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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HEBREW SEMINARY OF THE DEAF.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,449,456
Total expenses
$829,000
Contributions and grants received
$2,348,540
Grants paid
$484,929
Program service revenue
$34,582
Investment income
$66,334
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,242,543
Total liabilities, end of year
-$470
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,243,013
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$697,253
Management and general expenses
$65,587
Fundraising expenses
$66,160
Program service expenses (Part III)
$697,253

Program services were 84.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,214,582

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $133,958

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SEMINARY TUTION - PROG

    total $34,582 · related or exempt $34,582

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,334 · related or exempt $63,490 · unrelated business $2,844

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $484,929 · program services $484,929

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $57,488 · program services $43,116 · management and general $14,372

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $128,099 · program services $76,874 · management and general $25,625 · fundraising $25,600

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,939 · program services $9,657 · management and general $3,219 · fundraising $2,063

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,719 · program services $15,539 · management and general $5,180

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,763 · program services $8,821 · management and general $2,942

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,609 · program services $4,957 · management and general $1,652

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,063 · fundraising $1,063

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,585 · program services $1,189 · management and general $396

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,464 · program services $7,398 · management and general $2,466 · fundraising $2,600

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,759 · program services $19,319 · management and general $6,440

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,487 · program services $7,865 · management and general $2,622

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,692 · program services $2,019 · management and general $673

  • 24a · Other expenses: FEDERAL TAXES PAID

    total $24,878 · fundraising $24,878

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERPRETERS

    total $13,493 · program services $13,493

  • 24c · Other expenses: ILLINOIS TAXES PAID

    total $9,956 · fundraising $9,956

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRADUATION EXPENSES

    total $2,077 · program services $2,077

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $26,508 · end of year $76,591

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $385

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $2,165,952

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,803,549

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,000 · end of year -$470

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,821,442 · end of year $2,243,013

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE ADVANCED JUDAIC EDUCATION FOR THE JEWISH DEAF AND HEARING COMMUNITY AND TO PREPARE CANDIDATES FOR RABBINICAL ORDINATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE ADVANCED JUDAIC EDUCATION TO SERVE THE JEWISH DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED COMMUNITY AND TO PREPARE CANDIDATES FOR RABBINICAL ORDINATION.

  • HEBREW SEMINARY IS A PLURALISTIC, EGALITARIAN RABBINICAL SCHOOL THAT EDUCATES PEOPLE TO BECOME RABBIS AND PARARABBIS FOR JEWISH AND MULTI-FAITH COMMUNITIES. HEBREW SEMINARY WAS FOUNDED IN 1992 TO MEET THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE JEWISH DEAF AND HEARING, AS WELL AS OTHER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. OUR CURRICULUM IS GROUNDED IN BIBLE, HEBREW AND TALMUD, AND INCORPORATES JEWISH ETHICS AND HISTORY. OUR ONLINE COURSES ATTRACT A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY FROM ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. WHILE ALL REQUIRED COURSEWORK FOR OUR PROGRAMS CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE, WE ALSO HOST LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ONSITE IN CHICAGO. THE RABBINIC PROGRAM IS A 5-YEAR COURSE OF STUDY FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS, AND THE PARARABBINIC PROGRAM IS A 2-YEAR COURSE OF STUDY FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS. OUR GRADUATES SERVE AS CONGREGATIONAL RABBIS, SPIRITUAL COUNSELORS. PROFESSORS, EDUCATION DIRECTORS, HILLEL DIRECTORS AND CHAPLAINS, AT UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS AND MORE.

    Expenses $697,253 · Grants $484,929 · Revenue $98,072

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jonah Rank

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $52,369
    From this org
    $52,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Tom Giller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eliot Eisenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peggy Bagley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Linda Clark

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Menachem Cohen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joan Golder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allan Meyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Schurgin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Nesselson

    CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Matan Meital

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Markowitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Becca Shrier

    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.

Grants on this return

  • CHARITABLE TRUST OF HEBREW SEMINARY

    $0

    FORMATION OF CHARITABLE TRUST OF HEBREW SEMINARY, A TYPE 1 SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION OF HEBREW SEMINARY OF THE DEAF. CHARITABLE TRUST OF HEBREW SEMINARY WAS ORGANIZED TO ACQUIRE AND MANAGE INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF HEBREW SEMINARY OF THE DEAF.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • THIRD VENTURE CORP

    S · INVESTMENT · IL · share of income $103,504

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543359349301109

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