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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,519,148
Total expenses
$1,461,774
Contributions and grants received
$594,581
Grants paid
$214,789
Program service revenue
$698,215
Investment income
$183,187
Other revenue
$43,165
Total assets, end of year
$3,477,093
Total liabilities, end of year
$307,167
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,169,926
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,181,259
Management and general expenses
$210,991
Fundraising expenses
$69,524
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,181,259

Program services were 80.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $34,140

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $560,441

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL CONFERENCE

    total $355,355 · related or exempt $355,355

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $313,412 · related or exempt $313,412

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $29,448 · unrelated business $29,448

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $183,187 · excluded $183,187

  • 11a · Other revenue: POSTION LISTING

    total $21,000 · excluded $21,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: JOURNAL ROYALTIES

    total $14,263 · excluded $14,263

  • 11c · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $7,902 · unrelated business $2,942 · excluded $4,960

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $43,165

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,500 · program services $5,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $174,215 · program services $174,215

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $35,074 · program services $35,074

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $180,479 · program services $129,945 · management and general $36,096 · fundraising $14,438

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $324,457 · program services $214,986 · management and general $82,286 · fundraising $27,185

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,907 · program services $22,973 · management and general $6,381 · fundraising $2,553

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,831 · program services $22,413 · management and general $5,710 · fundraising $2,708

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,670 · program services $27,122 · management and general $7,534 · fundraising $3,014

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $896 · program services $896

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,425 · program services $4,000 · management and general $15,425

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $19,677 · management and general $19,677

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $99,699 · program services $79,169 · management and general $10,790 · fundraising $9,740

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,996 · program services $34,996

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $476 · management and general $373 · fundraising $103

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $37,240 · program services $29,508 · management and general $5,649 · fundraising $2,083

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,662 · program services $6,368 · management and general $5,310 · fundraising $1,984

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,839 · program services $9,306 · management and general $1,533

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $273,303 · program services $273,303

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,000 · program services $4,818 · management and general $4,182

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAVEL GRANTS EXPENSES

    total $57,039 · program services $57,039

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $24,681 · program services $13,497 · management and general $9,998 · fundraising $1,186

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $18,862 · program services $16,302 · fundraising $2,560

  • 24d · Other expenses: AJS REVIEW

    total $11,450 · program services $11,450

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,396 · program services $8,379 · management and general $47 · fundraising $1,970

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $181,941 · end of year $119,082

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,444 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,250 · end of year $81,290

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,622 · end of year $36,690

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $361,057 · end of year $437,206

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,366,266 · end of year $2,802,825

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $119,518 · end of year $303,447

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $58,707 · end of year $3,720

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,304,691 · end of year $1,542,160

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,493,664 · end of year $1,627,766

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES IS A LEARNED SOCIETY AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN JEWISH STUDIES AT COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND OTHER ... CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES IS A LEARNED SOCIETY AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN JEWISH STUDIES AT COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, AND TO FOSTER GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP AMONG THE WIDER PUBLIC.

  • 1. ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR 1100 PEOPLE2. 2 MAJOR PUBLICATIONS: AJS PERSPECTIVES AND AJS REVIEW3. MULTIPLE AWARDS AND GRANT PROGRAMS INCLUDING: JORDAN SCHNITZER BOOK AWARDS AND DISSERTATION COMPLETION FELLOWSHIPS

    Expenses $1,181,259 · Grants $214,789 · Revenue $668,767

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Victoria Aarons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ari Ariel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Auketayeva

    AJS PERSPECTIVES (EX OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monique Balbuena

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisheva Baumgarten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Boxer

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Branfman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adriana Brodsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lila Corwin Berman

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krista Dalton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jodi Eichler-Levine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirsten Fermaglich

    VP-PUBLICATIONS STARTING 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ari Finkelstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Fishkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexandria Frisch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregg Gardner

    AJS REVIEW (EX OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Gribetz

    AJS REVIEW (EX OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robin Judd

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Kim

    PRESIDENT - STARTING 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hannah Kosstrin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hartley Lachter

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Leibman

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Lieber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Lieberman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Limonic

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judith Liwerant-Bokser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abigail Meyer

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan Roby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Satlow

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Federica Schoeman

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Shear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helene Sinnreich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Skolnik

    AJS PERSPECTIVES (EX OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Strauss

    DIRECTOR - LEFT 12/14/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anna Elena Torres

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Underwood

    VP-PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Verskin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dov Waxman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Warren Hoffman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EX OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $180,479
    From this org
    $145,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,995
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,484
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,548
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,447
    Filer's total
    $180,479

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2025
Filed
9 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621639349300202

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