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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF REFUGEES OF EASTERN EUROPE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,843,541
Total expenses
$1,777,321
Contributions and grants received
$1,741,871
Grants paid
$170,004
Program service revenue
$24,000
Investment income
$444
Other revenue
$77,226
Total assets, end of year
$2,401,067
Total liabilities, end of year
$557,789
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,843,278
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,431,636
Management and general expenses
$236,468
Fundraising expenses
$109,217
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,431,636

Program services were 80.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,741,871

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Sunday School Tuition

    total $24,000 · related or exempt $24,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $444 · related or exempt $444 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: ERT payments from 2021

    total $77,226 · related or exempt $77,226 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $77,226

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $148,032 · program services $148,032

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $21,972 · program services $21,972

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $52,601 · program services $31,561 · management and general $10,520 · fundraising $10,520

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $406,032 · program services $324,826 · management and general $40,603 · fundraising $40,603

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,650 · program services $2,385 · management and general $265

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,504 · program services $14,854 · management and general $825 · fundraising $825

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $90,386 · program services $54,232 · management and general $36,154

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14 · management and general $14

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,751 · program services $8,359 · management and general $4,917 · fundraising $1,475

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $148,174 · program services $121,142 · management and general $27,032

  • 17 · Travel

    total $63,571 · program services $36,236 · management and general $6,357 · fundraising $20,978

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,447 · program services $1,447

  • 20 · Interest

    total $24,277 · program services $21,849 · management and general $2,428

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $95,214 · program services $76,171 · management and general $19,043

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $64,483 · program services $51,586 · management and general $12,897

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supples

    total $443,079 · program services $376,617 · management and general $44,308 · fundraising $22,154

  • 24b · Other expenses: Print, Publication,Postage,Advertising

    total $126,623 · program services $101,299 · management and general $12,662 · fundraising $12,662

  • 24c · Other expenses: Programs & Activities

    total $13,246 · program services $13,246 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank Charges, Credit Card Processing

    total $30,738 · program services $12,295 · management and general $18,443 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,527 · program services $13,527

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $280,284 · end of year $331,147

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $39,361

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

    $4,567,907

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

    $2,537,348

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,082,834 · end of year $2,030,559

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,705 · end of year $6,527

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $581,355 · end of year $551,262

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,777,058 · end of year $1,843,278

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Assist Jewish Immigrants from Eastern Europe and their families

  • Community Center on Devon serves greater Chicago with services, classes and events. approx. 50 people attend various daily activities, 250 people come to events at least once a week, and over 600 people come to events from time tot time.

    Expenses $249,837

  • Community Center in Riverwoods IL serves northern suburbs with services, classes and events. Approx. 20 people attend various daily activities, 150 people come to events at least once a week, and over 800 people come to events from time to time.

    Expenses $231,992

  • Around the Year Heritage Programs ranging from simple services to elaborate holiday celebrations and attracting from 20 to 800 at a single Holiday event.

    Expenses $226,045

  • Publications (monthly Russian language newspaper & annual calendar 3000-6000 each), books and brochures

    Expenses $143,756

  • Pastoral Services - performing circumcisions, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, weddings & funerals, counselling etc.

    Expenses $124,919

  • Education - classes for adults and seniors to teach basics of Judaism and transitioning to life in America

    Expenses $132,850

  • Cultural events, concerts, and lectures - frequent events attract up to 150 attendees

    Expenses $25,850

  • Youth programs including Sunday School

    Expenses $112,722

  • Scholarships & Grants - awarded to schools, camps and other institutions to subsidize services for needy and immigrants

    Expenses $148,032 · Grants $148,032

  • Emergency Aid to Indigents

    Expenses $21,972 · Grants $21,972

  • Misc. other

    Expenses $13,661

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shmuel Notik

    President & Secretary

    Total calculated
    $52,602
    From this org
    $27,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,907
    Hours/week
    50

  • Shterna Notik

    Director

    Total calculated
    $9,510
    From this org
    $9,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Meyer Schanowitz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $5,460
    From this org
    $5,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Eliyohu Langsam

    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
2024
Filed
28 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202642129349301614

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