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← BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$85,539,550
Total expenses
$92,850,953
Contributions and grants received
$84,716,327
Grants paid
$74,337,279
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$823,223
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$64,280,666
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,229,377
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$48,051,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$74,337,279
Management and general expenses
$5,718,226
Fundraising expenses
$12,795,448
Program service expenses (Part III)
$74,337,279

Program services were 80.1% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $23,002,045

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $61,714,282

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,716,606

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $808,060 · excluded $808,060

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $327,840

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $327,840

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,728,033

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

    securities $2,712,870

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $15,163

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $15,163 · excluded $15,163

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $74,337,279 · program services $74,337,279

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,408,999 · management and general $1,084,069 · fundraising $2,324,930

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,877,834 · management and general $1,869,164 · fundraising $4,008,670

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $345,199 · management and general $109,774 · fundraising $235,425

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $992,326 · management and general $315,562 · fundraising $676,764

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $550,741 · management and general $175,138 · fundraising $375,603

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $40,039 · management and general $29,339 · fundraising $10,700

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $113,350 · management and general $113,350

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $548,777 · fundraising $548,777

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,015,074 · management and general $507,764 · fundraising $2,507,310

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,294 · management and general $5,884 · fundraising $1,410

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $211,183 · management and general $43,020 · fundraising $168,163

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $432,847 · management and general $145,420 · fundraising $287,427

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,057,489 · management and general $444,317 · fundraising $613,172

  • 17 · Travel

    total $398,477 · management and general $177,514 · fundraising $220,963

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $617,297 · management and general $80,381 · fundraising $536,916

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $188,553 · management and general $64,908 · fundraising $123,645

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $141,098 · management and general $48,372 · fundraising $92,726

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $282,776 · management and general $272,285 · fundraising $10,491

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $120,199 · management and general $118,032 · fundraising $2,167

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $98,224 · management and general $85,205 · fundraising $13,019

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND DELIVERY

    total $27,338 · management and general $2,343 · fundraising $24,995

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $38,560 · management and general $26,385 · fundraising $12,175

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $32,844,202 · end of year $25,030,546

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,500,148 · end of year $18,201,700

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,713 · end of year $45,962

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $508,371 · end of year $596,998

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

    $1,911,565

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

    $1,014,059

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,034,246 · end of year $897,506

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,813,879 · end of year $7,826,850

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $26,600 · end of year $11,500

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $12,645,705 · end of year $11,669,604

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,284,816 · end of year $1,375,386

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $528,906 · end of year $496,556

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,356,083 · end of year $14,357,435

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,956,208 · end of year $26,719,667

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,254,851 · end of year $21,331,622

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL TRIPS TO ISRAEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS.

  • BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY ELIGIBLE YOUNG JEWISH ADULT AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY THE LESS CONNECTED, IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT ISRAEL ON THIS EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL, A PROGRAM WHICH CURRENTLY PROVIDES YOUNG JEWISH ADULTS FROM THE AGES OF 18 TO 32 THE GIFT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO ISRAEL.

    Expenses $74,337,279 · Grants $74,337,279

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Avery Rosin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barry Swidler

    NATIONAL CABINET VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Douglas M Ross

    CABINET CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harry Krakowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joel Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Hoover

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lawrence J Cohen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lori Komisar

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Rashes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Philip De Toledo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert A Clarfeld

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Russ Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shawn Evenhaim

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Barse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judy Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Jaffee

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mindy Schneider

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David S Shapira

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Israel Tapoohi

    PRESIDENT/CEO (THRU 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $1,141,908
    From this org
    $1,056,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $85,847
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $659,384
    Bonus
    $250,000
    Other
    $146,677
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,347
    Filer's total
    $1,141,908
  • Jessica Feldan

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $511,096
    From this org
    $448,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,417
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,679
    Bonus
    $65,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,917
    Filer's total
    $511,096
  • S David Shapiro

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $502,113
    From this org
    $442,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,878
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $375,235
    Bonus
    $67,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,378
    Filer's total
    $502,113
  • Zhe Yang

    CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $362,665
    From this org
    $339,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,661
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,504
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $2,500
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,161
    Filer's total
    $362,665
  • Elias Saratovsky

    PRESIDENT/CEO (AS OF 09/2023)

    Total calculated
    $283,465
    From this org
    $266,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,168
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,463
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $834
    Deferred
    $13,458
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,710
    Filer's total
    $283,465
  • Pamela Fertel-Weinstein

    V.P. OF MKTG & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $333,170
    From this org
    $263,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,449
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,721
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,699
    Filer's total
    $333,170
  • Ruvym Gilman

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $290,020
    From this org
    $217,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,371
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,649
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61,121
    Filer's total
    $290,020
  • Allyson Greenbaum

    VICE PRESIDENT, CENTRAL REGION

    Total calculated
    $335,451
    From this org
    $265,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,392
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,059
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,592
    Filer's total
    $335,451
  • Carole-Ann Levine

    VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTHEAST

    Total calculated
    $341,430
    From this org
    $289,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,864
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,566
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,364
    Filer's total
    $341,430
  • Deborah Dolgin

    VICE PRESIDENT, WESTERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $290,063
    From this org
    $248,638
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,425
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,138
    Bonus
    $8,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,425
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,000
    Filer's total
    $290,063
  • Diane Romirowsky

    VICE PRESIDENT, PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $362,625
    From this org
    $308,989
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,698
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $17,291
    Deferred
    $14,635
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,001
    Filer's total
    $362,625
  • Margot Ettlinger

    VICE PRESIDENT, NE REGION

    Total calculated
    $366,379
    From this org
    $298,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,732
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,647
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,382
    Filer's total
    $366,379

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 · Travel for companions
  • 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023, BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION PROVIDED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE TO THE PRESIDENT, ISRAEL TAPOOHI; THE VALUE OF THAT HOUSING BENEFIT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III). AS PART OF PRESIDENT TAPOOHI'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, HE IS ENTITLED TO CERTAIN SPOUSAL TRAVEL BENEFITS UP TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR THRESHOLD. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023, PRESIDENT TAPOOHI RECEIVED $20,464 IN TAXABLE SPOUSAL TRAVEL BENEFITS WHICH IS ALSO REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III).
PART I, LINE 7
THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES TO SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS. THE AMOUNTS ARE REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III). THE BONUSES WERE BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL'S SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE METRICS AND WERE APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. ALL COMPENSATION DECISIONS ARE DOCUMENTED IN COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.

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
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349317230

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