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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,463,534
Total expenses
$4,903,100
Contributions and grants received
$3,588,642
Grants paid
$513,505
Program service revenue
$1,465,993
Investment income
$425,050
Other revenue
-$16,151
Total assets, end of year
$21,565,101
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,072,035
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,493,066
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,773,168
Management and general expenses
$715,899
Fundraising expenses
$414,033
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,773,168

Program services were 77.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $498,117

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,090,525

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $26,908

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Generations

    total $49,285 · related or exempt $49,285

  • 2b · Program service revenue: J J Foundation programs

    total $1,151,661 · related or exempt $1,151,661

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $265,047 · related or exempt $265,047

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $425,268 · excluded $425,268

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,593,214

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

    securities $1,593,432

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$218

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$218 · excluded -$218

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $76,650

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

    $498,117

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $123,953

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$47,303 · excluded -$47,303

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $31,152 · excluded $31,152

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $31,152

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $340,903 · program services $340,903

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $172,602 · program services $172,602

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $630,076 · program services $630,076

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,178,942 · program services $322,188 · management and general $588,395 · fundraising $268,359

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $300,867 · program services $199,421 · management and general $47,972 · fundraising $53,474

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $221,841 · program services $159,639 · management and general $34,541 · fundraising $27,661

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 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 $1,140 · program services $836 · management and general $141 · fundraising $163

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,200 · program services $7,770 · management and general $1,593 · fundraising $1,837

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $154,594 · program services $107,238 · management and general $21,998 · fundraising $25,358

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,639 · program services $5,739 · management and general $1,483 · fundraising $1,417

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,479 · program services $33,629 · management and general $6,898 · fundraising $7,952

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $1,808,572 · program services $1,783,763 · fundraising $24,809

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $20,546 · program services $6,441 · management and general $12,579 · fundraising $1,526

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE

    total $2,273 · program services $1,307 · management and general $74 · fundraising $892

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,710 · program services $1,150 · management and general $195 · fundraising $365

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $716 · program services $466 · management and general $30 · fundraising $220

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $339,674 · end of year $359,145

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,771 · end of year $19,852

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,646,491 · end of year $1,434,043

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,950 · end of year $40,436

  • 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

    beginning of year $31,365 · end of year $31,699

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

    $311,989

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

    $298,100

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,112 · end of year $13,889

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,187,775 · end of year $13,548,417

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,718,175 · end of year $2,993,203

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,763,835 · end of year $3,124,417

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,472,998 · end of year $1,341,470

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $150

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $13,712 · end of year $10,934

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $838,644 · end of year $719,631

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,884,878 · end of year $8,433,082

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,508,766 · end of year $11,059,984

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BJE ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF, INCREASES ACCESS TO, AND ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION IN JEWISH EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF GREATER LOS ANGELES. BJE IS AN ADVOCATE, PLANNER, CATALYST, AND CREATIVE LEADER FOR STRENGTHENING AND ADVANCING JEWISH LEARNING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES (DBA BUILDERS OF JEWISH EDUCATION, AND BJE) PROVIDES MEANINGFUL JEWISH EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES & EDUCATORS, AND SUPPORTS HIGH QUALITY JEWISH EDUCATION THROUGHOUT GREATER LOS ANGELES.

  • A. COMMUNITY IMPACT - 22,500 STUDENTS AND 132 LOS ANGELES JEWISH SCHOOLS BENEFITED FROM AN ARRAY OF BJE PROGRAMS, CONSULTATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ADVOCACY, AND SUPPORT ACROSS EARLY CHILDHOOD, DAY SCHOOL, AND PART-TIME JEWISH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WITH THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.B. DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES - 10,075 HOURS OF DIRECT SERVICES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, COUNSELING, AND HEBREW LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WERE PROVIDED TO 590 STUDENTS.C. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - BJE PROVIDED AND FACILITATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS FOR 1,434 TOTAL EDUCATOR ENROLLMENTS ACROSS 75 SESSIONS.D. PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS - BJE CONVENED 17 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORKS ORGANIZED BY SCHOOL ROLE, INCLUDING HEADS OF SCHOOL, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS, EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PART-TIME RELIGIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAM DIRECTORS, ADMISSIONS DIRECTORS AMONG OTHERS.E. TITLE SERVICES - BJE FACILITATES ACCESS TO FEDERALLY FUNDED TITLE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND ACADEMICALLY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS, COUNSELING SERVICES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS, PARENT AND STUDENT SUPPORTS, AND STRENGTHENING THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. *$1,590,000 IN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WERE ACCESSED ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS AT 27 BJE-ACCREDITED SCHOOLS VIA FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. *APPROXIMATELY 2,400 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL COACHING WERE PROVIDED TO 233 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.F. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS - BJE ADMINISTERED VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS BENEFITING 275 STUDENTS.G. EDUCATOR RECOGNITION - 12 OUTSTANDING LOS ANGELES EDUCATORS WERE HONORED BY BJE AS RECIPIENTS OF THE MILKEN FAMILY JEWISH EDUCATOR AWARDS, THE LAINER AWARDS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND THE SMOTRICH FAMILY FOUNDATION AND LAINER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL EDUCATION AWARDS.H. JKIDLA - MORE THAN 50,000 USERS VIEWED THE JKIDLA WEBSITE AND/OR UTILIZED JKIDLA'S DIGITAL RESOURCES OR EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO JEWISH EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.I. TEEN SERVICE-LEARNING - BJE PROVIDED SERVICE-LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR TEENS, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING AT FOOD PANTRIES AND PACKING SHABBAT MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED.

