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← ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,171,429
Total expenses
$1,843,035
Contributions and grants received
$694,354
Grants paid
$53,955
Program service revenue
$1,473,854
Investment income
$3,221
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,900,928
Total liabilities, end of year
$708,981
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,191,947
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,610,613
Management and general expenses
$159,166
Fundraising expenses
$73,256
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,610,613

Program services were 87.4% 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

    $694,354

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $1,387,128 · related or exempt $1,387,128

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $86,726 · related or exempt $86,726

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,221 · excluded $3,221

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $53,955 · program services $53,955

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $146,400 · program services $122,366 · management and general $12,017 · fundraising $12,017

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,028,300 · program services $929,254 · management and general $56,804 · fundraising $42,242

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $98,258 · program services $87,089 · management and general $7,951 · fundraising $3,218

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,514 · program services $2,776 · management and general $667 · fundraising $71

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,000 · program services $16,755 · management and general $7,457 · fundraising $788

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,534 · program services $9,494 · management and general $1,845 · fundraising $195

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $80,670 · program services $75,723 · management and general $4,474 · fundraising $473

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,087 · program services $12,886 · management and general $4,444 · fundraising $757

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,216 · program services $32,855 · management and general $7,552 · fundraising $4,809

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $167,697 · program services $112,389 · management and general $50,019 · fundraising $5,289

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,182 · program services $13,103 · management and general $72 · fundraising $7

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,250 · program services $5,529 · management and general $2,461 · fundraising $260

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,379 · program services $4,945 · management and general $2,201 · fundraising $233

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM COSTS

    total $105,095 · program services $105,047 · management and general $43 · fundraising $5

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $14,988 · program services $12,035 · management and general $211 · fundraising $2,742

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR CREDIT LO

    total $5,611 · program services $5,611

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,502 · program services $4,922 · management and general $525 · fundraising $55

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,397 · program services $3,879 · management and general $423 · fundraising $95

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $556,855 · end of year $158,847

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $96,901 · end of year $397,030

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $101,506 · end of year $442,469

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $59,984 · end of year $42,845

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $159,866 · end of year $188,243

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

    $260,101

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

    $163,838

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $103,729 · end of year $96,263

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $36,483 · end of year $575,231

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $117,723 · end of year $96,858

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $134,048 · end of year $85,206

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $526,917

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $786,578 · end of year $702,404

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $76,975 · end of year $489,543

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION SERVES THE NEEDS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BY ORDAINING RABBIS AND CANTORS AND TRAINING LEADERS AND SCHOLARS WHO COMBINE THEIR MASTERY OF THE INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL RICHNESS OF OUR TRADITION WITH OPENNESS TO ITS APPLICATION IN THE PLURALISTIC, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH COMMUNITY, AND AN AWARENESS OF LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AJR IS A PLURALISTIC RABBINICAL, CANTORIAL, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL THAT TRAINS JEWISH LEADERSFOR SERVICE IN COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE CONSTELLATION OF JEWISH LIFE.

  • AJR IS A PLURALISTIC RABBINICAL, CANTORIAL, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL THAT TRAINS JEWISH LEADERS FOR SERVICE IN COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE CONSTELLATION OF JEWISH LIFE.

    Expenses $1,591,113 · Grants $53,955 · Revenue $1,473,854

  • AJR RECEIVED A GENEROUS GRANT FROM LILLY ENDOWMENT, INC. TO FUND "MOSAIC RELIGION AND THE RELIGIOUS MOSAIC," A PROJECT TO FOSTER GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT FOR STUDENTS AT CHRISTIAN SEMINARIES. THE PROJECT PARTICIPANTS DEVELOPED INNOVATIVE VIDEO MATERIALS TO FOSTER GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF JUDAISM FOR CHRISTIAN SEMINARIANS AND MEMBER SEMINARIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS (ATS). THE SHARED GOAL WAS TO HELP PREPARE PRIESTS, MINISTERS, AND LAY LEADERS TO BUILD BRIDGES OF CHRISTIAN-JEWISH UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT IN THEIR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $19,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Einhorn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Wendy Love Anderson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jill Hackell

    ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $2,667
    From this org
    $2,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evi Heilbrunn

    FORMER MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Siegel

    FORMER MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elizabeth Sternlieb

    FORMER MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.5
  • Stephen Axinn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Amit Goldman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tamara Fish

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rachel Gildiner

    FORMER MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Enid Lader

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Posner

    STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leah Zimmerman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ian Rosen

    TREASURER/FORMER MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • William Liss-Levinson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Michael Kohn

    FORMER TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Simon Rosenbach

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ora Horn Prouser

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $113,665
    From this org
    $113,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
10 June 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431699349300608

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