Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$73,033,283

Total expenses

$54,768,768

Contributions and grants received

$53,480,038

Grants paid

$35,171,964

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$18,338,213

Other revenue

$1,215,032

Total assets, end of year

$476,351,804

Total liabilities, end of year

$83,549,759

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$392,802,045

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$45,787,074

Management and general expenses

$4,299,602

Fundraising expenses

$4,682,092

Program service expenses (Part III)

$45,787,074

Program services were 83.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SERVING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (SAFETY NET) THE JEWISH FEDERATION IS COMMITTED TO FUNDING SERVICES THAT MEET THE MOST BASIC NEEDS OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES, IN GREATER PHILADELPHIA, IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WORLD. THIS INCLUDES DELIVERING NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT, PROVIDING GRANTS FOR CRITICAL NEEDS, ENABLING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND FACILITATING A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES HELPING OLDER ADULTS TO AGE SAFELY, NOURISH THEIR SOULS AND LIVE WITH DIGNITY IN THEIR OWN HOMES.- $560,000 IN NEED-BASED AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS DISTRIBUTED TO 45 JEWISH CAMPS- 1.38 MILLION IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED TO 15 JEWISH INSTITUTIONS THAT HAD JEWISH FEDERATION GRANT WRITING SUPPORT IN FY24- APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD PROVIDED TO 7,000+ PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH THE JEWISH FEDERATION'S MITZVAH FOOD PROGRAM IN FY24- 2.6+ MILLION MEALS, FOOD PACKAGES AND HYGIENE KITS PROVIDED LOCALLY AND IN ISRAEL- 23,000 NAZI VICTIMS HELPED IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION THROUGH THE JEWISH FEDERATION'S SUPPORTED JDC- 11,700+ OLDER ADULTS, INCLUDING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, SERVED THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN GREATER PHILADELPHIAIN ADDITION, AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED VIA DONOR-DESIGNATED CAMPAIGN SUPPORT. THESE AMOUNTS WERE DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTED TO PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO THOSE AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE ANNUAL GRANT PROCESS. THE OUTCOMES FOR THE AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE ANNUAL GRANT PROCESS ARE LISTED ABOVE.

  Expenses $9,836,041 · Grants $9,836,041

• SUPPORTING JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING (JEWISH CONTINUITY) THE JEWISH FEDERATION SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES VIBRANT JEWISH LIVING AND LEARNING LOCALLY AND ABROAD FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, YOUNG ADULTS AND FAMILIES. NO MATTER WHERE PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR JEWISH JOURNEY, WE HELP PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL AND CAMPING RESOURCES, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY PROGRAMS. THIS ENABLES COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES TO ENGAGE IN THE RICH TAPESTRY OF JEWISH LIFE, WHILE SECURING THE FUTURE OF OUR JEWISH WORLD.- APPROXIMATLEY $16 MILLION RAISED IN ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUNDS IN FY24- 6,000 STAFF AND STUDENTS AT 22 LOCAL JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS KEPT SAFE THROUGH THE JEWISH FEDERATION'S CRISIS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM- 190+ LOCAL JEWISH INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE SECURITY GUIDANCE FROM THE JEWISH FEDERATION- 1,000+ PERSONNEL AT 70+ ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED NEARLY 250 SECURITY TRAININGS, WALKTHROUGHS AND CONSULTATIONS IN FY24 - 4+ BILLION PEOPLE EXPOSED TO THE JEWISH FEDERATION'S WORK TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM AND UNIFY THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE MEDIA SINCE OCT. 7 IN FY24- 7,400 STUDENTS SERVED THROUGH THE JEWISH FEDERATION'S SUPPORTED HILLELS- IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OCT. 7, THE JEWISH FEDERATION MOBILIZED TO RAISE CRITICAL FUNDS FOR ISRAEL AND ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO ADVOCATE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE AGAINST RISING ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ISRAEL HATRED.THE JEWISH FEDERATION TRULY BELIEVES WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES, WITH ONE ANOTHER TO REPAIR OUR WORLD. WE STRIVE TO SHOW EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER NO MATTER THEIR INTERESTS, AFFILIATION, DONATION LEVEL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OR ORIENTATION, WE ARE HERE TO HELP THEM ENGAGE MORE DEEPLY IN JEWISH LIFE IN WHATEVER WAY IS MOST COMFORTABLE FOR THEM.IN ADDITION, AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED VIA DONOR-DESIGNATED CAMPAIGN SUPPORT. THESE AMOUNTS WERE DIRECTLY DISTRIBUTED TO PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO THOSE AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE ANNUAL GRANT PROCESS. THE OUTCOMES FOR THE AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE ANNUAL GRANT PROCESS ARE LISTED ABOVE.

  Expenses $4,998,204 · Grants $4,998,204

• PHILANTHROPHIC FUND AND DIRECT ENDOWMENT SUPPORTPHILANTHROPIC FUND AND DIRECT ENDOWMENT SUPPORT AMOUNTS REPRESENT DISTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE NON-BINDING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PHILANTHROPIC FUND HOLDERS WHICH FURTHER THE MISSION OF JEWISH FEDERATION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ENDOWMENT FUNDS THAT SUPPORT AGENCIES AND/OR PROGRAMS WHICH FURTHER THE MISSION OF JEWISH FEDERATION AND ARE IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL GRANT PROCESS.

  Expenses $14,887,532 · Grants $14,887,532

• PROGRAM OPERATIONS ARE PRIMARILY FUNDS USED TO ADMINISTER, MEASURE AND EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF OUR PROGRAMS ON THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PROVIDING CERTAIN DIRECT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.OTHER PROGRAM SUPPORT REPRESENTS GRANTS AND OTHER EXPENSES TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF JEWISH FEDERATION.

  Expenses $16,065,297 · Grants $5,450,187

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

  $11,444,038

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

  $1,927,413

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,188,673

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• BROWN UNIVERSITY

  $1,000,000

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• KLEINLIFE

  $835,787

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• NYU LANGONE HEALTH

  $800,000

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION

  $727,856

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• CAMP RAMAH IN THE POCONOS

  $694,161

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• JEWISH LEARNING VENTURE

  $582,494

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

• FEDERATION HOUSING INC (FHI)

  $533,000

  ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT

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.

• FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

  501(C)(3) · TUITION ASSISTANCE/ JEWISH EDUCATION · PA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202501489349301315

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