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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BNAI SHALOM SYNAGOGUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,385,697
Total expenses
$2,632,788
Contributions and grants received
$711,514
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,123,260
Investment income
$460,766
Other revenue
$90,157
Total assets, end of year
$6,238,830
Total liabilities, end of year
$464,347
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,774,483
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,193,453
Management and general expenses
$339,765
Fundraising expenses
$99,570
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,193,453

Program services were 83.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $250,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $461,514

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION/FEES

    total $2,123,260 · related or exempt $2,123,260

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $111,858 · excluded $111,858

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $345,319 · other assets $4,065

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

    securities $0 · other assets $476

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $345,319 · other assets $3,589

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $348,908 · excluded $348,908

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $99,334

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,851

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $70,483 · excluded $70,483

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $19,674 · related or exempt $19,674

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,674

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $156,186 · program services $128,822 · management and general $19,461 · fundraising $7,903

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,353,233 · program services $1,116,148 · management and general $168,612 · fundraising $68,473

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $54,108 · program services $44,628 · management and general $6,742 · fundraising $2,738

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $100,825 · program services $83,161 · management and general $12,562 · fundraising $5,102

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $165,408 · program services $136,429 · management and general $20,610 · fundraising $8,369

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,803 · program services $664 · management and general $1,139

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,500 · program services $5,342 · management and general $9,158

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,816 · management and general $24,816

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,035 · program services $4,612 · management and general $7,906 · fundraising $1,517

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,214 · program services $20,767 · management and general $447

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,936 · management and general $30,936

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $42,193 · program services $40,083 · management and general $2,110

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $221,547 · program services $219,332 · management and general $2,215

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,632 · program services $8,621 · management and general $14,779 · fundraising $1,232

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,087 · program services $54,815 · management and general $18,272

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

    total $158,716 · program services $158,716

  • 24b · Other expenses: HEALTH AND SECURITY

    total $103,153 · program services $103,153

  • 24c · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    total $41,666 · program services $41,666

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $26,494 · program services $26,494

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,236 · fundraising $4,236

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $733,961 · end of year $1,363,699

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $319,872 · end of year $284,735

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $17,487 · end of year $20,170

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,128 · end of year $51,518

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

    $845,506

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

    $574,588

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $255,391 · end of year $270,918

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,997,172 · end of year $4,187,540

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $75,636 · end of year $60,250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,357 · end of year $46,368

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $304,930 · end of year $282,081

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $103,888 · end of year $135,898

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,493,665 · end of year $2,390,297

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,500,807 · end of year $3,384,186

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

B'NAI SHALOM SYNAGOGUE, INC. WAS CREATED TO OPERATE A SYNAGOGUE FOR THE CONDUCT OF WORSHIP SERVICES AND FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER PURSUITS IN THE JEWISH TRADITION. THE ORGANIZATION WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED TO OPERATE A BI-CULTURAL DAY SCHOOL, PROVIDING A CARING, SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN WHICH STUDENTS ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN A DUAL CURRICULUM THAT INSPIRES EACH STUDENT TO DEVELOP HIS/HER FULLEST POTENTIAL AS AN INQUISITIVE LEARNER, CRITICAL THINKER, AND FUTURE JEWISH LEADER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

B'NAI SHALOM SYNAGOGUE, INC. WAS CREATED TO OPERATE A SYNAGOGUE FOR THE (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) CONDUCT OF WORSHIP SERVICES AND FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER PURSUITS IN THE JEWISH TRADITION. THE ORGANIZATION WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED TO OPERATE A BI-CULTURAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF ITS MEMBERS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION IS A PRIVATE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL PROVIDING SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN A FULL DAY PROGRAM.

    Expenses $2,193,453 · Revenue $2,142,934

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rabbi Jessica Fisher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ginny Vellani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Fonorow

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phyllis Kritz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Brainard

    PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Shapiro

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Greenstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eryn Greenstein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mindy Andrews

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Woolf

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jen Strasser

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandon Gray

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eva Turner

    INCOMING HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $98,805
    From this org
    $89,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,087
    Hours/week
    50

  • Susan Siegel

    OUTGOING HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $88,728
    From this org
    $81,788
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,940
    Hours/week
    50

  • Dana Ravins

    BUSINESS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $19,423
    From this org
    $18,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,003
    Hours/week
    50

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
10 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621619349301327

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