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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEBREW LANGUAGE CHARTER SCHOOL EXCELLENCE.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 9 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$4,045,292 changed to $6,832,215
Total expenses
$3,615,684 changed to $7,421,221
Contributions and grants received
$2,015,418 changed to $3,747,051
Grants paid
$55,222 changed to $1,020,858
Program service revenue
$1,963,959 changed to $3,064,761
Investment income
-$4,660 changed to $4,478
Other revenue
$70,575 changed to $15,925
Total assets, end of year
$4,773,896 changed to $4,856,996
Total liabilities, end of year
$975,498 changed to $1,647,604
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,798,398 changed to $3,209,392
Program services expenses
$2,945,563 changed to $5,165,685
Management and general expenses
$467,074 changed to $1,753,243
Fundraising expenses
$203,047 changed to $502,293
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,945,563 changed to $5,165,685

Listed only on the later return

  • Elyse Castellano
  • Emily Fernandez
  • Valerie Khaytina

Listed under a different title

  • Basil Smikle: DIRECTOR then DIRECTOR - TERM ENDED DEC 2023
  • Beryl Chernov: DIRECTOR then DIRECTOR - TERM ENDED DEC 2023

Totals

Total revenue
$4,045,292
Total expenses
$3,615,684
Contributions and grants received
$2,015,418
Grants paid
$55,222
Program service revenue
$1,963,959
Investment income
-$4,660
Other revenue
$70,575
Total assets, end of year
$4,773,896
Total liabilities, end of year
$975,498
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,798,398
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,945,563
Management and general expenses
$467,074
Fundraising expenses
$203,047
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,945,563

Program services were 81.5% 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

    $42,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,973,418

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $1,132,010 · related or exempt $1,132,010

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $825,900 · related or exempt $825,900

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $6,049 · related or exempt $6,049

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

    other assets $4,660

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$4,660

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,660 · related or exempt -$4,660

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $174,863

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

    $42,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $104,288

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $70,575 · excluded $70,575

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $55,222 · program services $55,222

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $537,203 · program services $274,063 · management and general $196,465 · fundraising $66,675

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,095,098 · program services $971,079 · management and general $64,001 · fundraising $60,018

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $19,305 · program services $23,240 · management and general -$4,157 · fundraising $222

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $276,998 · program services $216,466 · management and general $39,616 · fundraising $20,916

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $151,207 · program services $116,416 · management and general $23,201 · fundraising $11,590

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,721 · program services $13,797 · management and general $9,550 · fundraising $1,374

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,900 · program services $20,036 · management and general $13,869 · fundraising $1,995

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $159,740 · program services $89,153 · management and general $61,712 · fundraising $8,875

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $84,453 · program services $65,022 · management and general $12,958 · fundraising $6,473

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $649,962 · program services $615,176 · management and general $23,197 · fundraising $11,589

  • 17 · Travel

    total $275,811 · program services $252,605 · management and general $15,475 · fundraising $7,731

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $765 · program services $589 · management and general $117 · fundraising $59

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,718 · program services $25,718

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,726 · program services $5,949 · management and general $1,185 · fundraising $592

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $112,834 · program services $112,834

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $65,251 · program services $50,663 · management and general $9,728 · fundraising $4,860

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $37,770 · program services $37,535 · management and general $157 · fundraising $78

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,286,843 · end of year $907,492

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $390,923

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $54,000 · end of year $113,606

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $142,901 · end of year $47,630

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

    $237,403

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

    $208,677

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $55,869 · end of year $28,726

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,995,416 · end of year $3,285,519

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $491,075 · end of year $591,547

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $262,200 · end of year $290,436

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $412,964 · end of year $93,515

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,272,206 · end of year $3,508,534

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $96,584 · end of year $289,864

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO LEAD A NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL, DIVERSE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT TEACH MODERN HEBREW TO CHILDREN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND PREPARE THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL CITIZENS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HEBREW PUBLIC LEADS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL, DIVERSE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT TEACH MODERN HEBREW TO CHILDREN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND PREPARES THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL CITIZENS.

  • HEBREW PUBLIC IS WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, CHARTER AUTHORIZERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH NEW SCHOOLS. PROVIDING MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO NETWORK SCHOOLS. ASSISTING SCHOOLS IN AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMMATIC AND OPERATIONAL AREAS, INCLUDING HEBREW STUDIES, ISRAEL STUDIES, GENERAL CURRICULAR AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, SUPPORT FOR BOARDS AND SCHOOL LEADERS, STUDENT RECRUITMENT, BUDGETING, COMPLIANCE AND DATA. DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENT ALUMNI.

    Expenses $2,945,563 · Grants $55,222 · Revenue $1,963,959

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Bloom

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Adam Semler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karim Camara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meridith Verona

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Feinblatt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hillary Leibowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thom Waye

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noemi Zibuts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy Winitzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allyson Galishoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynette Tulkoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Basil Smikle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beryl Chernov

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam Mark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Rosenberg

    PRESIDENT/SECRETARY AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 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 7
BONUSES ARE DETERMINED BY MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD BASED UPON THE INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORGANIZATION.

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • FRIENDS OF HEBREW PUBLIC BORROWER LLC

    HOLD RENTAL REAL ESTATE & OBTAIN FINANCING FOR REAL ESTATE · NY

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEBREW LANGUAGE CHARTER SCHOOL EXCELLENCE & DEVELOPMENT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202401309349303920

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