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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH CLIMATE TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,686,997
Total expenses
$1,958,906
Contributions and grants received
$6,659,233
Grants paid
$1,250,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$27,764
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,170,243
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,429,922
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,740,321
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,467,072
Management and general expenses
$463,047
Fundraising expenses
$28,787
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,467,072

Program services were 74.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,659,233

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,764 · excluded $27,764

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,250,000 · program services $1,250,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $180,000 · program services $72,000 · management and general $108,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $88,498 · management and general $88,498

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,935 · program services $435 · management and general $30,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $244,603 · program services $122,451 · management and general $119,151 · fundraising $3,001

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,587 · program services $259 · management and general $9,268 · fundraising $60

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,142 · management and general $43,142

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,836 · program services $218 · management and general $1,618

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,706 · program services $11,014 · management and general $24,663 · fundraising $1,029

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,044 · management and general $1,794 · fundraising $250

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHARED SERVICE EXPENSES

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $25,866 · program services $2,147 · management and general $1,670 · fundraising $22,049

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALLOCATED PAYROLL

    total $9,896 · program services $5,503 · management and general $4,393

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL

    total $5,443 · program services $3,045 · fundraising $2,398

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $350 · management and general $350

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,882,244

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,328,766

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,959,233

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $192,152

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,237,770

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,781,088

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,959,233

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE JEWISH CLIMATE TRUST INC'S MISSION IS TO MAXIMIZE THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S POSITIVE IMPACT ON CLIMATE. IT IS A CENTRAL HUB FOR CLIMATE PHILANTHROPY AND ACTION, STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYING THE RESOURCES AND INGENUITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS. WHEREVER WE CAN, WE SEEK ADDITIONAL CO-BENEFITS THAT TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR GOOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO MAXIMIZE THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S POSITIVE IMPACT ON CLIMATE.

  • IN THE JEWISH CLIMATE TRUST'S INAUGURAL YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR OUR PROGRAMS. WE DEDICATED OUR EFFORTS TO SCOPING OUT OUR OVERALL STRATEGY, MAPPING KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR AREAS OF FOCUS, AND DEVELOPING A SIGNIFICANT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK GRANT IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FIRST MAJOR GRANTEE.

    Expenses $1,467,072 · Grants $1,250,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Sonnenfeldt

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Bronfman

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Hart

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey R Solomon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Neiman

    ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniella Hirschfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John T Hoover

    DIRECTOR THRU SEPT 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nigel Savage

    INTERIM CEO

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

  • ADAMAH INC

    $1,250,000

    TO SUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN AND BEYOND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

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.

  • JEWISH CLIMATE TRUST ISRAEL LTD

    C · MANAGEMENT SERVICES · IS · 100% owned

    Directly controlled by THE JEWISH CLIMATE TRUST INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533149349303153

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