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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 25 October 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$3,421,009 changed to $2,102,522
Total expenses
$2,824,868 changed to $4,114,327
Contributions and grants received
$2,989,843 changed to $1,893,148
Grants paid
$0 changed to $2,255,813
Program service revenue
$430,526 changed to $208,943
Investment income
$640 changed to $431
Total assets, end of year
$3,080,963 changed to $2,144,890
Total liabilities, end of year
$42,890 changed to $1,118,622
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,038,073 changed to $1,026,268
Program services expenses
$1,758,921 changed to $3,377,721
Management and general expenses
$763,999 changed to $582,687
Fundraising expenses
$301,948 changed to $153,919
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,758,921 changed to $3,377,721

Listed only on the earlier return

  • GIL STEINLAUF
  • JOSHUA SAYLES
  • JUDY L SMITH
  • MELANIE ROTH GORELICK
  • WALTER SPIEGEL

Listed only on the later return

  • JOSH SAYLES
  • JUDY SMITH
  • WALTER SPIEGAL

Listed under a different title

  • COREY SHAPIRO: VICE CHAIR then VICE-CHAIR
  • KAREN ELAM: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER then COO
  • KAREN KASNER: VICE CHAIR then MEMBER
  • MAGDA SCHALER-HAYNES: SECRETARY then MEMBER

Totals

Total revenue
$2,102,522
Total expenses
$4,114,327
Contributions and grants received
$1,893,148
Grants paid
$2,255,813
Program service revenue
$208,943
Investment income
$431
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,144,890
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,118,622
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,026,268
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,377,721
Management and general expenses
$582,687
Fundraising expenses
$153,919
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,377,721

Program services were 82.1% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $149,780

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $10,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,733,368

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PLENUM AND MEETINGS

    total $208,943 · related or exempt $208,943

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $431 · excluded $431

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,255,813 · program services $2,255,813

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $330,845 · program services $205,122 · management and general $89,330 · fundraising $36,393

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $850,375 · program services $527,232 · management and general $229,601 · fundraising $93,542

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,814 · program services $19,106 · management and general $8,319 · fundraising $3,389

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $72,944 · program services $45,226 · management and general $19,694 · fundraising $8,024

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,303 · program services $60,328 · management and general $26,272 · fundraising $10,703

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,125 · management and general $13,125

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $299,571 · program services $158,116 · management and general $141,455

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,833 · program services $7,336 · management and general $3,195 · fundraising $1,302

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,719 · management and general $4,719

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,267 · program services $47,679 · management and general $6,588

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $73,149 · program services $44,281 · management and general $28,868

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,008 · program services $625 · management and general $272 · fundraising $111

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SUB

    total $8,700 · management and general $8,700

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,725 · program services $4,293 · management and general $1,432

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $4,136 · program services $2,564 · management and general $1,117 · fundraising $455

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $264

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,001,145 · end of year $2,140,125

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $9,894 · end of year $4

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $65,391

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,500

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

    $17,164

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

    $13,903

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,269 · end of year $3,261

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,390 · end of year $62,809

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,055,813

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $868,989 · end of year $889,010

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,169,084 · end of year $137,258

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS (JCPA) IS TO STRENGTHEN AND LEVERAGE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS NETWORK ACROSS THE NATION TO CHAMPION A JUST, DEMOCRATIC AND PLURALISTIC SOCIETY AND ADVANCE THE RIGHT OF FULL INCLUSION OF ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY, INCLUDING JEWS, FREE OF DISCRIMINATION HATE AND PREJUDICE.INSPIRED BY JEWISH VALUES OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW AND AN ABIDING COMMITMENT TO VIBRANT AND SECURE JEWISH COMMUNITIES HERE, ISRAEL AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, JCPA CONVENES AND CATALYZES ITS NETWORK TO WORK WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND BUILD DEEP RELATIONS AND ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY COALITIONS BASED ON SHARED GOALS WITH OTHER CIVIC, RACIAL, ETHNIC AND FAITH-BASED LEADERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JCPA ENVISIONS AN AMERICA THAT CELEBRATES ITS FULL DIVERSITY, REJECTS HATE, BIGOTRY AND INJUSTICE, AND PROTECTS ITS DEMOCRACY, AND AN AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY FULLY ENGAGED IN PURSUIT OF THESE IDEALS.

