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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,746,775
Total expenses
$2,322,644
Contributions and grants received
$2,266,016
Grants paid
$674,389
Program service revenue
$75,294
Investment income
$405,465
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$18,358,207
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,563,864
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,794,343
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,898,491
Management and general expenses
$251,335
Fundraising expenses
$172,818
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,898,491

Program services were 81.7% 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

    $2,266,016

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAMS

    total $75,294 · related or exempt $75,294

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $405,181 · excluded $405,181

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $133,370

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

    securities $133,086

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $284

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $284 · excluded $284

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $627,913 · program services $627,913

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $30,840 · program services $30,840

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $15,636 · program services $15,636

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $181,841 · program services $136,381 · fundraising $45,460

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $418,105 · program services $246,610 · management and general $89,255 · fundraising $82,240

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,969 · program services $2,420 · management and general $1,205 · fundraising $1,344

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,847 · program services $5,041 · management and general $1,471 · fundraising $2,335

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,701 · program services $30,273 · management and general $6,684 · fundraising $9,744

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $60,733 · management and general $60,733

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,700 · program services $1,628 · management and general $23,072

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,522 · program services $826 · management and general $4,596 · fundraising $100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,922 · program services $2,832 · management and general $2,490 · fundraising $600

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $38,265 · program services $1,688 · management and general $36,577

  • 17 · Travel

    total $753 · program services $753

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,573 · program services $19,899 · management and general $1,865 · fundraising $7,809

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,856 · program services $402 · management and general $12,454

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $291,679 · program services $291,679 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $256,163 · program services $256,163

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $208,264 · program services $208,264

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISSION

    total $12,750 · program services $12,750

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,612 · program services $6,493 · management and general $10,933 · fundraising $23,186

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $112 · end of year $112

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $536,009 · end of year $302,506

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $169,777 · end of year $258,832

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $66,720 · end of year $99,840

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,681 · end of year $10,223

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

    $2,321,791

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

    $2,248,928

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,424 · end of year $72,863

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $13,384,829 · end of year $16,193,369

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,235,077 · end of year $1,420,462

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $163,778 · end of year $107,436

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $10,476 · end of year $10,476

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,749 · end of year $25,490

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,235,077 · end of year $1,420,462

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,602,949 · end of year $9,929,559

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,446,600 · end of year $6,864,784

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASS, INC. IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND ENRICHMENT OF JEWISH LIFE IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ACT AS THE CENTRAL JEWISH COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND ENRICHMENT OF JEWISH LIFE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

  • FEDERATION - THE FEDERATION IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND ENRICHING JEWISH LIFE IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. TO FULFILL THIS MISSION, THE FEDERATION RUNS AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN AND THEN DESIGNATES DOLLARS RAISED TO A VARIETY OF LOCAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS TO INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR AFFILIATION WITH THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. OVERALL, OUR CAMPAIGN AND PROGRAMS REACH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $689,601 · Grants $437,628

  • FOUNDATION - THE FOUNDATION HOLDS ENDOWMENT FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE FEDERATION FROM MORE THAN 75 DONORS. THESE FUNDS FALL INTO FIVE CATEGORIES DONOR ADVISED, PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED, TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED, FUNDS HELD IN TRUST FOR OTHERS AND UNRESTRICTED. MONIES ARE EXPENDED FROM THESE FUNDS ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE ENDOWMENT AND THE SPENDING POLICIES ESTABLISHED IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT. IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR THERE WERE 24 DISBURSEMENTS THAT WERE MADE FROM THE ENDOWMENT TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $458,000.

    Expenses $67,122 · Grants $67,122

  • RACHEL'S TABLE - THE MISSION OF RACHEL'S TABLE IS TO DISTRIBUTE DONATED AND PURCHASED FOOD AND MILK TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES HELPING THE HUNGRY IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS AND TO REDUCE THE WASTE OF NOURISHING FOOD. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1989, RACHEL'S TABLE HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER 14 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD AND MILK, AT NO COST, TO 30 LOCAL SHELTERS, SOUP KITCHENS, GROUP HOMES, DAY PROGRAMS. AND FOOD PANTRIES. THE CHILDREN'S MILK FUND PROVIDES MILK FOR APPROXIMATELY 20,000 INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AT 21 OF THESE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. RACHEL'S TABLE ALSO PURCHASES FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR THE SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM FOR WORCESTER'S CHILDREN RUN BY FRIENDLY HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER TO HELP CHILDREN WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED AND SCHOOL MEALS UNAVAILABLE.

    Expenses $355,648

  • CLARK HILLEL - CLARK HILLEL, THE STUDENT GROUP THAT CELEBRATES JEWISH CULTURE, IDENTITY, PLURALISM, AND COMMUNITY, IS A PROGRAM OF THE JFCM AND IS RECOGNIZED AS HILLEL PROGRAM CENTER BY HILLEL INTERNATIONAL. WE PRIMARILY SERVE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDING ANY OF THE COLLEGES OF WORCESTER CONSORTIUM SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH OTHERS ARE WELCOME MOST OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE UNDERGRADS ATTENDING CLARK UNIVERSITY.

    Expenses $191,755

  • LIFE AND LEGACY IS A PROGRAM OF THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION, AND ENCOURAGES LOCAL JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD ENDOWMENTS THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEM IN THE FUTURE. THE GRINSPOON FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES 33 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET FOR EACH YEAR THAT A COMMUNITY'S LIFE & LEGACY PROGRAM REACHES ITS TARGET GOAL OF LEGACY GIFTS, PROVIDING UP TO $120,000 OVER FOUR YEARS.

    Grants $50,000

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $594,365 · Grants $119,639

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

Listed in Part VII

  • BEN LYONS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL SMITH

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEREMY LURIER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL KAUFMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN SIGEL

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA ROSSMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BECKY PINS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BENJAMIN GOLD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN MARGOLIS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN SHERTZER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBBIE FRUCHTMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENNIS LINDENBERG

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLIOT HONIG

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOEL BAKER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN SADICK

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH ROBINS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN ROTHMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCY SHUSTER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTIE CASTIEL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NINA STOLL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY BERGMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN SCHIMMEL

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,300
    From this org
    $167,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,984
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,727
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $589
    Filer's total
    $168,300

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

  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542119349301204

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