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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,998,215
Total expenses
$2,447,816
Contributions and grants received
$860,889
Grants paid
$145,335
Program service revenue
$2,115,825
Investment income
$21,501
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,208,077
Total liabilities, end of year
$497,195
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,710,882
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,080,624
Management and general expenses
$259,335
Fundraising expenses
$107,857
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,080,624

Program services were 85.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $860,889

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $503,470

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $1,963,678 · related or exempt $1,963,678

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $152,147 · related or exempt $152,147

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,800 · excluded $21,800

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $25,470

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

    securities $25,769

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$299

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$299 · excluded -$299

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $111,941 · program services $111,941

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $33,394 · program services $33,394

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $165,577 · program services $116,563 · management and general $24,507 · fundraising $24,507

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,313,384 · program services $1,239,089 · management and general $30,632 · fundraising $43,663

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $101,257 · program services $90,653 · management and general $4,742 · fundraising $5,862

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,549 · program services $6,049 · management and general $2,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,002 · program services $22,124 · management and general $8,645 · fundraising $1,233

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $53,034 · program services $8,689 · management and general $31,540 · fundraising $12,805

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,182 · program services $2,865 · management and general $59 · fundraising $258

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,303 · program services $10,045 · management and general $3,732 · fundraising $526

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $58,265 · program services $41,143 · management and general $10,145 · fundraising $6,977

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $171,816 · program services $117,761 · management and general $47,493 · fundraising $6,562

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,069 · program services $8,824 · management and general $241 · fundraising $4

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,085 · program services $1,442 · management and general $563 · fundraising $80

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,193 · program services $6,195 · management and general $2,653 · fundraising $345

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM COSTS

    total $236,854 · program services $236,854

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR CREDIT LO

    total $89,096 · management and general $89,096

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $17,491 · program services $15,000 · management and general $2,442 · fundraising $49

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $9,501 · program services $4,289 · management and general $241 · fundraising $4,971

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,823 · program services $7,704 · management and general $104 · fundraising $15

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $198,666 · end of year $381,785

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $398,721 · end of year $114,645

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $367,459 · end of year $193,492

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $69,661 · end of year $84,975

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $169,288 · end of year $159,433

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $16,000

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

    $272,100

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

    $170,699

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $91,488 · end of year $101,401

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $857,518

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $439,973 · end of year $298,828

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $122,670 · end of year $164,784

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $64,606 · end of year $83,441

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $387,134 · end of year $248,970

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $767,924 · end of year $1,456,510

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $392,922 · end of year $254,372

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION SERVES THE NEEDS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY ORDAINING RABBIS AND CANTORS AND TRAINING LEADERS. WE AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE JEWISH PLURALISM; TO AN INTERWEAVING OF SACRED TEXTS, CRITICAL INQUIRY, SPIRITUAL ENGAGEMENT, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, AND THOUGHTFUL CREATIVITY; TO PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT TO THE JEWISH PUBLIC; TO CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIALOGUE WITH INTERFAITH PARTNERS; AND TO MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DIVERSE SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL DIMENSIONS OF ISRAEL ALL GROUNDED IN TORAH AND A PROFOUND AWARENESS OF LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AJR IS A PLURALISTIC RABBINICAL, CANTORIAL, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL THAT TRAINS JEWISH LEADERS FOR SERVICE IN COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE CONSTELLATION OFJEWISH LIFE.

  • AJR IS A PLURALISTIC RABBINICAL, CANTORIAL, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL THAT TRAINS LEADERS FOR SERVICE IN COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE CONSTELLATION OF JEWISH LIFE.

    Expenses $2,080,624 · Grants $145,335 · Revenue $2,115,825

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Einhorn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Wendy Love Anderson

    FORMER MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jill Hackell

    ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $2,200
    From this org
    $2,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephen Axinn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Simon Rosenbach

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amit Goldman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tamara Fish

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rachel Blumstein-Posner

    FORMER STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Leah Zimmerman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pavel Vaynshtok

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Naomi Wittlin

    STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian Rosen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Liss-Levinson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ora Horn Prouser

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $123,608
    From this org
    $123,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Enid Lader

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641499349300614

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