  • STRATEGIC COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICES FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS NETWORK THROUGH DEDICATED SUPPORT FOR JCRC PROFESSIONALS AND LEADERS, AS WELL AS OTHER KEY LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNAL PARTNERS. THIS INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TOOLKITS AND OTHER SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES; ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES; CONVENINGS ON SHARED CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; EFFORTS TO DIVERSIFY THE FIELD AND ITS PARTNERS; AND A FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING AND SCALING LOCAL SUCCESSES.ISSUES-BASED ADVOCACY THROUGH JCPA'S TWO ACTION NETWORKS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING DEMOCRACY AND COUNTERING HATE & BIGOTRY, AS WELL AS THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS. JCPA ADVANCES CROSS-COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND KEY ADVOCACY PRIORITIES ON THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS BY MOBILIZING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS ROOTED IN THE RECOGNITION THAT COUNTERING ANTISEMITISM IS INHERENT TO PROTECTING DEMOCRACY, AND PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IS INHERENT TO JEWISH SAFETY.PUBLIC AFFAIRS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TREND ANALYSIS PROVIDING RESEARCH-DRIVEN MESSAGE GUIDANCE AND OTHER TOOLS TO JCRCS AND OTHER PARTNERS ON PRIORITY ISSUES, INCLUDING ON ANTISEMITISM AND THE INEXTRICABLE LINK BETWEEN JEWISH SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF ALL COMMUNITIES, AND OUR DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $1,121,908

  • IN THE FACE OF IMMENSE SOCIETAL DIVISION, RESETTING THE TABLE (RTT) EQUIPS LEADERS AND COMMUNITIES WITH TOOLS TO ADDRESS ENTRENCHED POLITICAL DIVISIONS IN PUBLIC AND COMMUNAL LIFE. THROUGH RIGOROUS TRAINING, COURAGEOUS DIALOGUE, AND DEPOLARIZING MEDIA CONTENT, RTT ENABLES AMERICANS TO TRANSFORM POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT INTO A SOURCE OF STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIP, CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING, AND COLLECTIVE INSIGHT. RTT'S CORE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: TRAIN AND EDUCATE: RTT TRAINS FAITH LEADERS, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, JOURNALISTS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS, EQUIPPING THEM TO FACILITATE AND CONVENE CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS DIFFERENCES AND/OR PRODUCE NEW NARRATIVES FOSTERING EMPATHY, NORMS, AND HOPE FOR HEALTHY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS DIVIDES. CONVENE AND FACILITATE: RTT DESIGNS AND FACILITATES CAREFULLY CURATED FORUMS, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COURAGEOUS, PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION AND LEARNING ON CONTENTIOUS ISSUES. CREATE AND DISTRIBUTE: RTT PRODUCES FILMS AND OTHER CONTENT THAT ADVANCES MUTUAL RECOGNITION AND EMPATHY ACROSS POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVIDES.

    Expenses $2,255,813 · Grants $2,255,813 · Revenue $208,943

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID STEIRMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN KASNER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN ABRAVANEL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE DANNIN ROSENTHAL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JONATHAN ELLIS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE KIRBY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MAGDA SCHALER-HAYNES

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE ANDERSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID BOHM

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STACY BURDETT

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARLENE FICKLER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH GOLDMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSH SAYLES

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TYLER GREGORY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JORDANA HORN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIYOMI KOWALSKI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAWN LANDRES

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH PRICE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • COREY SHAPIRO

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUDY SMITH

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WALTER SPIEGAL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE TURNBULL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETSEY EPSTEIN

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $74,152
    From this org
    $65,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,152
    Hours/week
    40

  • AMY SPITALNICK

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $151,765
    From this org
    $137,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,265
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,125
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,140
    Filer's total
    $151,765

  • KAREN ELAM

    COO

    Total calculated
    $104,927
    From this org
    $87,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,427
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

  • No recipient named

    $1,200,000

    Disposition · PAID RESETTING THE TABLE $1,200,000 UPON TERMINATION OF THE FISCAL SPONSORSHIP.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510769349300046

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