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← AVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,651,492
Total expenses
$4,620,315
Contributions and grants received
$4,167,884
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$461,910
Investment income
$13,796
Other revenue
$7,902
Total assets, end of year
$2,379,238
Total liabilities, end of year
$176,640
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,202,598
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,442,343
Management and general expenses
$808,930
Fundraising expenses
$369,042
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,442,343

Program services were 74.5% 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

    $24,555

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,143,329

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HOUSING ALLOWANCE

    total $227,909 · related or exempt $227,909

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PLACEMENT FEES

    total $203,788 · related or exempt $203,788

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ALUMNI PROGRAM FEES

    total $17,481 · related or exempt $17,481

  • 2d · Program service revenue: FELLOWSHIP FEES

    total $10,432 · related or exempt $10,432

  • 2e · Program service revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $1,500 · related or exempt $1,500

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $800 · related or exempt $800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,796 · excluded $13,796

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $24,555

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $7,902 · related or exempt $7,902

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,902

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $223,051 · program services $169,519 · management and general $31,227 · fundraising $22,305

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,349,062 · program services $1,785,287 · management and general $328,869 · fundraising $234,906

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $27,251 · program services $20,711 · management and general $3,815 · fundraising $2,725

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $259,962 · program services $197,571 · management and general $36,395 · fundraising $25,996

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $190,819 · program services $145,022 · management and general $26,715 · fundraising $19,082

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $301 · management and general $301

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,500 · management and general $22,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $419,895 · program services $216,853 · management and general $199,600 · fundraising $3,442

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,514 · management and general $9,514

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,760 · program services $3,411 · management and general $3,349

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $557,496 · program services $503,661 · management and general $53,835

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,896 · management and general $17,896

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,729 · management and general $2,729

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,466 · program services $15,466

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARTICIPANT ORIENTATION

    total $166,023 · program services $166,023 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: WEEKLY PROGRAM COSTS

    total $81,038 · program services $81,038 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSE

    total $69,164 · program services $69,164 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES, LICENSES, PERMITS

    total $52,324 · program services $0 · management and general $52,324 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $149,064 · program services $68,617 · management and general $19,861 · fundraising $60,586

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $398,198 · end of year $443,543

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $55,456 · end of year $5,642

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,001,900 · end of year $1,118,076

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $80,359 · end of year $27,488

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $139,411 · end of year $90,332

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

    $124,780

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

    $124,780

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,729 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $646,101 · end of year $657,199

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $298 · end of year $258

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $275,443 · end of year $36,700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $186,626 · end of year $147,290

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,480 · end of year $29,350

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $237,368 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $947,173 · end of year $774,098

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,224,248 · end of year $1,428,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AVODAH DEVELOPS LIFELONG SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS WHOSE WORK IS INFORMED BY JEWISH VALUES AND WHO INSPIRE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO WORK TOWARD A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AVODAH DEVELOPS LIFELONG JEWISH SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS TO WORK FOR A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

  • AVODAH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BUILT A NEW GENERATION OF JEWISH LEADERS COMMITTED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. THROUGH OUR YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS -- THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS AND JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP -- WE PROVIDE YOUNG JEWISH LEADERS WITH THE TOOLS, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND NETWORKS THEY NEED TO CREATE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE COUNTRY. AVODAH HAS A PROFOUND AND LASTING IMPACT ON OUR PARTICIPANTS, BOTH DURING OUR IMMERSIVE PROGRAMS AND ONCE THEY BECOME PART OF OUR EXPANSIVE NATIONAL AVODAH ALUMNI NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 1,500 INDIVIDUALS. THROUGH THE 2022 LAUNCH OF THE AVODAH INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR OFFERINGS BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, ADVISING, AND PROGRAMMING TO MID-CAREER AND SENIOR JEWISH LEADERS TO DEEPEN THEIR INSTITUTIONS' COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL CHANGE.

    Expenses $3,442,343 · Revenue $431,697

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cheryl Cook

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $229,341
    From this org
    $223,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,290
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,051
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,546
    Nontaxable benefits
    $744
    Filer's total
    $229,341

  • Absera Melaku

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Sacks

    DIRECTOR (LEFT DURING FY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benetta Mansfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Rothstein

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Levine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elana Bildner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harry Lowenburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ilana Zafran Walden

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janna Rosenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karyn Polak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Schochet

    DIRECTOR (LEFT DURING FY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynne Wasserman

    DIRECTOR (LEFT DURING FY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rose Jagust

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila Lambert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Becca Felsenthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elli Krandel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hilary Johns Felton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Price

    DIRECTOR (LEFT DURING FY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Bocknek

    COO

    Total calculated
    $156,011
    From this org
    $151,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,531
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,787
    Nontaxable benefits
    $744
    Filer's total
    $156,011

  • Shira Sarfati

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $137,117
    From this org
    $133,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,054
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sarra Alpert

    DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTE

    Total calculated
    $124,720
    From this org
    $113,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,382
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachel Glicksman

    CHIEF PEOPLE AND OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $114,835
    From this org
    $104,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,915
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

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
21 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530529349301468

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