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← SEFARIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SEFARIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,698,044
Total expenses
$4,812,576
Contributions and grants received
$4,697,588
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,796
Other revenue
-$4,340
Total assets, end of year
$4,946,723
Total liabilities, end of year
$307,544
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,639,179
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,786,786
Management and general expenses
$505,669
Fundraising expenses
$520,121
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,786,786

Program services were 78.7% 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

    $4,697,588

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,796 · excluded $4,796

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $19,919

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $24,259

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$4,340 · unrelated business -$4,340

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,141,686 · program services $890,049 · management and general $113,817 · fundraising $137,820

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $690,189 · program services $431,459 · management and general $95,630 · fundraising $163,100

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $156,843 · program services $99,815 · management and general $22,483 · fundraising $34,545

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $124,971 · program services $89,316 · management and general $14,574 · fundraising $21,081

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,789 · management and general $14,789

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,612 · management and general $55,612

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,345,028 · program services $1,199,282 · management and general $138,099 · fundraising $7,647

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,088 · program services $17,216 · management and general $2,809 · fundraising $4,063

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,098 · program services $11,424 · management and general $293 · fundraising $4,381

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26,028 · program services $18,981 · management and general $859 · fundraising $6,188

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,780 · program services $4,319 · management and general $15,461

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS

    total $607,301 · program services $607,301 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM ENGAGEMENT

    total $427,699 · program services $286,871 · management and general $0 · fundraising $140,828

  • 24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE AND HOSTING FE

    total $114,414 · program services $108,658 · management and general $5,288 · fundraising $468

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

    total $24,636 · program services $0 · management and general $24,636 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,414 · program services $22,095 · management and general $1,319

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,944,575 · end of year $3,542,844

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,077,364 · end of year $1,395,128

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,535 · end of year $7,401

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,348 · end of year $1,350

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $325,111 · end of year $282,544

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $25,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,601,347 · end of year $2,901,827

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,152,364 · end of year $1,737,352

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEFARIA, INC. (SEFARIA) IS BUILDING A DIGITAL LIBRARY OF JEWISH TEXTS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS, IN HEBREW AND IN ENGLISH, TO TRANSFORM JEWISH PUBLISHING, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BUILD A DIGITAL LIBARY OF JEWISH TEXTS, IN HEBREW AND IN TRANSLATION, AND TRANSFORM JEWISH EDUCATION, PUBLISHING, TECH AND SCHOLARSHIP.

  • SEFARIA IS BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT LOWERS THE BARRIERS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH TEXTS, CREATES INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND PROVIDES EDUCATORS, SCHOLARS, AND TECHNOLOGISTS WITH AN OPEN SOURCE DATABASE OF TEXTS TO MAKE NEW EDUCATIONAL APPLICATION SIMPLER AND MORE VIABLE TO DEVELOP.SEFARIA'S WORK INVOLVES DIGITIZING HEBREW TEXTS, ACQUIRING TRANSLATIONS OF TEXTS AND DESIGNING AND ENGINEERING DIGITAL INTERFACES AND PRODUCTS FOR EXPLORING THEM.

    Expenses $3,786,786

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joshua Foer

    CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Lockspeiser

    CO-FOUNDER, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $139,050
    From this org
    $139,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Moed

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mo Koyfman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonothan Koschitzky

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elana Stein Hain

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raanan Agus

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Kushner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rona Sheramy

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Englander

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Shapira

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruth Calderon

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russel Neiss

    SENIOR PRODUCT ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $132,486
    From this org
    $115,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,879
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sara Wolkenfeld

    CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $137,622
    From this org
    $117,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,734
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anne Lumerman

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $195,069
    From this org
    $187,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,052
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,267
    Bonus
    $8,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,131
    Nontaxable benefits
    $921
    Filer's total
    $195,069

  • Lev Israel

    CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $227,285
    From this org
    $204,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,275
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,210
    Bonus
    $7,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,723
    Filer's total
    $227,285

  • Daniel Septimus

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $310,168
    From this org
    $298,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,939
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,229
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,958
    Nontaxable benefits
    $981
    Filer's total
    $310,168

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 4A
BRETT LOCKSPEISER - $139,050 INCLUDED IN 2022 FORM W-2

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
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323119349300227

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