    Expenses $2,950,859 · Grants $57,942 · Revenue $1,251,368

  • BJE COORDINATES THE LOS ANGELES DELEGATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING, AN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT BRINGS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND JEWISH TEENS FROM L.A. AND AROUND THE WORLD TO COMMEMORATE TWO PIVOTAL EVENTS IN JEWISH HISTORY - THE HOLOCAUST AND THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE DELEGATION TRAVELED TO POLAND ONLY, DUE TO THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA. IN ADDITION TO EDUCATORS AND HISTORIANS WHO ACCOMPANIED THE DELEGATION, THE L.A. TEENS WERE PRIVILEGED TO BE JOINED BY A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND A FAMILY MEMBER OF A SURVIVOR, BOTH OF WHOM SHARED THEIR PERSONAL STORIES. ON YOM HASHOAH, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, THE DELEGATION MARCHED FROM AUSCHWITZ TO BIRKENAU, THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION CAMP COMPLEX BUILT DURING WORLD WAR II. 50% OF PARTICIPANTS BENEFITED DIRECTLY FROM FINANCIAL AID.

    Expenses $492,654 · Grants $37,660 · Revenue $214,625

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $329,655 · Grants $329,655

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Gil Graff

    Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $379,930
    From this org
    $281,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $98,821
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,109
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $17,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $81,521
    Filer's total
    $379,930
  • Roberta Berrent

    Dir Donor & Community Relations

    Total calculated
    $224,504
    From this org
    $176,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,763
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,741
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,763
    Filer's total
    $224,504
  • Lauren Adelson

    Dir of Finance

    Total calculated
    $179,328
    From this org
    $151,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,915
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,413
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,895
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,020
    Filer's total
    $179,328
  • James Rogozen

    dir day sch ed

    Total calculated
    $157,066
    From this org
    $75,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $75,012
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $75,294
    Filer's total
    $157,066
  • David Lewis

    Dir Part-Time Ed

    Total calculated
    $134,632
    From this org
    $120,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,518
    Hours/week
    40
  • Abby Cutler

    Dir Teen Exp Ed

    Total calculated
    $108,747
    From this org
    $103,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,481
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bonnie Duboff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Gregg Bernstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Cheryl Davidson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Brian Dror

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • David Horowitz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Mayer Brenner

    RECORDING SEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Mark S Berns

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Ann Lieberman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Jason Kboudi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Kathi Barnhard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Linda Brettler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Craig Rutenberg

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Rhea Coskey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Nancy Schulman

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Joanna Kasirer

    Corresp Sec

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Janet Farber

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Jessica Jablon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Donald Snyder

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Lisa Lainer-Fagan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Jonathan Gerber

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Herbert Glaser

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Steve Shapiro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Susan Baum

    Parliamentarian

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michael Steuer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Ari Mark

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Sharon De Mayo

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Faith Gershbock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Rachael Gordon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Marjorie Gross

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Jill Lasker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Liora Petel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Mark Lainer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Sheilah Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Naama Pozniak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Payman Vahedifar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Dr Elaine Lindheim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Linda G Mayman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Jay Stein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Alan Petlak

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Mel Plutsky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • David Sternberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Donna S Nadel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Marci Barnhard Spitzer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • David Weiner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Jessica Schreiber

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Sheila Baran Spiwak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Miriam Istrin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Stacey Weiss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Marc Rohatiner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Beverly Woznica

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Adrian Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Bennett L Spiegel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35
  • Dr Alan M Spiwak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.

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

  • Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn TORAT

    $20,000

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

    $19,800

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Emek Hebrew Academy

    $19,000

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HS

    $19,000

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • HARKHAM HILLEL HEBREW ACADEMY

    $13,200

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • TASHBAR SEPHARDIC YESHIVA

    $13,200

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • WISE SCHOOL

    $13,075

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • DE TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL

    $12,500

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • GINDI MAIMONIDES ACADEMY

    $12,200

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • BRAWERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

    $11,814

    STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202611349349306636

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