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← JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO.

Totals

Total revenue
$28,021,133
Total expenses
$25,533,036
Contributions and grants received
$9,176,284
Grants paid
$2,196,315
Program service revenue
$17,768,001
Investment income
$1,076,848
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$64,537,791
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,907,676
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,630,115
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$22,479,799
Management and general expenses
$2,807,464
Fundraising expenses
$245,773
Program service expenses (Part III)
$22,479,799

Program services were 88.0% 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

    $3,504,219

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,119,128

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,552,937

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Achieving Potential

    total $16,223,541 · related or exempt $16,223,541 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Older Adults

    total $499,147 · related or exempt $499,147 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Caring at Home

    total $1,027,073 · related or exempt $1,027,073 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Strengthening Families

    total $18,240 · related or exempt $18,240 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,076,848 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,076,848

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,196,315 · program services $2,196,315

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $368,993 · management and general $368,993

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,575,763 · program services $14,480,251 · management and general $877,057 · fundraising $218,455

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $410,253 · program services $210,971 · management and general $194,692 · fundraising $4,590

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,525,027 · program services $1,310,301 · management and general $199,121 · fundraising $15,605

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,270,353 · program services $1,097,260 · management and general $156,154 · fundraising $16,939

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $140,012 · program services $31,350 · management and general $108,662

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,443 · management and general $27,443

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $161,613 · management and general $161,613

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $386,819 · program services $297,107 · management and general $86,601 · fundraising $3,111

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $52,282 · program services $35,932 · management and general $15,201 · fundraising $1,149

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $759,693 · program services $624,494 · management and general $123,809 · fundraising $11,390

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $403,520 · program services $249,022 · management and general $133,879 · fundraising $20,619

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $211,371 · program services $188,429 · management and general $21,301 · fundraising $1,641

  • 17 · Travel

    total $365,494 · program services $336,473 · management and general $29,021

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $539,831 · program services $379,638 · management and general $149,452 · fundraising $10,741

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $378,365 · program services $298,988 · management and general $73,570 · fundraising $5,807

  • 24a · Other expenses: Staff recruitment and development

    total $160,921 · program services $116,960 · management and general $43,938 · fundraising $23

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bad debt and recoveries

    total $63,384 · program services $57,120 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,264

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and memberships

    total $57,823 · program services $57,405 · management and general $0 · fundraising $418

  • 24d · Other expenses: Supplies, Assessments and taxes

    total $475,151 · program services $475,130 · management and general $0 · fundraising $21

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,610 · program services $36,653 · management and general $36,957 · fundraising -$71,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $13,689,743 · end of year $14,477,694

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,356,435 · end of year $1,669,477

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,168,780 · end of year $1,464,181

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $411,441 · end of year $139,754

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

    $13,120,966

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

    $3,392,904

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,118,631 · end of year $9,728,062

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $21,604,488 · end of year $27,194,529

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,913,430 · end of year $1,659,432

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,503,616 · end of year $8,204,662

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,248,078 · end of year $3,162,208

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $308,639 · end of year $180,270

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,309,677 · end of year $10,565,198

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $28,288,103 · end of year $33,004,160

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,612,067 · end of year $17,625,955

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

JFSA is dedicated to providing individuals and families with solutions to face life's challenges with confidence

Activities or mission (Part I)

JFSA provides solutions to individuals and families to help build connections and empowers them to realize their potential

  • Achieving Potential: empowers individuals with mental illness and developmental disabilities to achieve greater independence and inclusivity. Also empowers youth and strengthens the roles young adults play in the community.

    Expenses $18,141,607 · Grants $1,801,196 · Revenue $16,223,541

  • Older Adults: Provides support into homes with kosher home delivered meals, transportation, Lifeline emergency help and volunteers that provide companionship and assistance to better the lives of clients. In addition, supports and honors Holocaust survivors through social, medical,and financial assistance.

    Expenses $1,869,884 · Grants $153,348 · Revenue $499,147

  • Caring at Home: Provides in-home medical care through a staff of nurses, physical therapists, and other skilled professionals and home health aides who provide personal and household solutions to give individuals and family members confidence in their independence.

