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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by JONAS PHILANTHROPIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,176,207
Total expenses
$1,319,646
Contributions and grants received
$1,171,558
Grants paid
$994,816
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$160
Other revenue
$4,489
Total assets, end of year
$88,623
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,819
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,804
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,124,951
Management and general expenses
$94,465
Fundraising expenses
$100,230
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,124,951

Program services were 85.2% 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

    $1,171,558

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $167 · excluded $167

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $39,838

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

    securities $39,845

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$7

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7 · excluded -$7

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $4,489 · excluded $4,489

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,489

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $108,250 · program services $108,250

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $886,566 · program services $886,566

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,487 · management and general $9,487

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,021 · program services $2,827 · management and general $28,078 · fundraising $12,116

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $838 · management and general $838

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $252,385 · program services $125,531 · management and general $47,172 · fundraising $79,682

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $975 · program services $132 · management and general $274 · fundraising $569

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,478 · program services $1,426 · management and general $2,938 · fundraising $6,114

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,228 · management and general $5,228

  • 17 · Travel

    total $900 · program services $122 · management and general $253 · fundraising $525

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $703 · program services $97 · management and general $197 · fundraising $409

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $815 · fundraising $815

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $161,898 · end of year $57,734

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,300 · end of year $20,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $50,729 · end of year $10,889

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,134 · end of year $37,819

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $147,823 · end of year $16,234

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $41,970 · end of year $34,570

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ADDRESS THE GROWING AND URGENT NEED TO PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS BY INVESTING IN SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE SCALED FOR THE GREATEST IMPACT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RAISE FUNDS AND PROVIDING GRANTS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS RELATED TO THREE CENTRAL ISSUES- NURSING AND VETERAN'S CARE, LOW VISION AND BLINDNESS AND CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

