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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALEPH-ALLIANCE FOR JEWISH RENEWAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,630,478
Total expenses
$2,627,389
Contributions and grants received
$1,135,315
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,426,568
Investment income
$63,413
Other revenue
$5,182
Total assets, end of year
$2,011,038
Total liabilities, end of year
$679,336
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,331,702
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,211,925
Management and general expenses
$509,788
Fundraising expenses
$95,675
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,211,925

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $32,917

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,102,398

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Education Program

    total $804,149

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Events

    total $605,876

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Service Charges

    total $16,543

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,413 · excluded $63,413

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $5,182

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,182

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $130,186 · program services $103,251 · management and general $210,663 · fundraising $6,271

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $912,175 · program services $723,455 · management and general $144,784 · fundraising $43,936

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,064 · program services $26,121 · management and general $29,327 · fundraising $6,616

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,675 · program services $45,289 · management and general $10,545 · fundraising $3,841

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,845 · program services $4,471 · management and general $1,374

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,766 · program services $28,245 · management and general $28,245 · fundraising $6,276

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $257,129 · program services $231,480 · management and general $19,300 · fundraising $6,349

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,424 · program services $19 · management and general $2,154 · fundraising $251

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,126 · program services $15,083 · management and general $8,734 · fundraising $1,309

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,609 · management and general $2,609

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,237 · program services $16,897 · management and general $576 · fundraising $764

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38,294 · program services $16,390 · management and general $17,152 · fundraising $4,752

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,392 · management and general $1,392

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,522 · program services $7,791 · management and general $6,731

  • 24a · Other expenses: Event

    total $597,155 · program services $596,993 · management and general $162

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program

    total $309,173 · program services $297,281 · management and general $6,612 · fundraising $5,280

  • 24c · Other expenses: Graphic Design

    total $69,122 · program services $47,384 · management and general $13,111 · fundraising $8,627

  • 24d · Other expenses: Credit Card Fees

    total $37,191 · program services $33,533 · management and general $3,658

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,304 · program services $18,242 · management and general $2,659 · fundraising $1,403

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $813,422 · end of year $626,110

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $835,523 · end of year $823,200

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $51,536 · end of year $63,376

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,043 · end of year $36,879

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

    $18,252

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

    $15,377

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,868 · end of year $2,875

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $438,809 · end of year $458,598

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $148,377 · end of year $83,078

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $37,872 · end of year $92,199

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $650,709 · end of year $504,059

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $756,858 · end of year $619,215

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $552,385 · end of year $712,487

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • 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 2024-2025 welcoming eight new rabbinical students, one new cantorial student, and one new Rabbinic Pastor student. The Hashpaah Program 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, eight rabbis one hazzan., 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 $1,081,470 · Revenue $611,103

  • 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 $78,488 · Revenue $105,268

  • ALEPH acts as the Fiscal Sponsor for communities and programs which are aligned with ALEPHs mission.

    Expenses $415,398 · Revenue $165,063

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

Listed in Part VII

  • SooJi Min-Maranda

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $130,186
    From this org
    $130,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,186
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,300
    Filer's total
    $138,486
  • Hazzan Stephanie Weishaar

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Rabbi Jeremy Parnes

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Alan Levin

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Dack

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rosalie Eisen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Jeff Roth

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Paul Zeitz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hazzan Steve Margolin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Josh Jeffries

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Charles Silverstein

    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. 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

None.

Answered no

  • 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
2024
Filed
5 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202610649349301661

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