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← JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,337,028,835
Total expenses
$1,039,340,572
Contributions and grants received
$1,188,811,186
Grants paid
$1,023,406,196
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$148,841,080
Other revenue
-$623,431
Total assets, end of year
$3,552,406,570
Total liabilities, end of year
$115,649,635
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,436,756,935
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,024,906,875
Management and general expenses
$12,399,262
Fundraising expenses
$2,034,435
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,024,906,875

Program services were 98.6% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $64,439

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,188,746,747

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $405,598,653

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48,232,388 · excluded $48,232,388

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $24,036

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $24,036

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $24,036 · excluded $24,036

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $16,211,863,478

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

    securities $16,111,254,786

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $100,608,692

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $100,608,692 · excluded $100,608,692

  • 11a · Other revenue: K-1 PASS-THROUGH LOSS

    total -$647,467 · unrelated business -$647,467

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$647,467

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $926,758,246 · program services $926,758,246

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $96,647,950 · program services $96,647,950

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,632,673 · program services $465,180 · management and general $1,033,616 · fundraising $133,877

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,224,817 · program services $461,140 · management and general $1,001,255 · fundraising $762,422

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $182,286 · program services $38,718 · management and general $99,145 · fundraising $44,423

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $605,066 · program services $128,516 · management and general $329,095 · fundraising $147,455

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $413,090 · program services $87,740 · management and general $224,680 · fundraising $100,670

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $478,058 · management and general $478,058

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $205,277 · management and general $205,277

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,080,415 · management and general $7,080,415

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $408,938 · management and general $408,938

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $481,252 · fundraising $481,252

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $91,835 · program services $26,816 · management and general $42,428 · fundraising $22,591

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $479,026 · management and general $479,026

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $632,251 · program services $184,617 · management and general $292,100 · fundraising $155,534

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $140,499 · program services $19,195 · management and general $30,371 · fundraising $90,933

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $121,306 · program services $35,421 · management and general $56,043 · fundraising $29,842

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $125,450 · program services $36,631 · management and general $57,958 · fundraising $30,861

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANKING AND CREDIT CARD

    total $282,908 · management and general $282,908

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $227,438 · program services $16,705 · management and general $176,158 · fundraising $34,575

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEDERAL AND STATE TAXES

    total $121,791 · management and general $121,791

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $55,771,747 · end of year $131,537,006

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

    $357,119

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

    $357,119

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,237,910,851 · end of year $2,579,518,537

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $646,329,125 · end of year $757,451,352

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $12,640,381 · end of year $83,899,675

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,094,894 · end of year $1,745,245

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $54,102,785 · end of year $113,904,390

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,897,454,425 · end of year $3,436,756,935

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY THROUGH DONOR ADVISED FUNDS.

  • JCF'S PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SERVE DONORS WHO HAVE ENTRUSTED IT WITH THEIR CHARITABLE DOLLARS. JCF TAKES THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND IS COMMITTED TO TREATING ITS DONORS WITH THE UTMOST INTEGRITY AND RESPECT. JCF HANDLES ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH DONOR-ADVISED FUND AND PROVIDES DONORS WITH REGULAR REPORTS ON CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS, INVESTMENT INCOME, FUND BALANCE AND ALL OTHER ACTIVITY RELATED TO THE FUND. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION.

    Expenses $1,024,906,875 · Grants $1,023,406,196

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Elisia Abrams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Mirels

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Barry Moss

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Geula Solomon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Marc Utay

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Gabriel Wasserman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Spencer Waxman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrea Markezin-Press

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aaron Zises

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Holly Newman Kroft

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Uri Kaufthal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zoe Bernstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel B Blaser

    CHAIR, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Daniel Bonner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Will Bressman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Raymond Chalme

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Richard Chera

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jerry Kestenbaum

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Samara Cohen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Martine Fleishman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan S Halperin Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Spencer Herbst

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Ben Hochberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ellen Horing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aaron Kapito

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Suzie Davidowitz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marina Lewin

    SENIOR VP AND COO

    Total calculated
    $525,753
    From this org
    $437,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,183
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $387,570
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,876
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,307
    Filer's total
    $525,753
  • Melanie Marchfeld

    VP GRANTS ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $329,447
    From this org
    $258,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,971
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,476
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,311
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,660
    Filer's total
    $329,447
  • Rachel Schnoll

    EXECUTIVE VP AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $774,873
    From this org
    $672,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $102,748
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $522,125
    Bonus
    $150,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,873
    Filer's total
    $774,873
  • Ashley Clemente

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $387,177
    From this org
    $328,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,266
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,911
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,283
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,983
    Filer's total
    $387,177
  • Michelle Lebowits

    VP PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $346,876
    From this org
    $275,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,843
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,033
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,680
    Filer's total
    $346,876
  • Igor Musayev

    VP INVESTMENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $309,015
    From this org
    $269,676
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,339
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,676
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,068
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,271
    Filer's total
    $309,015
  • Rachel Redlich

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $242,085
    From this org
    $177,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,496
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,589
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,478
    Filer's total
    $242,085
  • Leigh Wasserman

    DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $191,356
    From this org
    $145,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,902
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,454
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,902
    Filer's total
    $191,356
  • Ellen Smith Israelson

    FORMER VP, MRKTING & B. DEV.

    Total calculated
    $115,621
    From this org
    $104,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,899
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $84,722
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,899
    Filer's total
    $115,621

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN FOR THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/CEO AND THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/COO. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN MADE BY JCF DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024 TOTALED $46,000.
PART I, LINE 7
THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED NONFIXED PAYMENTS FOR SEVERAL EMPLOYEES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024.
PART II, LINE 9
AMOUNTS IN LINE 9 REPRESENT A FORMER EMPLOYEES 2024 W-2 SALARY AND BONUS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 FROM THE PERIOD OF 1/1-3/29/24.

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

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.

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
2 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640629349300234

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