68,187 · fundraising $68,188

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $552,964 · program services $506,341 · management and general $14,059 · fundraising $32,564

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,057 · program services $11,386 · management and general $1,125 · fundraising $1,546

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $309,562 · program services $298,384 · management and general $3,535 · fundraising $7,643

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,294 · program services $79,003 · management and general $8,075 · fundraising $10,216

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,659 · management and general $1,659

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,355 · management and general $21,355

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $14,858 · management and general $14,858

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $166,232 · program services $128,688 · management and general $14,835 · fundraising $22,709

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,716 · program services $37,122 · management and general $3,794 · fundraising $4,800

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,953 · program services $4,022 · management and general $411 · fundraising $520

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $133,711 · program services $108,573 · management and general $11,098 · fundraising $14,040

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,507 · program services $6,096 · management and general $623 · fundraising $788

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $232,625 · program services $210,711 · management and general $9,675 · fundraising $12,239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $40,108 · program services $32,568 · management and general $3,329 · fundraising $4,211

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $167,918 · program services $142,573 · management and general $5,357 · fundraising $19,988

  • 24b · Other expenses: CATERING AND FOOD

    total $46,999 · program services $46,999

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $35,370 · program services $35,370

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $19,962 · program services $16,209 · management and general $1,657 · fundraising $2,096

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $709,260 · end of year $399,729

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $892,634 · end of year $27,747

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,023,915 · end of year $679,798

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $51,531 · end of year $37,814

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

    $7,801,430

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

    $1,395,536

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,374,960 · end of year $6,405,894

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,191,315 · end of year $2,757,206

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $24,265 · end of year $27,015

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,657,979 · end of year $172,088

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $24,389 · end of year $827,139

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,370,283 · end of year $5,969,738

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,215,229 · end of year $3,366,238

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • THE MISSION OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA IS TO CREATE AND ADVANCE A COHESIVE SANTA BARBARA JEWISH COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING IDENTIFICATION AND CONNECTEDNESS TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, GENERATING MUTUAL RESPECT AMONGST JEWS OF DIFFERENT PRACTICES, PROMOTING COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND PROMOTING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THE JFGSB RAISES AND DISTRIBUTES FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JEWISH AND NON-SECTARIAN COMMUNITIES, FULFILLING A MULTITUDE OF LOCAL NEEDS WHILE PROVIDING RESCUE AND RELIEF FOR JEWS IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $1,744,709 · Grants $46,570 · Revenue $14,119

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Eric Berg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jason Ebin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Holland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Katz

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Mintz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deborah Samuel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jillian Wittman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Zonen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Cerf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Steinwurtzel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Silverman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $170,469
    From this org
    $162,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,721
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,748
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,721
    Filer's total
    $170,469

  • Doug Weinstein

    EXECUTIVE CHEF

    Total calculated
    $114,597
    From this org
    $100,847
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,750
    Hours/week
    40

  • Samantha Silverman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,755
    From this org
    $105,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,654
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349314466

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