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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ELLUMINATE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,104,255
Total expenses
$1,868,687
Contributions and grants received
$553,798
Grants paid
$567,633
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$681,384
Other revenue
$869,073
Total assets, end of year
$3,308,996
Total liabilities, end of year
$205,393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,103,603
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,348,756
Management and general expenses
$448,601
Fundraising expenses
$71,330
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,348,756

Program services were 72.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $553,798

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $681,384 · excluded $681,384

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,056,520

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $187,943

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $868,577 · excluded $868,577

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $496 · excluded $496

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $496

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $567,633 · program services $567,633

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $214,998 · program services $171,998 · management and general $21,500 · fundraising $21,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $344,924 · program services $275,940 · management and general $34,492 · fundraising $34,492

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $72,937 · program services $58,349 · management and general $7,294 · fundraising $7,294

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,902 · program services $31,122 · management and general $3,890 · fundraising $3,890

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $690 · program services $69 · management and general $621

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $94,659 · program services $9,466 · management and general $85,193

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $222,579 · program services $22,257 · management and general $200,322

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,887 · management and general $55,887

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,691 · program services $22,983 · management and general $554 · fundraising $4,154

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,025 · management and general $5,025

  • 24a · Other expenses: COLLECTIVE EXPENSES

    total $188,939 · program services $188,939

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $24,505 · management and general $24,505

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $9,318 · management and general $9,318

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $164,224 · end of year $36,219

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $180,667 · end of year $64,270

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $283,608

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $70,982

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,820,087 · end of year $3,137,525

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $85,674 · end of year $205,393

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $480,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $14,877 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,868,035 · end of year $2,878,378

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $225,225

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INSPIRED BY OUR JEWISH VALUES, ELLUMINATE, INC. PURSUES AND PROMOTES A WORLD IN WHICH ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE ENSURED A HEALTHY AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT...A WORLD IN WHICH WE ALL HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENT. WE WORK TO MAKE THIS A REALITY BY CULTIVATING LEADERS FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE, FUNDING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS, BY PROVIDING EDUCATION ON VITAL ISSUES, AND BY ENCOURAGING OUR DONORS TO VIEW ALL PHILANTHROPIC GIVING THROUGH A JEWISH AND GENDER LENS.

  • ELLUMINATE, A NETWORK OF JEWISH WOMEN FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE, HAS CREATED A UNIQUE AND DEDICATED SPACE FOR JEWISH WOMEN ENTREPRENURIAL LEADERS AND EXECUTIVES WORKING FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. THE COLLECTIVE, OUR SIGNATURE LEADERSHIP ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM, HAS TRAINED, SUPPORTED, AND CONNECTED 50 JEWISH WOMEN EXECUTIVES WORKING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM THEY PARTICIPATE IN ELLUMINATE PROVIDES A TWO-YEAR CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON LEADING THROUGH A JEWISH AND GENDER LENS, COHORT GROUPS, PEER-TO-PEER RELATIONSHIPS BUILDING, CAPACITY GRANTS FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, THEY ALSO BECOME PART OF THE ELLUMINATE NETWORK AND GET A NATIONAL PLATFORM FOR THEIR CAUSE INCLUDING A DEDICATED WEBINAR CALLED CROWN JEWEL CONVERSATIONS. THROUGH THIS WORK WE ARE IMPACTING ENDING THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY, CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE JEWISH COMMUNITY, ADVOCATING FOR DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY IN ISRAEL AND THE US, AND WORKING FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, GENDER JUSTICE, AND WOMEN'S SAFETY. WE ALSO RUN A "WOMEN IN THE C-SUITE" PROGRAM FOR JEWISH WOMEN CEOS WHO COME TOGETHER MONTHLY ON AN INFORMAL BASE TO SHARE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH PEERS AND NETWORK. THIS HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT SPACE SINCE OCTOBER 7, WHERE JEWISH LEADERS CAN FIND A SAFE SPACE TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW THE MASSACRE IN ISRAEL IMPACTS THEM PERSONALLY AND THEIR ORGANIZATION AND WORK. WE RUN AN ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER JEWISH WOMEN PHILANTHROPISTS, ADVOCATES, AND INDIVIDUALS ALONG WITH PROFESSIONAL JEWISH LEADERS AND EXPERTS TO GRAPPLE WITH EMERGENT ISSUES IMPACTING WOMEN RIGHTS, QUEER TALMUDIC STUDY, ELIMINATING MASS INCARCERATION, ENDING SEX TRAFFICKING, AND EDUCATING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. TO SUPPLEMENT OUR GRANTMAKING, ELLUMINATE EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATES FOR POLICIES THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AT THE LOCAL, FEDERAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. ELLUMINATE IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO CREATE LONG-LASTING, SYSTEMIC, AND IMPACTFUL CHANGE. MEMBERS OF ELLUMINATE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONE AND SHARE THEIR PHILANTHROPIC VOICE TO AFFECT CHANGE IN NEW YORK, ISRAEL, AND AROUND THE GLOBE. SINCE OUR INCEPTION IN 1995, ELLUMINATE HAS AWARDED OVER $6 MILLION TO MORE THAN 250 PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $1,348,756 · Grants $567,633 · Revenue $553,798

