Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,534,238
- Total expenses
- $2,163,331
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,458,302
- Grants paid
- $14,031
- Program service revenue
- $75,936
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $670,296
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $118,715
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $551,581
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,392,624
- Management and general expenses
- $493,159
- Fundraising expenses
- $277,548
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,392,624
Program services were 64.4% 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.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,458,302
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$164,178
-
2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES
total $75,936 · related or exempt $75,936
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $14,031 · program services $14,031
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $374,689 · program services $277,315 · management and general $48,687 · fundraising $48,687
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $960,078 · program services $730,827 · management and general $44,757 · fundraising $184,494
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $36,968 · management and general $36,968
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,156 · management and general $1,156
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $270,722 · program services $72,123 · management and general $181,367 · fundraising $17,232
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $63,891 · management and general $63,891
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $9,203 · program services $4,323 · management and general $3,480 · fundraising $1,400
-
13 · Office expenses
total $2,044 · program services $129 · management and general $1,835 · fundraising $80
-
14 · Information technology
total $50,522 · management and general $50,255 · fundraising $267
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $24,986 · management and general $24,986
-
17 · Travel
total $37,760 · program services $33,084 · management and general $1,089 · fundraising $3,587
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $2,171 · program services $1,194 · management and general $977
-
24a · Other expenses: TEACHER AND PROGRAM CONSULT.
total $190,354 · program services $160,645 · management and general $12,998 · fundraising $16,711
-
24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE AND MATERIALS
total $106,634 · program services $95,941 · management and general $7,364 · fundraising $3,329
-
24c · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES
total $18,122 · program services $3,012 · management and general $13,349 · fundraising $1,761
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $80,579 · end of year $22,426
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $77
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $162,322 · end of year $627,512
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $954 · end of year $2,718
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $6,895 · end of year $17,563
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $63,181 · end of year $76,113
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
end of year $25,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $6,895 · end of year $17,602
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$179,326 · end of year -$334,253
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $360,000 · end of year $885,834
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
SVARA'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE TO SHAPE NEW FORMS OF TORAH AND TRADITION THROUGH THE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OF TALMUD STUDY.
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SVARA supports a growing, intergenerational learning community in deepening their study of, and connection to, the Talmud and Jewish tradtion.
Expenses $1,392,624 · Grants $14,031 · Revenue $75,936
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
BENAY LAPPE
DIR/ROSH YESH.
- Total calculated
- $250,204
- From this org
- $224,926
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,278
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $224,926
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,434
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,844
- Filer's total
- $250,204
-
AYANA MORSE
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $184,400
- From this org
- $149,764
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,636
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,764
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,493
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,143
- Filer's total
- $184,400
-
ELLI KRANDEL
DEVEL. DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $154,868
- From this org
- $139,999
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,869
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $139,999
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,200
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,669
- Filer's total
- $154,868
-
JO WARE
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SANDY SUSSMAN
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANGEL ALVAREZ-MAPP
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MATI BOULAKIA-BORTNICK
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BIANCO GONZALEZ-LESSER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DANIEL LIBENSON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SAM GROSBY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LEYKN SCHMATZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARQUES HOLLIE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JENNA POLLACK
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 21 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202512949349301046
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