    Expenses $1,393,468 · Revenue $1,027,073

  • Strengthening Families: Provides services that strengthen families in the Jewish community by helping them achieve self-sufficiency in the face of financial crisis, homelessness, or domestic abuse. Also empowers youth and strengthens the role teens and young adults play in the community.

    Expenses $1,074,840 · Grants $241,771 · Revenue $18,240

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan Bichsel

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $352,820
    From this org
    $313,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,650
    Hours/week
    40 + 21 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,113
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,057
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,650
    Filer's total
    $352,820
  • Russ Klein

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Total calculated
    $223,323
    From this org
    $197,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,624
    Hours/week
    40 + 21 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,099
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,624
    Filer's total
    $223,323
  • Barbara Cameron

    Vice President and CFO

    Total calculated
    $221,732
    From this org
    $186,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,380
    Hours/week
    40 + 21 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,752
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,380
    Filer's total
    $221,732
  • Deana Couture

    Psychiatrist

    Total calculated
    $147,269
    From this org
    $117,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,014
    Hours/week
    60
  • Mark Hogan

    Vice President and Chief Information Officer

    Total calculated
    $140,628
    From this org
    $112,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,517
    Hours/week
    40 + 21 related
  • Eric Matheny

    Executive Director- Achieving Potential

    Total calculated
    $140,264
    From this org
    $102,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,981
    Hours/week
    60 + 3 related
  • William Bode

    Director of Finance-Controller

    Total calculated
    $129,093
    From this org
    $113,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,250
    Hours/week
    40 + 21 related
  • Renny Wolfson

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 10 related
  • Michael Klein

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • Patty Rubin

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • Idelle Wolf

    Assistant Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • Moish Tohn

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • Trish Adler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Marilyn Bedol

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Gary Bilchik

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Eileen Blattner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Robert Blattner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Daniel Brenner

    Director until 5/6/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Cynthia Bruml

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Ethan Cohen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Philip Cohen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Bonnie Cole

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Mike Cole

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Shoshana Dessler-Jacobs

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Boris Gliner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • David Goldberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Timothy Goldberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Sandra Goldman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Allan Goldner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Sally Good

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Sidney Good

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Herbert Goulder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Michael Guggenheim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Richard Halle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Kent Hayes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Michelle Hirsch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Robert Immerman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Suellen Kadis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Dolores Kleinman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Andrew Kohn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Harvey Kotler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Marvin Lader

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Mitch Lapin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Susan Meisel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Daniel Messeloff

    Director until 1/9/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Joshua Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Roy Minoff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Charles Mintz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Patricia Mintz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Karen Newborn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Dianne Newman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Wendi Pavlofsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Allan Pearl

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Heidi Perla

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Shari Perlmuter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Michael Peterman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Taryn Ponsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Kevin Robertson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Charles Rosenberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • David Rosenberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Larry Rothstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Michele Rothstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Eric Shapiro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • James Spira

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Myrna Spira

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Erica Starrfield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Eleanor Steigman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Evan Stein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Terri Steindler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • David Strauss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Will Sukenik

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Eric Synenberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Philip Wasserstrom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Michael Weiner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Sally Wertheim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • John Wirtshafter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Jonathan Wise

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • William Wortzman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Richard Zelin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 related
  • Dan Zelman

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1.25 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 7
Bonus payments are discretionary. The President and CEO's bonus is determined by the board and the other employees are determined by management.

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.

  • Jewish Community Care at Home

    12b · Provides in home services · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio

  • Independent Montefiore Shelter Home

    7 · Provide emergency and temporary housing with on-site client services to Jewish homeless · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio

  • Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Northeast Ohio

    10 · Help those challenged by chronic mental illness progress in their recovery · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio

  • Jewish Family Service of Akron Ohio

    7 · Enhance the mental, emotional, and social well being of individuals and families · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio

  • Cleveland Chesed Center Inc

    7 · Distribution of kosher food and household items to families in need · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio

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.

  • Mesila Cleveland LLC

    Provides financial counseling · OH · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by Jewish Family Service Association of Clelveland Ohio

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349303908

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