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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH GUILD FOR THE BLIND.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,560,371
Total expenses
$5,383,454
Contributions and grants received
$7,497,345
Grants paid
$150,000
Program service revenue
$2,459,222
Investment income
$5,601,486
Other revenue
$2,318
Total assets, end of year
$19,616,101
Total liabilities, end of year
-$33,135,081
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$52,751,182
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,029,866
Management and general expenses
$1,353,588
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,029,866

Program services were 74.9% 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

    $2,370,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,127,345

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REHABILITATION SERVICES-CBVH CONT

    total $2,459,222 · related or exempt $2,459,222 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,718,227 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,718,227

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,221,587

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

    securities $5,338,328

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $883,259

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $883,259 · excluded $883,259

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,318 · excluded $2,318

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,318

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $150,000 · program services $150,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $199,039 · management and general $199,039

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,438,356 · program services $2,171,871 · management and general $266,485 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $158,115 · program services $142,033 · management and general $16,082

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $477,660 · program services $438,999 · management and general $38,661

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $219,804 · program services $187,011 · management and general $32,793

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,956 · management and general $42,956

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $51,812 · management and general $51,812

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $120,867 · program services $249 · management and general $120,618

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $240,383 · program services $166,224 · management and general $74,159

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $94,942 · management and general $94,942

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $326,791 · program services $155,682 · management and general $171,109

  • 17 · Travel

    total $154,545 · program services $154,545

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $559,027 · program services $328,612 · management and general $230,415

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $51,003 · program services $51,003

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $99,275 · program services $82,556 · management and general $16,719

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total -$1,121 · program services $1,081 · management and general -$2,202

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $198,776 · end of year -$161,819

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,361,955 · end of year $3,412,389

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $238,125 · end of year $1,067,711

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,060,421 · end of year $1,409,522

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $9,436 · end of year $9,436

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $460 · end of year $460

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

    $118,688

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

    $69,471

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,970 · end of year $49,217

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,463,014 · end of year $3,656,625

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,763,286 · end of year $1,839,188

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,333,391 · end of year $8,333,372

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,908,068 · end of year $1,918,265

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year -$33,516,131 · end of year -$35,053,346

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,303,077 · end of year $35,632,902

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,792,820 · end of year $17,118,280

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES THAT INSPIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED TO ATTAIN THEIR GOALS.

  • Vision Rehabilitation: Approximately 1,200 people received vision rehabilitation services in 2023. Examples included: academic and communication skills training to assess academic potential, use adaptive aids, and prepare for tests such as high school equivalency tests and college preparatory exams. Training in adaptive technology to help clients enter or stay in school or the job market, including technologies that enlarge written material, software that reads what is on a computer screen, and other devices that compensate for vision loss. Career services that prepare clients for work, including pre-employment training, resume and interview strategies, job retention services, and presentations for employers on how to fully integrate and accommodate people who are visually impaired. Living skills training to teach clients how to function safely and independently in the home. Orientation and mobility instruction on how to navigate safely in homes and neighborhoods and to travel to school and work.

    Expenses $3,768,284 · Revenue $2,459,222

  • Education and research support: Fifteen merit-based scholarships of $10,000 each were awarded this year to help legally blind students successfully transition to college or support their post-graduate education, as well as facilitate their career development. Jewish Guild Healthcare also presented the Bressler Prize in vision science to recognize a clinician-scientist whose leadership, research and service resulted in translation of medical or scientific knowledge into significant advancements in the treatment or rehabilitation of people with vision loss.

    Expenses $261,582 · Grants $150,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Calvin W Roberts MD

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,079,452
    From this org
    $31,548
    From related orgs
    $1,020,048
    Other
    $27,856
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 48.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $30,825 + $996,663 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $723 + $23,385 related
    Deferred
    $693 + $22,407 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $143 + $4,613 related
    Filer's total
    $32,384 + $1,047,068 related
  • Paul D Misiti

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $491,886
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $467,080
    Other
    $24,806
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $374,889 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $92,191 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,100 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,706 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $491,886 related
  • Maura Sweeney

    CHIEF PROGRAM & SERV. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $429,303
    From this org
    $57,674
    From related orgs
    $326,824
    Other
    $44,805
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $57,576 + $326,267 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $98 + $557 related
    Deferred
    $3,464 + $19,636 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,256 + $18,449 related
    Filer's total
    $64,394 + $364,909 related
  • Brian Dever

    CHIEF DEVEL. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $359,477
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $299,663
    Other
    $59,814
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $278,941 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $20,722 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $22,169 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,645 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $359,477 related
  • Bryan M Wolynski

    Chief Technology Officer

    Total calculated
    $285,256
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $246,651
    Other
    $38,605
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $236,153 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $10,498 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,843 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,762 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $285,256 related
  • William H Seiple

