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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$50,808,389
Total expenses
$58,133,700
Contributions and grants received
$48,836,032
Grants paid
$54,810,639
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,972,357
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$62,716,061
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$62,716,061
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$56,760,998
Management and general expenses
$1,233,318
Fundraising expenses
$139,384
Program service expenses (Part III)
$56,760,998

Program services were 97.6% 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

    $48,836,032

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,663,172 · excluded $1,663,172

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $34,943,167

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $34,633,982

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $309,185

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $309,185 · excluded $309,185

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,189,872 · program services $15,189,872

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $54,722 · program services $54,722

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $39,566,045 · program services $39,566,045

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $56,075 · program services $45,684 · management and general $10,391

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $585,232 · program services $542,485 · management and general $42,747

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $253,637 · program services $232,621 · management and general $21,016

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $113,124 · program services $103,751 · management and general $9,373

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,461 · management and general $17,461

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,511 · management and general $17,511

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $292,539 · management and general $292,539

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,486,519 · program services $581,077 · management and general $766,058 · fundraising $139,384

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,500 · management and general $19,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $223,260 · program services $223,260

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $35,893 · management and general $35,893

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $222,310 · program services $221,481 · management and general $829

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,852,147 · end of year $1,402,937

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $42,450,427 · end of year $7,883,487

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $90,587 · end of year $376,687

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

    $1,072,094

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

    $472,094

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,747,500 · end of year $600,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $18,187,172 · end of year $51,836,063

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $616,887

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,500

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $129,300

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,675,878 · end of year $58,751,745

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,503,155 · end of year $3,964,316

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID AND JEWISH EDUCATION, ORGANIZE AND PROVIDE CULTURAL EVENTS AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES, AND HELP DEVELOP JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND REBUILD JEWISH INSTITUTIONS, IN RUSSIA, THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, AND ELSEWHERE.

  • CULTURE & COMMUNITY CENTERS - THE FEDERATION FOR JEWISH COMMUNITIES IS PROMOTING THE REBIRTH OF JEWISH CULTURE BY SPONSORING PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTIONS IN 15 COUNTRIES. A CREATIVE INCUBATOR FOR THE FIRST POST-SOVIET GENERATION OF JEWISH ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, COMPOSERS, AND WRITERS, THIS CULTURAL ARCHIPELAGO INCLUDES LIBRARIES, COMPUTER CENTERS, MUSEUMS, CHESS TOURNAMENTS, ATHLETICS, ART EXHIBITIONS, POETRY READINGS, CONCERTS, THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, DANCE GROUPS, ADULT EDUCATION, AND HOBBY CLUBS. MOST ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE AT FEDERATION-SPONSORED JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS. A SUCCESSFUL JCC IS A SECOND HOME, WHERE JEWS OF ALL AFFILIATIONS AND AGES JOIN EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER MYRIAD ACTIVITIES IN A NURTURING COMMUNAL SETTING. THEY HOST WOMEN'S CLUBS, SPORTS CLUBS, BOOK CLUBS, CHESS CLUBS, SINGLES' CLUBS, FAMILY CLUBS, BUSINESS CLUBS, AND YIDDISH CLUBS. THEY OFFER HEBREW CLASSES AND DISCUSSION GROUPS ON JEWISH TOPICS, SUCH AS TALMUD, KABBALAH, MEDICAL ETHICS, AND FAMILY LAW. THEY SERVE AS AN INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CENTER, AND WILL ARRANGE HOLIDAY EVENTS AND LIFE CYCLE CEREMONIES. IN MANY COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE THE SOLE SUPPLIER OF JUDAICA. THE FEDERATION CURRENTLY SUPPORTS MORE THAN 100 COMMUNITY CENTERS ACROSS THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. OUR GOAL IS TO OPEN A JCC CENTER IN EVERY CITY AND TOWN WITH A SUBSTANTIAL JEWISH POPULATION, EACH WITH ITS OWN FITNESS CENTER, MULTI-FUNCTION HALLS AND CLASSROOMS, THEATER, LIBRARY, SOUP KITCHEN, AND EVEN MEDICAL FACILITIES. WE ALSO HELP REBUILD SYNAGOGUES AND MIKVAS, REFURBISHING CEMETERIES AND HELPING THE NEEDY. THROUGH A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH CHABAD LUBAVITCH, THE FJC SUPPORTS MORE THAN 200 PERMANENT RABBIS SERVING OVER 90 COMMUNITIES IN 15 COUNTRIES. MANY SERVE IN REMOTE LOCATIONS AND INHOSPITABLE CLIMATES. IN ADDITION TO LEADING PRAYER SERVICES AND PERFORMING WEDDINGS, BAR AND BAT MITZVAHS AND FUNERALS, THESE RABBIS PARTNER WITH LOCAL JEWISH LEADERS IN REBUILDING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEADING THE REMARKABLE REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE THROUGHOUT THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

    Expenses $19,467,117 · Grants $18,798,209

  • RELIGIOUS & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES - FOR MILLIONS OF JEWS WHO WERE UNFAILINGLY EDUCATED IN THE STATE DOCTRINE OF ATHEISM, FORCED TO GROW UP WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RELIGION, CULTURE OR HERITAGE, JEWISH EDUCATION IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXPERIENCE OF SPIRITUAL REBIRTH. THE FEDERATION FOR JEWISH COMMUNITIES SUPPORTS 124 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING JEWISH KINDERGARTENS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, WITH AN AGGREGATE ENROLLMENT OF MORE THAN 7,000 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $27,730,358 · Grants $26,777,518

  • HUMANITARIAN AID - MORE THAN ONE MILLION JEWS STILL LIVE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. MORE THAN A THIRD OF THEM ARE POOR, SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES, ELDERLY, DISABLED, OR SICK, MANY LACK THE MOST BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING AND MEDICINE. THE FEDERATION FOR JEWISH COMMUNITIES SUPPORTS SOUP KITCHENS AND THE DELIVERY OF THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL MEALS TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T LEAVE THEIR HOMES, CHILDREN, AND NEEDY FAMILIES. THE FEDERATION ALSO SUPPORTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF CLOTHES AND MEDICATIONS, MEDICAL CLINICS, ORPHANAGES, SAFE HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING, AND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTERS FOR JEWS THROUGHOUT THE FSU.

    Expenses $9,563,523 · Grants $9,234,911

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

Listed in Part VII

  • David Mondshine

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Shlomo Peles

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Berel Lazar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Yosef Brickman

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Grants on this return

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501679349301880

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