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← T OF L INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by T OF L INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,847,429
Total expenses
$2,606,685
Contributions and grants received
$12,572,716
Grants paid
$78,269
Program service revenue
$195,067
Investment income
$49,418
Other revenue
$30,228
Total assets, end of year
$10,923,522
Total liabilities, end of year
$637,369
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,286,153
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,228,958
Management and general expenses
$439,844
Fundraising expenses
$937,883
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,228,958

Program services were 47.1% 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

    $12,572,716

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,265,129

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $195,067 · related or exempt $195,067

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,071 · excluded $38,071

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $77,717

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

    securities $66,370

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11,347

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,347 · excluded $11,347

  • 11a · Other revenue: AERIAL RIGHTS

    total $30,228 · related or exempt $30,228

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $30,228

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $66,495 · program services $66,495

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $11,774 · program services $11,774

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $229,923 · program services $140,994 · management and general $17,856 · fundraising $71,073

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $306,110 · program services $187,714 · management and general $23,772 · fundraising $94,624

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $69,642 · program services $42,706 · management and general $5,408 · fundraising $21,528

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,074 · program services $24,574 · management and general $3,112 · fundraising $12,388

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,873 · fundraising $4,873

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $37,419 · program services $7,426 · management and general $29,993

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,692 · management and general $23,692

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $134,312 · program services $121,402 · management and general $12,910

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,909 · program services $15,909

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,501 · fundraising $12,501

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,544 · management and general $33,544

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING SERVICES

    total $1,569,429 · program services $558,976 · management and general $289,557 · fundraising $720,896

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER COSTS

    total $50,988 · program services $50,988 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $2,443,890

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,660,379

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $26,161

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

    $3,951,837

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,951,837

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $1,307,556

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $533,699

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $306,374

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $330,995

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $8,978,597

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,307,556

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TREE OF LIFE IS ON A MISSION TO UPROOT ANTISEMITISM.ON OCTOBER 27, 2018, 11 JEWS FROM THREE CONGREGATIONS WERE MURDERED WHILE WORSHIPING IN THE DEADLIEST ANTISEMITIC ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES. IN THE YEARS SINCE THE TRAGEDY, INCIDENTS OF ANTISEMITISM AND IDENTITY-BASED HATE, OFTEN COUPLED WITH DEADLY VIOLENCE, HAVE CONTINUED TO RISE.FROM COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND TOWN HALLS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES AND URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING ANTISEMITISM IN WAYS THEY NEVER HAVE BEFORE. IT IS A FORCE THATDESTROYS LIVES, FAMILIES, SAFETY AND OUR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE SENSE OF SECURITY.HATE DOES NOT EXIST IN ISOLATION. ANTISEMITISM OFTEN APPEARS WITH OTHER FORMS OF BIGOTRY AGAINST HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS. UPROOTING ONE FORM OF HATRED WILL REDUCE OTHER FORMS AS WELL.

  • THE TREE OF LIFE, INC. IS WORKING TO UPROOT ANTISEMITISM BY REMEMBERING THE LIVES OF THE LOVED ONES TAKEN ON OCTOBER 27, 2018, AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS DIFFERENCES TO REPAIR OUR WORLD. THE REIMAGINED TREE OF LIFE IS A PLACE THAT WILL CELEBRATE JEWISH LIFE AND TRADITION AND REMEMBER EACH VICTIM AND THE HORROR THAT HAPPENED FROM THE 2018 PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING. IT IS A PLACE THAT PROVIDES PROGRAMMING AND A MUSEUM TO EDUCATE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS, BUILDS CONNECTIONS, AND INSPIRES COURAGEOUS ACTION TO CREATE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $587,313

  • THE HOLOCAUST CENTER OF PITTSBURGH (HCP) CONNECTS THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ANTISEMITISM WITH INJUSTICES OF TODAY. THROUGH EDUCATION, THE HCP SEEKS TO ADDRESS THESE INJUSTICES AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO BUILD A MORE CIVIL AND HUMANE SOCIETY. THE HCP REACHES THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ANNUALLY THROUGH ENGAGING CULTURAL EVENTS AND LECTURES; A ROBUST GENERATIONS SPEAKER BUREAU; CHUTZ-POW! SUPERHEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST COMIC BOOK SERIES; A PUBLIC EXHIBIT CALLED "REVOLVING DOORS; TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS TO HELP PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND AND WORK TO DISMANTLE ANTISEMITISM; AND FREE AND AFFORDABLE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND DISMANTLING ANTISEMITISM.

    Expenses $641,645 · Grants $78,269 · Revenue $195,067

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Carole Zawatsky

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $36,923
    From this org
    $36,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Paula Garret

    INTERIM COO; EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $33,000
    From this org
    $33,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Alan Hausman

    INTERIM GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Larry Lebowitz

    INTERIM GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeff Letwin

    STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR; EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rabbi Jeffrey Myers

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jo Recht

    INTERIM GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Diane Rosenthal

    INTERIM GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Barbara Shapira

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeffrey Solomon

    CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Linda Solomon

    CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mel Solomon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ellen Stewart Cohen

    CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Bernstein

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Jeffrey Cohen

    CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robbie Markovitz

    ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401369349303800

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