Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by ALEPH-ALLIANCE FOR JEWISH RENEWAL.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,549,128
- Total expenses
- $1,625,091
- Contributions and grants received
- $461,446
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,032,531
- Investment income
- $50,519
- Other revenue
- $4,632
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,146,201
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $836,958
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,309,243
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,308,546
- Management and general expenses
- $280,371
- Fundraising expenses
- $36,174
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,308,546
Program services were 80.5% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$36,426
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$425,020
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2a · Program service revenue: Education Program
total $733,439
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2b · Program service revenue: Events
total $260,110
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2c · Program service revenue: Service Charges
total $38,982
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3 · Investment income
total $50,519 · excluded $50,519
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11a · Other revenue: Other
total $4,632
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11e · Other revenue, total
$4,632
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $129,464 · program services $103,284 · management and general $21,927 · fundraising $4,253
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $639,585 · program services $510,247 · management and general $108,324 · fundraising $21,014
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $43,175 · program services $16,041 · management and general $27,049 · fundraising $85
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $46,435 · program services $34,749 · management and general $9,753 · fundraising $1,933
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $7,988 · program services $5,057 · management and general $2,931
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $69,340 · program services $21,280 · management and general $44,154 · fundraising $3,906
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $61,457 · program services $44,960 · management and general $11,514 · fundraising $4,983
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $17,037 · program services $6,233 · management and general $10,804
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $2,397 · management and general $2,397
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17 · Travel
total $7,499 · program services $6,999 · management and general $500
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,229 · management and general $2,229
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23 · Insurance
total $13,935 · program services $6,725 · management and general $7,210
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24a · Other expenses: Event
total $205,591 · program services $205,591
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24b · Other expenses: Program
total $272,162 · program services $270,406 · management and general $1,756
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24c · Other expenses: Conferences and meetings
total $45,742 · program services $24,204 · management and general $21,538
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24d · Other expenses: Credit Card Fees
total $32,277 · program services $28,293 · management and general $3,984
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24e · All other expenses
total $28,778 · program services $24,477 · management and general $4,301
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $843,169 · end of year $813,422
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $300,725 · end of year $835,523
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $134,656 · end of year $51,536
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $20,887
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,904 · end of year $4,043
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$16,853
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$13,985
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $3,138 · end of year $2,868
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $398,536 · end of year $438,809
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $197,638 · end of year $148,377
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $71,049 · end of year $37,872
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $83,795 · end of year $650,709
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $803,767 · end of year $756,858
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $550,766 · end of year $552,385
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
ALEPH fully embraces a contemporary egalitarian Judaism as a profound spiritual practice social transformer, reaching beyond religious boundaries institutional structures worldwide. ALEPH brings spiritual vitality passion into the daily lives of Jews through programs that empower leadership, build multiracial multiethnic communities.
Activities or mission (Part I)
ALEPH fully embraces a contemporary egalitarian Judaism as a profound spiritual practice and social transformer, reaching beyond religious boundaries and institutional structures worldwide.
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The ALEPH Ordination Program offers professional, graduate-level training, leading to ordination for Rabbis, Cantors, and Rabbinic Pastors and the Hashpaah Training Program for Jewish Spiritual Directors. The program continued to grow in FY 2023-2024 welcoming five new rabbinical students, three new cantorial students and one new Rabbinic Pastor student. The Hashpaah Program resumed after a brief hiatus and is in its eighth cohort with eight new students including three who are already enrolled in another AOP track. The AOP program ordained ten students, nine rabbis and one rabbinic pastor. Total enrollment for the AOP is about 93 students. AOP also includes Smicha Week, the ALEPH Ordination Program Study Week.
Expenses $929,151 · Revenue $731,348
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The Retreats and Training programs provide opportunities for deepening Jewish transformative experience and expression for spiritual seekers, as well as Jewish educators, teachers, and trainers. Retreats, training, and professional development programs include Kol Zimra Chant Leaders Training and SOULIFT Retreats.
Expenses $95,463 · Revenue $75,140
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The Fiscal Sponsorship Program acts as the Fiscal Sponsor for several communities and programs, which are unrelated to ALEPH and aligned with ALEPHs mission. These include Mitsui Collective in OH, Twin Cities Jewish Renewal Community in MN, Tikkun Leil Shabbat in Washington DC, Pardes Hannah in MI, Kol Israel Congregation of KY, Planetary Judaism in CA, Torah of Awakening in AZ, Joyous Judaism in GA, and OpenLev in MA.
Expenses $134,687 · Revenue $144,996
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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SooJi Min-Maranda
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $129,464
- From this org
- $129,464
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Rabbi Jeremy Parnes
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Hazzan Stephanie Weishaar
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rabbi Alan Levin
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Douglas Chermak
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rosalie Eisen
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rabbi Jeff Roth
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Judith Dack
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Paul Zeitz
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 19 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202501399349300740
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