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← JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,818,746
Total expenses
$7,764,899
Contributions and grants received
$3,545,252
Grants paid
$3,651,700
Program service revenue
$394,476
Investment income
$3,898,245
Other revenue
-$19,227
Total assets, end of year
$90,059,441
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,766,063
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$80,293,378
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,440,699
Management and general expenses
$592,249
Fundraising expenses
$731,951
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,440,699

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $78,865

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,466,387

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $317,440

  • 2a · Program service revenue: DESIGNATED PRGM REV.

    total $345,973 · related or exempt $345,973

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FOUNDATION ADMIN FEES

    total $48,503 · related or exempt $48,503

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,569,629 · unrelated business $3,683 · excluded $3,565,946

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,215,173

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

    securities $3,886,557

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $328,616

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $328,616 · excluded $328,616

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $45,152

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

    $78,865

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $64,544

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$19,392 · excluded -$19,392

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $165 · excluded $165

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $165

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,966,642 · program services $1,966,642

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $385,813 · program services $385,813

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $1,299,245 · program services $1,299,245

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $459,558 · program services $229,779 · management and general $68,933 · fundraising $160,846

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,831,252 · program services $1,423,872 · management and general $52,399 · fundraising $354,981

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,297 · program services $35,602 · management and general $7,279 · fundraising $9,416

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $189,984 · program services $110,945 · management and general $13,374 · fundraising $65,665

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $181,363 · program services $114,935 · management and general $30,433 · fundraising $35,995

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,160 · program services $1,787 · management and general $338 · fundraising $35

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,960 · program services $56,538 · management and general $12,160 · fundraising $1,262

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $163,989 · management and general $163,989

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $223,722 · program services $180,737 · management and general $38,944 · fundraising $4,041

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,368 · program services $4,571 · management and general $797

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $91,506 · program services $31,440 · management and general $26,438 · fundraising $33,628

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $93,398 · program services $6,483 · management and general $86,728 · fundraising $187

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $85,064 · program services $48,741 · management and general $22,963 · fundraising $13,360

  • 17 · Travel

    total $50,340 · program services $27,904 · management and general $10,144 · fundraising $12,292

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $239,551 · program services $183,296 · management and general $23,714 · fundraising $32,541

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,686 · program services $18,207 · management and general $2,537 · fundraising $4,942

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,959 · program services $7,256 · management and general $13,733 · fundraising $1,970

  • 24a · Other expenses: ENDOWMENT ADMIN FEES

    total $146,927 · program services $146,927

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $104,541 · program services $100,726 · management and general $3,695 · fundraising $120

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $4,038 · program services $3,104 · management and general $462 · fundraising $472

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $44,536 · program services $31,149 · management and general $13,189 · fundraising $198

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,223,696 · end of year $707,833

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,462,753 · end of year $8,439,343

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $823,080 · end of year $705,938

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $33,390 · end of year $40,073

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $150,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $81,832 · end of year $222,076

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

    $416,941

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

    $163,291

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $272,171 · end of year $253,650

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $69,960,683 · end of year $75,528,288

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $139,625 · end of year $139,444

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,205,101 · end of year $3,872,796

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $287,327 · end of year $359,013

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,169,479 · end of year $733,849

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $6,694,170 · end of year $7,692,981

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,129,569 · end of year $980,220

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,899,006 · end of year $58,362,213

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,022,780 · end of year $21,931,165

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FEDERATION LEADS A STRONG JEWISH PUGET SOUND BY SERVING AS A COMMUNITY VOICE, STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS TO ISRAEL AND WORLD JEWRY, AND MAKING INVESTMENTS IN JEWISH LIFE, FOR TODAY AND THE NEXT GENERATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FEDERATION LEADS A STRONG JEWISH PUGET SOUND BY SERVING AS A COMMUNITY VOICE, (SEE SCHEDULE O) STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS TO ISRAEL AND WORLD JEWRY, AND MAKING INVESTMENTS IN JEWISH LIFE, FOR TODAY AND THE NEXT GENERATION.

  • COMMUNITY SERVICES: THE FEDERATION PROVIDES A RANGE OF PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE FEDERATION'S JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL (JCRC) BRINGS TOGETHER AND MOBILIZES THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY ON CRITICAL ISSUES, AMPLIFYING THE COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUAL LEADERS. THE JCRC'S CORE WORK INCLUDES MAKING INVESTMENTS IN JEWISH LIFE: THE FEDERATION OFFERS PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS ANTISEMITISM, BIGOTRY, AND RACISM, SUPPORTING A PEACEFUL, SECURE, JEWISH, AND DEMOCRATIC STATE OF ISRAEL, FOSTERING POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL RELATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND STRENGTHENING OUR JEWISH COMMUNITIES THROUGH COHESION AND CIVIL DISCOURSE. THE FEDERATION SERVES AS THE HUB OF SAFE WASHINGTON, A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT LEVERAGES CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICES TO JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS STATEWIDE, INCLUDING A ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, TRAINING AND RESOURCES, AND RISK ASSESSMENT. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (THE FOUNDATION), A PROGRAM OF THE FEDERATION, PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PHILANTHROPISTS BY STEWARDING FUNDS, INCLUDING DONOR-ADVISED, SPECIAL-PURPOSE, AGENCY CUSTODIAL, AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS. THESE FUNDS SUPPORT JEWISH AND SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS, DISTRIBUTING GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION, THE U.S., AND OVERSEAS. THE FEDERATION PROVIDES GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SYNAGOGUES THROUGH ITS SPECIAL INITIATIVES FUND. GRANTS INCLUDE 1) IGNITION GRANTS FOR NEW, ONE TIME, OR PILOT PROJECTS 2) SMALL AGENCY SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS, PROVIDING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SMALL JEWISH AGENCIES AND 3) WOMEN'S ENDOWMENT FUND GRANTS, SUPPORTING PROGRAMS EMPOWERING AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR REGION.

