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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH NATIONAL FUND -KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL- INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$197,058,808
Total expenses
$152,672,660
Contributions and grants received
$164,545,960
Grants paid
$85,969,024
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$129,557,761
Management and general expenses
$11,986,106
Fundraising expenses
$11,128,793
Program service expenses (Part III)
$129,557,761

Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DEB ZALUDA

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • DR SOL LIZERBRAM

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 0.1 related
  • JEFFREY E LEVINE

    CHAIRPERSON EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • KENNETH SEGEL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • PENNY ROSEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • RONALD S LAUDER

    CHAIRPERSON EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • ALAN WOLK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • ANN ZINMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • BARBARA BURRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • BENJAMIN GUTMANN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • BETSY FISCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • CARROL ANN SCHWARTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • CHARLES S FAX

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • DANIELLE HANKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • DAVID GREENBAUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • DAVID LEVY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • DR ALAN FISHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • EREZ SHERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • GADI IILAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • GARY KUSHNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • HARLEY FELDBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • HAROLD L KAPLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • IAN SACHS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • IRA BARTFIELD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • JEFFREY SCHWARTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • JOSEPH WOLFSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • KIM KOTZIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • LYNNE MERRIAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MARA MADES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MARC KELMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MARK ISRAEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MATTHEW BENJAMIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MICHAEL BLANK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MICHAEL KESSLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MICHAEL STEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MYRA CHACK-FLEISCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • NINA PAUL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • RISA ARONSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • ROBERT LEMBKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • ROBERT M WIGODA ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • RONALD WERNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • SAMUEL GOLDBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • SCOTT H GENDELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • SCOTT N SCHREIBER ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • SHARON POLANSKY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • SHERYL BUCHHOLTZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • STEVEN CRYSTAL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • SUSAN SACKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • THEODORE L BANKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • THOMAS MORGAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • ULA ZUSMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • VIVIAN GROSSMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.1 related
  • MITCHEL ROSENZWEIG

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $488,623
    From this org
    $433,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,473
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $431,320
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,830
    Deferred
    $45,816
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,657
    Filer's total
    $488,623
  • RUSSELL ROBINSON

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $981,628
    From this org
    $889,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $92,325
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $887,563
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,740
    Deferred
    $70,979
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,346
    Filer's total
    $981,628
  • MATTHEW BERNSTEIN

    CHIEF PLANNED GIVING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $446,471
    From this org
    $386,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,681
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $386,790
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $42,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,177
    Filer's total
    $446,471
  • RICHARD KROSNICK

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $396,033
    From this org
    $333,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,328
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $333,705
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,403
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,925
    Filer's total
    $396,033
  • STEPHEN BACH

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $405,274
    From this org
    $340,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,974
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $338,215
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,085
    Deferred
    $41,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,027
    Filer's total
    $405,274
  • DEBBIE FREEDMAN

    CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $339,802
    From this org
    $304,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,226
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $304,576
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,896
    Nontaxable benefits
    $330
    Filer's total
    $339,802
  • DIANE SCAR

    NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $326,397
    From this org
    $277,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,248
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $277,149
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,423
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,825
    Filer's total
    $326,397
  • JODI POLLACK

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $280,267
    From this org
    $243,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,467
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,914
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,553
    Filer's total
    $280,267
  • MICHAEL FEINMAN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $283,730
    From this org
    $230,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,177
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,553
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,002
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,175
    Filer's total
    $283,730
  • SHARON JOY

    NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $315,210
    From this org
    $273,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,251
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,314
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,645
    Deferred
    $30,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,918
    Filer's total
    $315,210

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 — 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202611599349301111

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