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← JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HOUSTON

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HOUSTON.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,188,223
Total expenses
$25,489,232
Contributions and grants received
$22,556,601
Grants paid
$18,070,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$21,108,851
Management and general expenses
$2,790,000
Fundraising expenses
$1,590,381
Program service expenses (Part III)
$21,108,851

Program services were 82.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robin Stein

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jared Dubin

    Vice Chair - Planning

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sandra Finkelman

    Vice Chair - Development

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Kaplan

    Vice Chair - Special Projects

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melanie Lowther

    Secretary, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leah Abrams

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sasha Alexander

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ali Bamberger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martha Barvin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Blachman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Bono

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hilary Cohen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Riva Collins

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Danziger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barry Diner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Drob

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rabbi Gideon Estes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jen Fink

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Fish

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Gibson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raquel Goldberg

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dori Goldman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rabbi Oren Hayon

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elyse Spector Kalmans

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie Karakowsky

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norri Leder

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Levy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Levy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachael Levy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oren Mushin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hy Penn

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Polatsek

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Pryzant

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Reichenthal

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russ Robinson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Baker Ronn

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Samuels

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsay Schmulen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Shoss

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randi Sonenshein

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rima Soroka

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Stein

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Strauss

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Talisman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip Tenenbaum

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gavriel Toso

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Trachtenberg

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Haya Varon

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Warren

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dolores Wilkenfeld

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Wizel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee Wizig-Barrios

    President/CEO

    Total calculated
    $408,064
    From this org
    $369,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,364
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $362,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,200
    Deferred
    $25,879
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,485
    Filer's total
    $408,064

  • Suzanne Boue

    CFO/COO (as of 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $45,149
    From this org
    $41,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,674
    Hours/week
    50

  • Taryn Baranowski

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Total calculated
    $161,531
    From this org
    $153,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,982
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,549
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,361
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,621
    Filer's total
    $161,531

  • Jessica Segal

    Chief Impact Officer

    Total calculated
    $169,848
    From this org
    $153,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,321
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,353
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,174
    Filer's total
    $169,848

  • Karyn Ullman

    Chief Philanthropy Officer

    Total calculated
    $253,430
    From this org
    $242,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,138
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,292
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,471
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,667
    Filer's total
    $253,430

  • Ari Rosen

    Director, Annual Campaign

    Total calculated
    $131,100
    From this org
    $116,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,825
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Klein

    Director, Education

    Total calculated
    $125,535
    From this org
    $109,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,053
    Hours/week
    40

  • Boris Siperstein

    CFO/COO (thru 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $159,838
    From this org
    $148,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,811
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,027
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,739
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,072
    Filer's total
    $159,838

  • Suzanne Jacobson

    Sr. VP, Major Gifts

    Total calculated
    $150,057
    From this org
    $143,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,747
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,310
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,107
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,640
    Filer's total
    $150,057

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 — 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 · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 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 I, Line 1a
Eligible employees received a subsidy of $25/month for gym fees. These amounts were included in each employee's taxable compensation.
Part I, Lines 4a-b
Boris Siperstein received severance pay of $72,100 during calendar year 2024. The Federation made a contribution of $9,170 to a 457(b) qualified plan on behalf of President/CEO Renee Wizig-Barrios.

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.

  • Houston Jewish Community Fdn

    501(c)(3) · Donor-centered community foundation · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

  • Mary L & William J Osher Fdn

    501(c)(3) · Support Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

  • The Becker Family Foundation

    501(c)(3) · Support Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

  • Alan F & Diane R Levin Fdn

    501(c)(3) · Support Jewish Federation & Hstn Jewish Comm Fdn · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Federation & Houston Jewish Comm Fdn

  • The Rauch Foundation

    501(c)(3) · Support Jewish Federation of Greater Houston · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

  • Donald & Martha Kaplan Freedman Fdn

    501(c)(3) · Support Houston Jewish Community Foundation · TX

    Directly controlled by Houston Jewish Community Foundation

  • HJCF Investment Program LLC

    501(c)(3) · Support Houston Jewish Community Foundation · TX

    Directly controlled by Houston Jewish Community Foundation

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641959349301434

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