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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by T RUAH.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,349,239
Total expenses
$3,154,567
Contributions and grants received
$3,339,470
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$32,198
Investment income
$1,299
Other revenue
-$23,728
Total assets, end of year
$1,790,655
Total liabilities, end of year
$605,507
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,185,148
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,241,503
Management and general expenses
$217,376
Fundraising expenses
$695,688
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,241,503

Program services were 71.1% 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

    $314,864

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,024,606

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $20,028 · related or exempt $20,028

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

    total $12,170 · related or exempt $12,170

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $922 · excluded $922

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $31,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $31,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $31,000 · excluded $31,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $377

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $377

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $377 · excluded $377

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,000

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

    $314,864

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $77,184

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$65,184 · excluded -$65,184

  • 11a · Other revenue: HONORARIA

    total $7,250 · related or exempt $7,250

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,206 · excluded $3,206

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,456

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $211,417 · program services $149,864 · management and general $13,618 · fundraising $47,935

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,668,299 · program services $1,209,257 · management and general $108,386 · fundraising $350,656

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $74,190 · program services $53,950 · management and general $4,779 · fundraising $15,461

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $250,421 · program services $182,103 · management and general $16,131 · fundraising $52,187

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,838 · program services $105,324 · management and general $9,330 · fundraising $30,184

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $14,335 · program services $14,335

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $175,199 · program services $131,778 · management and general $25,719 · fundraising $17,702

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,478 · program services $11,703 · management and general $841 · fundraising $2,934

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $156,590 · program services $112,576 · management and general $10,392 · fundraising $33,622

  • 17 · Travel

    total $70,102 · program services $37,720 · management and general $17,565 · fundraising $14,817

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,321 · program services $8,184 · management and general $268 · fundraising $869

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $121,604 · program services $121,604

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING & COPYING

    total $93,235 · program services $32,398 · management and general $1,571 · fundraising $59,266

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONI

    total $82,475 · program services $60,375 · management and general $4,927 · fundraising $17,173

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $34,058 · program services $9,300 · management and general $3,773 · fundraising $20,985

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,005 · program services $1,032 · management and general $76 · fundraising $31,897

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $908,012 · end of year $665,924

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $158,425 · end of year $597,731

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,078 · end of year $19,576

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

    $479,583

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

    $479,583

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $27,841 · end of year $507,424

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $136,510 · end of year $115,066

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,870

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $490,441

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $940,476 · end of year $925,148

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $260,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

T'RUAH: THE RABBINIC CALL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BRINGS THE TORAH'S IDEALS OF HUMAN DIGNITY, EQUALITY, AND JUSTICE TO LIFE BY EMPOWERING RABBIS AND CANTORS TO BE MORAL VOICES AND TO LEAD JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, ISRAEL, AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

T'RUAH: THE RABBINIC CALL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MOBILIZES 2,300 RABBIS AND CANTORS, AND MORE THAN 10,000 AMERICAN AND CANADIAN JEWS TO BRING A MORAL VOICE TO THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. WE BRING THE WISDOM OF JEWISH TRADITION, AND THE POWER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO THE SACRED WORK OF PROTECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE.

  • T'RUAH ENGAGES IN THREE STRATEGIES IN OUR WORK:WE ORGANIZE RABBIS, CANTORS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE AN IMPACT THROUGH SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS.WE TRAIN RABBINICAL AND CANTORIAL STUDENTS AND RABBIS AND CANTORS TO BE POWERFUL HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS.WE AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF RABBIS AND CANTORS ON THE PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS OF OUR TIME.PROGRAMS INCLUDE ORGANIZING RABBIS, CANTORS, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO WORK FOR CONCRETE CHANGE ON ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. IN THE US, THIS WORK INCLUDES CAMPAIGNS FOR IMMIGRATION JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY AND VOTING RIGHTS, WORKER JUSTICE, AND AN END TO MASS INCARCERATION, AS WELL AS FIGHTING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND OTHER BIGOTRIES. WE ORGANIZE U.S. RABBIS TO SUPPORT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF BOTH ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS INCLUDING THROUGH OPPOSING OCCUPATION AND THE EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS, AND FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY IN ISRAEL.; OTHER WORK INCLUDES TRAINING RABBINICAL STUDENTS TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS THROUGH A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN ISRAEL, AND A FULL-TIME SUMMER PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; TRAINING RABBIS TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS THROUGH CONVENINGS, TRAININGS, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, AND ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT; PRODUCING JEWISH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON HUMAN RIGHTS; CREATING PRAYERS, RITUALS, AND WEEKLY TORAH COMMENTARIES; AND AMPLIFYING THE VOICE OF RABBIS AS HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS THROUGH OP-EDS, PUBLIC STATEMENTS, AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY. T'RUAH ALSO RUNS EMOR: THE INSTITUTE FOR BOLD JEWISH THOUGHT, WHICH DIGS DEEP INTO JEWISH WISDOM TO GRAPPLE WITH THE MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME.

    Expenses $2,241,503 · Revenue $32,198

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Litt

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi William Plevan

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Daniel Zemel

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Claudia Kreiman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Sloan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Lester Bronstein

    IMMEDIATE PAST CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Kenneth Chasen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Michael Lezak

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Laura Abrasley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Faulkner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hadar Harris

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Esther Lederman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aliza Schwartz

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelly Whitehead

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc Dollinger

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Sandra Lawson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Kasten

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Bearman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rabbi Jill Jacobs

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $186,291
    From this org
    $138,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,507
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,784
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,507
    Filer's total
    $186,291
  • Rachel Lerner

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $130,931
    From this org
    $114,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,584
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ronit Schlam

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $137,497
    From this org
    $104,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,646
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shira Danan

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $115,409
    From this org
    $109,913
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,496
    Hours/week
    40
  • Daniel Drachsler

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $121,128
    From this org
    $102,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,792
    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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
2022
Filed
15 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202402289349300130

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