Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,269,523
- Total expenses
- $2,757,113
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,267,742
- Grants paid
- $1,959,701
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $1,781
- Total assets, end of year
- $835,891
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $165,856
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $670,035
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,170,198
- Management and general expenses
- $177,384
- Fundraising expenses
- $409,531
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,170,198
Program services were 78.7% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$585,119
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,682,623
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$585,119
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Other Income
total $1,781 · related or exempt $1,781
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$1,781
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $1,959,701 · program services $1,959,701
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $272,855 · program services $130,776 · management and general $42,508 · fundraising $99,571
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $86,556 · program services $41,485 · management and general $13,485 · fundraising $31,586
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $65,255 · program services $31,276 · management and general $10,166 · fundraising $23,813
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $48,965 · management and general $43,870 · fundraising $5,095
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $9,187 · management and general $2,818 · fundraising $6,369
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $62,190 · program services $4,539 · management and general $1,475 · fundraising $56,176
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $296 · management and general $65 · fundraising $231
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $5,028 · program services $2,410 · management and general $783 · fundraising $1,835
-
24a · Other expenses: Event Expense
total $111,244 · fundraising $111,244
-
24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $66,462 · management and general $59,546 · fundraising $6,916
-
24c · Other expenses: Other Fundraising expenses
total $39,659 · fundraising $39,659
-
24d · Other expenses: Software Expense
total $16,497 · fundraising $16,497
-
24e · All other expenses
total $13,218 · program services $11 · management and general $2,668 · fundraising $10,539
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $395,348 · end of year $490,379
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $595,577 · end of year $342,712
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $2,800
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$16,500
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$16,500
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $33,300 · end of year $65,632
-
19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $100,224
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $653,118 · end of year $584,265
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $504,507 · end of year $85,770
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Project Keshers mission is to build Jewish community and advance civil society by developing and empowering women leaders.Vision Project Kesher will expand and deepen a sustainable, global network of women leaderswho are steeped in Jewish values and work to improve the quality of their lives andtheir societies. The values that drive Project Kesher today and into the future are based on: Judaisma deep commitment to tzedek, the pursuit of social justice; gemilut chasadim,loving kindness; the truth that all people are BtzelemElohim, created in the image of G-d; an embrace of Klal Yisroel, Jewish peoplehood; and a belief that Jewish education and learning should inform all of our activities.Feminisma deep commitment to gender equality; a recognition of womens unique ability to nurture and educate one another and empower ourselves; a recognition that womens philanthropy can address the issues women prioritize.Pluralisma deep commitment to foster religious and ethnic understanding; a respect
Activities or mission (Part I)
Project Keshers mission is to build Jewish community and advance civil society bydeveloping and empowering women leaders.
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Project Kesher (PK) continued to invest in the empowerment of women and girls and supported grassroots networks of Jewish women leaders in Belarus, Israel, and Ukraine as they advocated for Jewish life, the advancement of womens rights and promotion of civil society. Due to Russias escalated war in Ukraine and US sanctions, PK no longer operated in Russia.Founded in 1989, PK helped incorporate affiliated, independent nonprofit organizations in Belarus, Israel, and Ukraine. In partnership for over 30 years, PK raises resources, cultivates relationships, and generates awareness for the organizations and women in our network. Annual flagship programs have included Womens Leadership Training, Jewish education and holiday celebrations, and health advocacy. With 28 years experience and a fully operational team in Ukraine, Project Kesher Ukraine (PKU) was able to shift and respond when Russia escalated the war in February 2022. PKU has firsthand knowledge of the humanitarian and mental health needs of women in Ukraine because its longtime activists are in Ukraine and have extensive experience with this demographic. Through trusted wartime partners and historic allies, PKU leaders know where food and supplies are needed in the larger society and ensure that they get deliveries. Due to the fact that PK, PKU, and our partners are small and enormously flexible, these organizations can respond to communities with less than 48 hours notice.
Expenses $2,170,198
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Karyn Gershon
CEO
- Total calculated
- $197,297
- From this org
- $197,297
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $197,297
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $197,297
-
Samantha Tieger
Director of Dev.
- Total calculated
- $75,558
- From this org
- $75,558
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Olga Zelzburg Alterman
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Roz Blanck
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer Daniels
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheila Friedland
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Barbara Glickstein
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sheila Lambert
Executive Fin.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Elisabeth Lerner
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shari Lusskin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Beth Mann
Dev.Comm. Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kate Epstein Mankoff
Committee Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rabbi Karen Perolman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Arleen Priest
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Deborah Roberts
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Judith Smith
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eunice Ward
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Janet Winter
Board Member
- 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. 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 30 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511209349301141
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