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • AELA MORGAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MADELYN BUCKSBAUM ADAMSON

    CO TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL WEINSTEIN

    GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA YOUNGERMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERTA ELLIOT

    CO TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE GARRY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE WEISS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA POLLARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA ZUCKERBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BONNIE DIMUN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANA LEVINSON STEINER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HAFTAM YIZHAK HEATHWOOD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA YARDEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARILY THYPIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICKI KAPLAN REISS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NIKKI SILVER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PROSPER DE PASSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHELLY MITCHELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE AMBROSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOYA WILIFORD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELANIE ROTH GORELICK

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $211,245
    From this org
    $199,818
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,427
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,818
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $347
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,080
    Filer's total
    $211,245

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 · Compensation survey or study

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

  • THE ASSOCIATION OF RAPE CRISIS CENTERS IN ISRAEL

    $45,000

    THE ASSOCIATION OF RAPE CRISIS CENTERS IN ISRAEL IS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR THE NINE REGIONAL RAPE CRISIS CENTERS, AND WORKS AT THE INDIVIDUAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS TO PROVIDE SERIVCES AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND RAISES AWARENESS IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-LLAN UNIVERSITY

    $25,000

    THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY IS THE FUNDRAISING AGENT OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY. THE GRANT FUNDS WERE GIVEN BY ELLUMINATE ON BEHALF OF THE JEWISH WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE RESPONSE FUND FOR ISRAELI WOMEN POST OCTOBER 7TH AND ARE FOR THE RUTH AND EMANUEL RACKMAN CENTER, WHICH PROMOTES THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISRAEL, FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • WEPOWER

    $25,000

    WEPOWER PROMOTES GENDER EQUALITY AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY. THE GRANT FUNDS WERE GIVEN BY ELLUMINATE ON BEHALF OF THE JEWISH WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE RESPONSE FUND FOR ISRAELI WOMEN POST OCTOBER 7TH FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • YAHEL - ISRAEL SERVICE LEARNING

    $20,000

    YAHEL TRAINS, SUPPORTS AND INSPIRES INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE PART IN RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE VOLUNTEERING IN ISRAEL ALONGSIDE LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • UNCHAINED AT LAST

    $20,000

    UNCHAINED AT LAST IS DEDICATED TO ENDING FORCED AND CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES AND ADVOCACY. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • GREATER DAYTON UNION CO-OPS INITIATIVE

    $20,000

    CO-OP DAYTON INCUBATES COOPERATIVE BUSINESSES TO CREATE AND RETAIN GOOD JOBS IN OUR REGION, BUILDING A LOCAL ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • YESHIVAT MAHARAT

    $20,000

    YESHIVAT MAHARAT TRAIN, ORDAINS AND INVESTS IN ORTHODOX WOMEN TO SERVE AS RABBINICAL LEADERS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • ALEPH ALLIANCE FOR JEWISH RENEWAL

    $20,000

    ALEPH BRINGS SPIRITUAL VITALITY AND PASSION INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF JEWS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, BUILD COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • EMMA'S TORCH

    $20,000

    EMMA'S TORCH EMPOWERS REFUGEES, ASYLEES, AND SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH CULINARY EDUCATION. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  • 18DOORS

    $20,000

    18DOORS EMPOWERS PEOPLE IN INTERFAITH RELATIONSHIPS INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDRENTO ENGAGE IN JEWISH LIFE AND MAKE JEWISH CHOICES, AND ENCOURAGES JEWISH COMMUNITIES TO WELCOME THEM. THE GRANT FUNDS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349311415

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