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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,913,889
Total expenses
$1,734,016
Contributions and grants received
$1,803,599
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$62,571
Other revenue
$47,719
Total assets, end of year
$2,481,433
Total liabilities, end of year
$108,935
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,372,498
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,095,339
Management and general expenses
$272,877
Fundraising expenses
$365,800
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,095,339

Program services were 63.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,803,599

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $62,571 · excluded $62,571

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $47,719 · related or exempt $47,719

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $47,719

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $364,012 · program services $215,837 · management and general $59,038 · fundraising $89,137

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $650,574 · program services $393,580 · management and general $55,975 · fundraising $201,019

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $82,824 · program services $67,544 · management and general $7,348 · fundraising $7,932

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $63,380 · program services $44,791 · management and general $7,679 · fundraising $10,910

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,081 · program services $47,962 · management and general $8,865 · fundraising $20,254

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $152,273 · program services $39,438 · management and general $102,535 · fundraising $10,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,318 · program services $24,737 · management and general $5,709 · fundraising $5,872

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,230 · program services $13,132 · fundraising $2,098

  • 17 · Travel

    total $153,795 · program services $140,678 · management and general $7,474 · fundraising $5,643

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,828 · program services $18,283 · management and general $6,545

  • 24a · Other expenses: TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT

    total $47,610 · program services $40,829 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,781

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $29,310 · program services $16,724 · management and general $8,911 · fundraising $3,675

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELECOMMUNICATION

    total $16,923 · program services $13,358 · management and general $1,607 · fundraising $1,958

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES - PERS

    total $15,026 · program services $15,026 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,832 · program services $3,420 · management and general $1,191 · fundraising $221

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $648,061 · end of year $622,008

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $605,395 · end of year $56,070

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $148,750 · end of year $82,201

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,834 · end of year $24,436

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,696,718

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $2,084 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $854,095 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $70,118 · end of year $105,040

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $51,366 · end of year $3,895

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,046,735 · end of year $2,222,498

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $115,000 · end of year $150,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ENCOUNTER IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION WORKING TOWARD INFORMED, COURAGEOUS, AND RESILIANT AMERICAN AND ISRAELI JEWISH COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN REALITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENCOUNTER IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION WORKING TOWARD INFORMED, COURAGEOUS, AND RESILIENT AMERICAN AND ISRAELI JEWISH COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN REALITY.

  • ENCOUNTER OFFERS A RANGE OF IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE WEST BANK FOR JEWISH LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS. FOR SENIOR JEWISH LEADERS, WE OFFER OUR EXECUTIVE LEVEL INTENSIVE LEADERSHIP SEMINARS, WHICH INCLUDE PRE- AND POST-TRAVEL PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS A FOUR-DAY TRAVEL COMPONENT IN BETHLEHEM AND SURROUNDING AREAS, EAST JERUSALEM AND RAMALLAH.

    Expenses $505,539

  • THROUGH OUR NORTH AMERICA BASED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ENCOUNTER CONVENES OPEN, HONEST AND UNCENSORED DISCUSSION ON ISSUES AT THE HEART OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN REALITY. OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMMING OFFERS JEWISH LEADERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONGOING LEARNING THROUGH ENCOUNTERS WITH PALESTINIANS AND THROUGH LEADERS ON THE REALITY. TAILORED PROGRAMMING FOR PAST PARTICIPANTS PROVIDES A PLATFORM TO LEVERAGE THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN ENCOUNTER'S WIDER COMMUNITY, ACCESSING A NETWORK OF THOUGHTFUL PEERS TO SERVE AS PARTNERS AND EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICES WITH COLLEAGUES.

    Expenses $589,800

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tilly Shemer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Isaac Yitz Landes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Pell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ilana Horowitz Ratner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Ruskay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sari Rapkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Lopatin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon A Levisohn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meyer Koplow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martin Bresler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Karnovsky

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sally Gottesman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phyllis Teicher Goldman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joanne Moore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evan Traylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yona Shem-Tov

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $210,147
    From this org
    $200,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,485
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,662
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $210,147

  • Daniel Lange

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $171,768
    From this org
    $163,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,418
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,350
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,418
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $171,768

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501349349308420

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