    Chief Research Officer

    Total calculated
    $279,923
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $259,571
    Other
    $20,352
    Hours/week
    0 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $257,963 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,608 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $18,096 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,256 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $279,923 related
  • Nicole R Hart

    GC & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $274,644
    From this org
    $10,479
    From related orgs
    $199,093
    Other
    $65,072
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $9,346 + $177,574 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,133 + $21,519 related
    Deferred
    $812 + $15,418 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,442 + $46,400 related
    Filer's total
    $13,733 + $260,911 related
  • Melissa Rosenbaum

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $260,030
    From this org
    $35,167
    From related orgs
    $184,629
    Other
    $40,234
    Hours/week
    6.4 + 33.6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $34,994 + $183,719 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $173 + $910 related
    Deferred
    $2,585 + $13,570 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,852 + $20,227 related
    Filer's total
    $41,604 + $218,426 related
  • MD M Rahman

    Dir IT Network Infra &Ops

    Total calculated
    $240,226
    From this org
    $8,875
    From related orgs
    $168,642
    Other
    $62,709
    Hours/week
    1.75 + 33.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $8,861 + $168,366 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $14 + $276 related
    Deferred
    $693 + $13,160 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,443 + $46,413 related
    Filer's total
    $12,011 + $228,215 related
  • Charles M Campos

    Dir of Budget and Reimbur

    Total calculated
    $212,102
    From this org
    $23,050
    From related orgs
    $124,701
    Other
    $64,351
    Hours/week
    5.46 + 29.54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $22,997 + $124,417 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $53 + $284 related
    Deferred
    $1,875 + $10,143 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,164 + $44,169 related
    Filer's total
    $33,089 + $179,013 related
  • Jaine M Schmidt

    CHIEF COMM. & MARK. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $204,987
    From this org
    $16,968
    From related orgs
    $152,706
    Other
    $35,313
    Hours/week
    3.5 + 31.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $16,902 + $152,117 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $66 + $589 related
    Deferred
    $1,259 + $11,334 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,272 + $20,448 related
    Filer's total
    $20,499 + $184,488 related
  • Lauren Doody

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $204,463
    From this org
    $14,813
    From related orgs
    $170,348
    Other
    $19,302
    Hours/week
    3.2 + 36.8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $14,785 + $170,025 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $28 + $323 related
    Deferred
    $1,049 + $12,058 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $496 + $5,699 related
    Filer's total
    $16,358 + $188,105 related
  • Coya A Hall

    Dir. Clin. Appl. & QI Rep

    Total calculated
    $188,455
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $130,256
    Other
    $58,199
    Hours/week
    0 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $130,151 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $105 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,228 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $47,971 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $188,455 related
  • Cheryl A Pemberton-Graves

    CHIEF VOLUNTEER OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $163,793
    From this org
    $5,477
    From related orgs
    $108,926
    Other
    $49,390
    Hours/week
    1.91 + 38.09 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $5,457 + $108,523 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20 + $403 related
    Deferred
    $439 + $8,740 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,925 + $38,286 related
    Filer's total
    $7,841 + $155,952 related
  • Karen L Barth

    Dir. of Benefits and Comp

    Total calculated
    $156,809
    From this org
    $22,909
    From related orgs
    $120,271
    Other
    $13,629
    Hours/week
    5.6 + 29.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $22,795 + $119,672 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $114 + $599 related
    Deferred
    $1,621 + $8,508 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $560 + $2,940 related
    Filer's total
    $25,090 + $131,719 related
  • Carmen Wan

    Asst. Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $143,907
    From this org
    $13,154
    From related orgs
    $118,381
    Other
    $12,372
    Hours/week
    3.5 + 31.5 related
  • Sarah A Spicehandler

    Executive Asst. to CEO

    Total calculated
    $133,556
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $94,751
    Other
    $38,805
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related
  • Eric Maidenberg

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.9 related
  • James M Dubin

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 4.9 related
  • Lawrence E Goldschmidt

    VICE CHAIR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 4.9 related
  • Marios Damianides

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1.9 related
  • Pauline Raiff

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.9 related
  • Ronald G Weiner

    DEPUTY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.9 related
  • Thomas G Kahn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.9 related
  • Thomas S T Gimbel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.9 related

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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part 1, Line 1a:
Paul Misiti's employment contract signed in 2020, states that Lighthouse Guild will reimburse for reasonable lodging expenses required for him to work from LGI headquarters in New York City.

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.

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.

  • LGI SERVICES LLC

    PAYROLL · NY · income $0 · assets -$131,778

    Directly controlled by JEWISH GUILD

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413129349303386

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