  • JONAS PHILANTHROPIES INVESTED IN AND SUPPORTED SOLUTIONS, PROJECTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO VULNERABLE CITIZENS. IN 2022, THE INVESTMENTS AND SUPPORT WERE AS FOLLOWS:1) THE JONAS NURSING AND VETERANS HEALTHCARE PROGRAM:THE JONAS NURSING AND VETERANS HEALTHCARE PROGRAM OF JONAS PHILANTHROPIES INVESTS IN HIGH-POTENTIAL DOCTORAL NURSING SCHOLARS (I.E. PHD, DNP, PHD-DNP, EDD, DNS) BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, NETWORKING, AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. BASED ON RESEARCH, EACH DOCTORATE OF NURSE PRACTITIONER (DNP) SCHOLAR IS ESTIMATED TO CONDUCT AN AVERAGE OF 100,000 PATIENT VISITS OVER THE COURSE OF A 20-YEAR CAREER, WHILE EACH PHD NURSE SCHOLAR IS EXPECTED TO TEACH 5,000 STUDENTS AND PRODUCE RESEARCH ULTIMATELY IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS. MANY OF THESE NURSES FULFILL LEADERSHIP ROLES AS FACULTY, CLINICAL LEADERS, RESEARCHERS, ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS. OUR NURSING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS THE FOLLOWING MAIN OBJECTIVES: 1) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES TRAINED TO SERVE ACROSS A VARIETY OF HEALTHCARE SETTINGS (I.E., PRIMARY CARE, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, PEDIATRICS, WOMEN'S HEALTH, PALLIATIVE CARE, AND GERIATRICS); 2) PREPARE ACADEMIC FACULTY TO EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF NURSES; 3) PREPARE RESEARCHERS TO ADVANCE NURSE-LED RESEARCH TO ADDRESS KNOWLEDGE GAPS THAT WILL ADDRESS PRESSING HEALTHCARE NEEDS. IN 2022 WE SPONSORED 53 PHD AND 33 DNP SCHOLARS, REPRESENTING 55 SCHOOLS OF NURSING THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EXAMPLES OF AREAS OF CLINICAL CARE OR RESEARCH INCLUDE PALLIATIVE CARE, ONCOLOGY, MENTAL HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND WOMEN'S HEALTH. WE ALSO SUPPLEMENT THE SCHOLAR'S FORMAL CLASSES WITH ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND WEBINARS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, VISION HEALTH, AND CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. THESE EVENTS INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS AND PERTINENT INFORMATION SHARED BY THE COUNTRY'S LEADING NURSING EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS. ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR PROGRAM IS THE MENTORSHIP OF OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS (SME). WE'VE PROVIDED HIGHLY ESTEEMED NURSING EXPERTS AS A RESOURCE TO OUR SCHOLARS TO ASSIST IN THEIR SUCCESS DURING THEIR PROGRAM. THE SME OFFERS CONTENT AND RESOURCES IN OUR PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS OF VETERANS HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, VISION HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. GIVEN THE INCREASED ATTENTION TO RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED A SME IN THE AREA OF MINORITY HEALTH FOR SOME OF OUR SCHOLARS FOCUSING THEIR WORK IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAM WAS THE NEED TO PROMOTE THE WORK OF MANY OF OUR ALUMNI SCHOLARS WHO HOLD PROMINENT LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE NURSING PROFESSION. THESE SCHOLARS HAVE BECOME LEADING NURSING FACULTY, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, CLINICIANS, AND ADMINISTRATORS IN ACADEMIC, CLINICAL, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH SETTINGS. 2) PUPILS PROJECT:IN 2019, JONAS PHILANTHROPIES AGREED TO PARTNER WITH WARBY PARKER IN BEING A FUNDER OF THE PUPILS PROJECT WHICH IS A PROGRAM OPERATED VIA PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NEED WITH VISION SCREENINGS, EYE EXAMS, AND GLASSES. IN NEW YORK CITY, THE PROGRAM PARTNERS INCLUDE WARBY PARKER, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DOE), THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE (DOHMH), AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE PROGRAM HAS SERVED OVER 300,000 STUDENTS WITHIN NEW YORK CITY'S COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROGRAM AS WELL AS ALL KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADERS ACROSS THE CITY. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED IN MARCH 16, 2020 WHEN THE NYC SCHOOLS CLOSED. THE PROGRAM STARTED UP AGAIN IN THE FALL OF 2021. VISION PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER, 2021 THROUGH JUNE, 2022:- SCHOOLS COMPLETED: 1,092- STUDENTS SCREENED: 176,329- EXAM COMPLETED: 30,779- GLASSES ORDERED: 20,570 3) TERRA FIRMA:IN 2019, JONAS PHILANTHROPIES AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF TERRA FIRMA PURSUANT TO A 5-YEAR GRANT. THIS ORGANIZATION IS WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH FUND IN SPONSORING A CLINIC LOCATED IN THE SOUTH BRONX RECENTLY WHICH WAS RENAMED IN 2021 AS THE BRONX HEALTH COLLECTIVE (BHC). TERRA FIRMA IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BHC, MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEW YORK IN WHICH THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM A MEDICAL, SOCIAL, MENTAL HEALTH, YOUTH ENRICHMENT AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. THE MEDICAL AND MENTAL HELP IS PROVIDED BY THE DOCTORS LOCATED AT THE CLINIC AND THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TOWARD BECOMING US CITIZENS IS PROVIDED THROUGH A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES' LEGAL PARTNERS. JP'S GRANT HAS ALLOWED TERRA FIRMA TO HIRE A FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATOR WHICH OVERSEES THE PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A MODEL THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED BEYOND THE SOUTH BRONX.DURING 2022, TERRA FIRMA PROVIDED CARE FOR 439 PATIENTS - 309 CHILDREN AND 130 ADULTS - IN MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND MEDICAL AND OR MENTAL HEALTH VISITS. DURING 2022, TERRA FIRMA'S NUMBERS OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, ASYLUM SEEKING FAMILIES- CHILDREN AND ASYLUM SEEKING FAMILIES - ADULTS INCREASED BY 43% COMPARED TO 2021. IN ADDITION, DURING THE YEAR THE TERRA FIRM TEAM MEMBERS RECEIVED AWARDS AND MEDIA RECOGNITION, AUTHORED ARTICLES, SPOKE AT CONFERENCES AND APPEARED IN MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS. TERRA FIRMA ALSO CONDUCTED A WEBINAR FOR OUR NURSING SCHOLARS TITLED," WORKING WITH UNACCOMPANIED IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND ASYLUM-SEEKING FAMILIES: A TRAUMA INFORMED PERSPECTIVE".

    Expenses $1,068,486 · Grants $994,816

  • TREES FOR CLIMATE HEALTHAS AN URGENT RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY, JONAS PHILANTHROPIES EXPANDED ITS COMMITMENT TO HEALTHCARE TO INCLUDE TREE GROWING. THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE AND PROTECT CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN THAT HEALTHY TREES MEAN HEALTHY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. GROWING AND PROTECTING TREES IMPROVES AIR & WATER QUALITY, SHADE COVER, ECONOMIC SECURITY, HUMAN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.

    Expenses $56,465

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Donald Jonas

    PRESIDENT THRU MAR 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Jonas

    CO-PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lendri S Purcell

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Sullivan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Adam Purcell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323179349307267

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