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← CHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHOFETZ CHAIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,515,205
Total expenses
$6,462,348
Contributions and grants received
$4,265,610
Grants paid
$928,846
Program service revenue
$765,638
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$483,957
Total assets, end of year
$2,417,166
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,133,596
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,283,570
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,240,148
Management and general expenses
$546,002
Fundraising expenses
$676,198
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,240,148

Program services were 81.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,265,610

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GENERAL & EVENT ADVERTISING

    total $532,195 · excluded $532,195

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALE OF BOOKS AND CDS

    total $206,730 · excluded $206,730

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RENTAL

    total $26,713 · excluded $26,713

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $936,700

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $452,743

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $483,957 · excluded $483,957

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $928,846 · program services $928,846

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $158,900 · program services $119,175 · management and general $23,835 · fundraising $15,890

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,947,030 · program services $1,430,173 · management and general $252,384 · fundraising $264,473

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $162,650 · program services $115,138 · management and general $34,778 · fundraising $12,734

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $186,765 · program services $134,471 · management and general $24,279 · fundraising $28,015

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,938 · program services $66,938

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $185,846 · program services $97,569 · fundraising $88,277

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $121,449 · program services $92,326 · management and general $13,066 · fundraising $16,057

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $85,717 · program services $72,859 · management and general $12,858

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,736 · program services $25,736

  • 20 · Interest

    total $19,308 · program services $19,308

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $30,570 · program services $24,934 · management and general $5,636

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,221 · program services $13,143 · management and general $7,078

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $918,152 · program services $918,152

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS

    total $356,740 · program services $285,392 · fundraising $71,348

  • 24c · Other expenses: MARKETING

    total $159,910 · program services $121,612 · fundraising $38,298

  • 24d · Other expenses: VIDEO

    total $139,319 · program services $126,344 · fundraising $12,975

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $948,251 · program services $648,032 · management and general $172,088 · fundraising $128,131

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,340 · end of year $77,636

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,932,644 · end of year $1,635,867

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

    $1,546,030

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

    $894,943

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $681,657 · end of year $651,087

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $67,919 · end of year $52,576

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $332,223 · end of year $696,373

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $8,071 · end of year $20,388

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $324,105

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $101,553 · end of year $92,730

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,230,713 · end of year $1,283,570

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ORGANIZATION AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON JUDAISM'S LAWS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

  • PRODUCTION OF AUDIO, VIDEO AND PRINTED MATERIALS TO DISSEMINATE THE WORKS OF THE CHOFETZ CHAIM REGARDING ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND IN PARTICULAR REFRAINING FROM GOSSIP AND HARMFUL SPEECH. ALSO, COMFORTING PEOPLE IN TIMES OF CRISIS WITH PRERECORDED MESSAGES ON DEDICATED TELEPHONE LINES.

    Expenses $5,240,148 · Grants $928,846

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL ROTHCHILD

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $197,309
    From this org
    $158,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,409
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,900
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,409
    Filer's total
    $197,309

  • SHLOMO YEHUDAH RECHNITZ

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0

  • YITZCHOK MASHITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • GEORGE WEINBERGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MOSHE ZAKHEIM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • DAVID SHWEKEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ABRAHAM BIDERMAN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ABA CLAMAN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ARI PARNES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • REYMOND BEYDA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • AVRON URISON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JARON TOBIAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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 · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349314775

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