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← CAMP RAMAH IN CALIFORNIA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CAMP RAMAH IN CALIFORNIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,415,143
Total expenses
$15,044,430
Contributions and grants received
$5,786,070
Grants paid
$1,062,824
Program service revenue
$9,045,522
Investment income
$284,126
Other revenue
-$700,575
Total assets, end of year
$27,449,835
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,256,211
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,193,624
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,460,502
Management and general expenses
$621,133
Fundraising expenses
$962,795
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,460,502

Program services were 89.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $850,287

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $205,353

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,730,430

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMP TUITION

    total $9,045,522 · related or exempt $9,045,522

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $257,993 · excluded $257,993

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,188,238

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

    securities $1,162,105

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $26,133

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $26,133 · excluded $26,133

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $106,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $850,287

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $190,350

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$84,350 · excluded -$84,350

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $35,973 · excluded $35,973

  • 11b · Other revenue: LOSS FROM FRAUD

    total -$652,198 · excluded -$652,198

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$616,225

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,062,824 · program services $1,062,824

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $539,565 · program services $458,331 · management and general $30,512 · fundraising $50,722

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,775,722 · program services $3,262,464 · management and general $158,318 · fundraising $354,940

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $59,295 · program services $50,368 · management and general $3,353 · fundraising $5,574

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $515,773 · program services $438,120 · management and general $29,167 · fundraising $48,486

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $280,890 · program services $238,601 · management and general $15,884 · fundraising $26,405

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $118,352 · management and general $118,352

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $371,567 · program services $304,199 · management and general $24,808 · fundraising $42,560

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $49,437 · management and general $49,437

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $950,756 · program services $844,542 · fundraising $106,214

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $131,019 · program services $114,787 · management and general $6,151 · fundraising $10,081

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $688,323 · program services $573,267 · management and general $43,174 · fundraising $71,882

  • 20 · Interest

    total $239,314 · program services $156,352 · management and general $30,313 · fundraising $52,649

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $601,078 · program services $516,895 · management and general $31,901 · fundraising $52,282

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $476,418 · program services $409,694 · management and general $25,285 · fundraising $41,439

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMMING & RECRUITME

    total $4,377,451 · program services $4,361,391 · management and general $2,976 · fundraising $13,084

  • 24b · Other expenses: CAMP REPAIR & MAINTENAN

    total $369,666 · program services $317,894 · management and general $19,619 · fundraising $32,153

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT CHARGES

    total $164,189 · program services $107,270 · management and general $20,797 · fundraising $36,122

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $272,791 · program services $243,503 · management and general $11,086 · fundraising $18,202

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,252,114 · end of year $621,603

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,464,412 · end of year $4,659,709

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $380,409 · end of year $289,383

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,159 · end of year $93,623

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $65,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $412,108 · end of year $447,489

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

    $21,642,909

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

    $9,481,114

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,571,784 · end of year $12,161,795

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,800,460 · end of year $8,742,038

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $107,975 · end of year $107,975

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $240,384 · end of year $261,220

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $670,754 · end of year $1,439,981

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,047,054 · end of year $2,351,937

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,813,930 · end of year $3,347,626

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $583,333 · end of year $116,667

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $62,144 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,936,270 · end of year $8,389,492

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,131,320 · end of year $11,804,132

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CREATE HOLY EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES, WHEREIN CAMPERS AND STAFF LEARN TO LIVE COMMITTED JEWISH LIVES, EMBODYING THE IDEALS OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHILDREN AND ADULT CAMPS FOR RELIGIOUS TRAINING BENEFITING MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE.

  • SUMMER AND WINTER CAMP AT RAMAH, YOUR CHILD LIVES IN A FUN, CARING JEWISH COMMUNITY IN WHICH EACH CHILD IS VALUED AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND AS PART OF A LARGER FAMILY. JEWISH PRAYER, TEXTS, AND CUSTOMS ARE EXPLORED THROUGH ENGAGING DISCUSSIONS, PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES AND SHABBAT CELEBRATION. HEBREW IS SPOKEN AND LEARNED AT CAMP IN A SPIRIT UNIQUE TO RAMAH, AND COMES ALIVE IN THE CHADAR OCHEL (DINING ROOM), ON THE STAGE OF OUR AMPHITHEATER, IN CHEERS AND THROUGHOUT CAMP. JEWISH AND ISRAELI CULTURE IS CELEBRATED THROUGH SONG, FOOD, ART AND DANCE. AS CAMPERS GROW, WE FOCUS ON DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL ACTION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THROUGH THEIR YEARS AT CAMP, YOUR CHILD WILL ENJOY THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AQUATICS - SWIMMING LESSONS, LIFEGUARD TRAINING, WATER POLO AND WATER SPORTS. PERFORMING ARTS - DRAMA, DANCE, ROCK BAND AND OTHER MUSIC. SPORTS - BASKETBALL, SOCCER, TENNIS, VOLLEYBALL, GA-GA, SELF-DEFENSE, ARCHERY AND MORE. OUTDOOR ADVENTURE - ROPES COURSE, HIKING, BIKING, SURVIVAL SKILLS, NATURE AND MORE. VISUAL ARTS - ARTS AND CRAFTS, JEWELRY MAKING, CERAMICS/SCULPTURE. MEDIA ARTS - VIDEO PRODUCTION, PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM. CAMPING TRIPS -SLEEP OUT UNDER THE STARS, CAMPFIRES, OUTDOOR COOKING, ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES (KAYAKING OR ROCK CLIMBING OR SURFING OR ORIENTEERING).

