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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SMALL JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF WESTERN UKRAINE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$201,556
Total expenses
$227,416
Contributions and grants received
$201,556
Grants paid
$182,185
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$470
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,762
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$15,292
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$210,766
Management and general expenses
$16,650
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$210,766

Program services were 92.7% 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

    $201,556

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $182,185 · program services $182,185

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,467 · program services $4,467

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,538 · program services $17,723 · management and general $11,815

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,288 · program services $1,288

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,005 · management and general $1,005

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $2,512 · management and general $2,512

  • 24b · Other expenses: OFFICE AND SHIPPING

    total $3,509 · program services $3,509

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION

    total $900 · management and general $900

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUTO

    total $1,594 · program services $1,594

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $418 · management and general $418

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,689 · end of year $470

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $121 · end of year $15,762

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $10,568 · end of year -$15,292

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF THE JEWISH POPULATION OF SMALL COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN UKRAINE. THE JEWS OF SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS IN UKRAINE ARE IN NEED OF SPECIAL ASSISTANCE AS THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE CULTURAL AND URBAN CENTERS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN UKRAINE. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS EFFORTS OF RABBI TAMARIN OF SMALL JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN UKRAINE. RABBI TAMARIN IS BASED IN ZHYTOMYR UKRAINE AND HE IS LITERALLY SAVING LOCAL JEWS BY PROVIDING FOOD, MEDICINE AND EVACUATING ELDELRY PEOPLE FROM THE COMBAT ZONE. THE RUSSIAN INVASION MADE HIS WORK EVEN MORE CRITICAL. AMONG THE PROJECTS THAT THE DONEE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024:DELIVERING FOOD PACKAGES TO OVER 1700 ADDRESSES.ORGANIZING AND FINANCING THE CELEBRATION OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS IN SMALL COMMUNITIES.PROCURING AND DELIVERING MEDICATION TO MANY FAMILIES, SOME OF WHOM REQUIRE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE SAME. PROVIDING REMOTE EDUCATION ON JUDAISM TO FEMALE STUDENTS IN 40 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THE PROCUREMENT OF STUDY MATERIALS AND STIPENDS. THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTED NEEDY JEWS TO HELP WITH THE CELEBRATION OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS.ROSH HASHANAH:* CELEBRATION IN COMMUNITIES (LITERATURE, TREATS - DISTRIBUTION OF KOSHER PRODUCTS AND MONEY TRANSFER FOR LOCAL FOOD PURCHASES).* MAILING OF PARCELS FOR CHILDREN.* SUKKOT - PURCHASE OF RELIGIOUS ARTICLES IN ISRAEL, DELIVERY TO UKRAINE AND DISTRIBUTION TO SMALL COMMUNITIES.SUKKOT MEALS. * SIMCHAT TORAH - ABOUT 40 SMALL COMMUNITIES - MONEY, FOOD, LITERATURE.* HOLIDAY PARCELS FOR TISHREI - IN A FEW HUNDRED SMALL TOWNS - WINE, SAUSAGE, HALVA, CANDLES.HANUKKAH:* CHILDRENS PARCELS IN OVER 80 LOCATIONSHANUKKIAH, LITERATURE, SWEETS IN LARGE QUANTITIES.* BRINGING IN SEVERAL PAIRS OF EMISSARIES FROM ISRAEL, RUSSIAN-SPEAKING YESHIVA BOYS, AND ORGANIZING TRIPS AROUND THE SMALL COMMUNITIES; BRINGING DONUTS AND HANUKKIAHS AND FESTIVE FEASTS TO DOZENS OF SMALL COMMUNITIES TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.* SENDING ADDRESSED PARCELS WITH HANUKKIAHS AND BASIC FOOD PRODUCTS IN LARGE QUANTITIES - OIL, FLOUR, SUGAR, ETC. - BY POST SERVICE TO OVER 200 SMALL SETTLEMENTS.

    Expenses $210,766 · Grants $182,185 · Revenue $201,556

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Abraham Tzukernik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Oleksii Dombrovskyi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Yakov Sidorov

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349315038

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