    Expenses $3,184,151 · Grants $2,253,357 · Revenue $66,503

  • INVESTMENTS IN JEWISH LIFE: THE FEDERATION OFFERS PROGRAMMING TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT PROVIDE EASY ENTRY POINTS TO JEWISH LIFE AND SECURES OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. FEDERATION BUILDS AND ENHANCES COMMUNITY BY FOSTERING PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONNECTIONS. THESE PROGRAM INVESTMENTS INCLUDE: - PJ LIBRARY AND PJ OUR WAY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION, PROVIDE YOUNG FAMILIES JEWISH-THEMED BOOKS FREE OF CHARGE TO FOSTER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CONNECTION. LOCALLY, PJ LIBRARY ENABLES FAMILIES TO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH FUN AND WELCOMING IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES. - RESET & REFRESH, A LOCALLY DEVELOPED PROGRAM, OFFERS YOUNG COUPLES IN MIXED-HERITAGE RELATIONSHIPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT JEWISH LIFE AND BUILD COMMUNITY WITH PEERS. - NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS AND ONE HAPPY CAMPER INCENTIVE GRANTS HELP FAMILIES SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO JEWISH OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMP. - TUITION ASSISTANCE HELPS FAMILIES AFFORD JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOR THEIR CHILDREN. - THE CARDOZO SOCIETY IS AN AFFINITY GROUP FOR JEWISH LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND LAW STUDENTS. CARDOZO SOCIETY PROGRAMS INCLUDE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES, PRO BONO INITIATIVES, JUDICIAL CANDIDATE RATINGS, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. - FEDERATION SPONSORS PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE EMERGING LEADERS TO TAKE ON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT FEDERATION SPONSORS INCLUDE THE NATIONAL YOUNG LEADERSHIP CABINET (NYLC). IN OTHER FISCAL YEARS, FEDERATION SPONSORS AND/OR RUNS THE WEXNER HERITAGE PROGRAM, THE SEATTLE NOWGEN GIVING CIRCLE, AND THE COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP INCUBATOR (CLI).

    Expenses $1,726,314 · Grants $388,269 · Revenue $185,275

  • ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS: FEDERATION STRENGTHENS JEWISH PUGET SOUND'S CONNECTIONS TO ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS JEWISH COMMUNITIES THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONNECTIONS. THE FEDERATION INVESTS IN PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION, FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY, HEALTH CARE FOR THE SICK, AND SUPPORT FOR ISRAELI IMMIGRANTS IN CRISIS. FEDERATION HAS MADE INVESTMENTS THROUGH DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL (JAFI) AND THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE (JDC). IN ADDITION, FEDERATION INVESTMENTS SUPPORT HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL, THE ETHIOPIAN NATIONAL PROJECT, JINDAS, SELAH: ISRAEL CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER, SHAHARIT, TECH-CAREER, AND YEMIN-ORDE/IMPACT ISRAEL. THE FEDERATION HELPS AREA COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS TO ISRAEL THROUGH ITS ISRAELI EMISSARIES PROGRAM, SCHOLARSHIPS ENABLING TEENS TO HAVE ISRAEL EXPERIENCES, AND LOCAL LECTURES ON ISRAEL AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,530,234 · Grants $1,010,075 · Revenue $142,698

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

Listed in Part VII

  • David Isenberg

    IMMEDIATE PAST BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Brashem

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Bianco

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Spitzer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephanie Shujman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Stiefel

    VICE CHAIR/FDN CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Nacamuli

    TREASURER/FISCAL MGMT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hart Cole

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Blum

    ISRAEL & OVERSEAS CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lior Caspi

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Audrey Covner

    JCRC CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allix Degraff

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER/SIF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marla Dunn

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dena Herbolich

    AUDIT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jocelyn Isaacs

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Mowat

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Okrent

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Rudee

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gabriel Scherzer

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cantor David Serkin-Poole

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Sigel

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Slotnick

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Smith

    AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy B Greer

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $314,517
    From this org
    $270,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,394
    Hours/week
    60 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,123
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,674
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,720
    Filer's total
    $314,517
  • Solomon P Kane

    PRESIDENT & CEO (FROM 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $53,407
    From this org
    $53,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Samuel Klein

    DIRECTOR OF JEWISH ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $199,083
    From this org
    $124,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,621
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,462
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,657
    Nontaxable benefits
    $66,964
    Filer's total
    $199,083
  • Jean Callahan

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $144,708
    From this org
    $127,103
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,605
    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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
RABBI SAMUEL KLEIN RECEIVES A PARSONAGE ALLOWANCE THAT IS TREATED AS NON-TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

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.

  • SAMUEL ISRAEL FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · MAKING GRANTS TO CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. · WA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST (1)

    INVESTMENT · WA

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST (1)

    INVESTMENT · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349306637

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