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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VINE & FIG TREE INSTITUTE I INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,001,041
Total expenses
$1,109,906
Contributions and grants received
$3,001,041
Grants paid
$850,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,891,145
Total liabilities, end of year
$10
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,891,135
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,027,665
Management and general expenses
$78,556
Fundraising expenses
$3,685
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,027,665

Program services were 92.6% 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

    $3,001,041

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $850,000 · program services $850,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $225,050 · program services $163,016 · management and general $61,384 · fundraising $650

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,427 · program services $714 · fundraising $713

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,204 · management and general $10,204

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,225 · program services $13,935 · management and general $6,968 · fundraising $2,322

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,891,145

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $10

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,891,135

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Vine & Fig Tree Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that combats antisemitism and hate, promotes tolerance and civic cohesion, and advances shared democratic values through research, digital monitoring, and the creation of educational and technology-based tools.

  • Vine & Fig Tree Institute combines research, education and technology innovation to counter antisemitism and hate online and offline. The organization builds tools to help partners be more effective in pushing back against antisemitism and hate, provides access to the resources they need to respond, produces educational materials to strengthen civic cohesion, and supports mission-aligned organizations working to defend democratic values. Its work is funded by philanthropic support and carried out in collaboration with trusted partners.

    Expenses $1,027,665 · Grants $850,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ari Gontownik

    Director & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35 + 2 related

  • Michael Davis

    Chairman & President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35 + 4 related

  • Weston Edwards

    Director & Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202533219349305718

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