    Expenses $13,460,502 · Grants $1,062,824 · Revenue $9,045,522

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Lee Rosen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ellen Brown

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Cooper

    VICE CHAIR / FACILITIES (RESIGNED 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Gryczman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonny Mars

    VICE CHAIR / BUDGET & FINANCE/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karmi Monsher

    VICE CHAIR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tzivia Schwartz Getzug

    VICE CHAIR / GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Anschell

    BOARD MEMBER (JOINED 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Ashkenazi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Alyse Baron

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Baran Spiwak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irene Basloe Saraf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Beiser

    BOARD MEMBER (ROLLED OFF 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Richard Camras

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Caplan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alison Feinberg

    BOARD MEMBER (ROLLED OFF 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aviv Gilboa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana Goodman Schlessinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Hellman

    BOARD MEMBER (JOINED 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Howard

    BOARD MEMBER (JOINED 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Kekst

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Linhardt

    BOARD MEMBER (JOINED 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Marks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Mattes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adrian Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtney Mizel

    BOARD MEMBER (ROLLED OFF 11/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Natelson

    BOARD MEMBER (JOINED 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hannah Platt Rosin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremy Rosenthal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Schneidermann

    BOARD MEMBER (JOINED 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sami Weisberg Schwartz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lesley Wolman

    BOARD MEMBER (ROLLED OFF 08/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Zagursky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Menashe

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $378,659
    From this org
    $322,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,105
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,554
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $108,000
    Deferred
    $40,734
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,371
    Filer's total
    $378,659
  • Randy Michaels

    CFO/COO/DIR. OF FINANCE/ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $274,846
    From this org
    $246,302
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,544
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,302
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,014
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,530
    Filer's total
    $274,846
  • Ariella Moss-Peterseil

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $314,607
    From this org
    $274,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,139
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $52,660
    Deferred
    $15,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,699
    Filer's total
    $314,607
  • Mike Dolinka

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $150,379
    From this org
    $145,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,983
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,396
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,983
    Filer's total
    $150,379
  • Jesse Zilberstein

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY CARE

    Total calculated
    $131,183
    From this org
    $129,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,983
    Hours/week
    35
  • Maria Brewer

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $134,259
    From this org
    $113,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,365
    Hours/week
    35

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 · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Discretionary spending account
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CAMP DIRECTOR ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE RESIDENCE ON THE CAMP SITE DURING SUMMER FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF CONDUCTING THE SUMMER ACTIVITIES HELD BY CAMP RAMAH. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAMP DIRECTOR IS GIVEN A HOUSING ALLOWANCE OF $30,000. NO CASH ALLOWANCE IS GIVEN TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOWARDS THE HOUSING ALLOWANCE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CAMP DIRECTOR ARE ALSO ENTITLED TO TUITION REIMBURSEMENT AND PERSONAL FLIGHT REIMBURSEMENTS. ALL HCES ARE GIVEN FREE CAMP TUITION FOR FAMILY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS AN AUTO ALLOWANCE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALSO HAS A DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ACCOUNT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING HIM TO MAKE PROGRAM RELATED PURCHASES FOR THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY CAMP RAMAH. ALL OF THE EXPENSES ARE ADEQUATELY ACCOUNTED FOR IN A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD AND ALL OF THE EXPENSES ARE DEDUCTIBLE FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
PART I, LINE 7
THE CHIEF FINANCE AND OPERATING OFFICER RECEIVED A FORGIVABLE LOAN OF $65,000 IN 2024, GOVERNED BY A FORGIVABLE LOAN AGREEMENT.

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349311282

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