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← JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,976,856
Total expenses
$21,316,591
Contributions and grants received
$14,301,742
Grants paid
$10,281,947
Program service revenue
$1,398,073
Investment income
$3,852,386
Other revenue
$424,655
Total assets, end of year
$152,740,067
Total liabilities, end of year
$41,526,638
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$111,213,429
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,525,004
Management and general expenses
$2,618,747
Fundraising expenses
$3,172,840
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,525,004

Program services were 72.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • BEN CHERRY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BURT GARLAND

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CRAIG ROSENTHAL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DALIA OPPENHEIMER

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • FELICIA MALTER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • GREG YAWITZ

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JOHN GREENBERG

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PATTY BLOOM

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROBERT NEWMARK

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SUE SCHLICHTER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TOBY WARTICOVSCHI

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ABBY GOLDSTEIN

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AMY BENDER LEVY

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AVIVA RASKAS

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CATHY GOLDSTICKER

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAFNA REVAH

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAN FRIEDMAN

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • EMILY STEIN MACDONALD

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JIM DEUTSCH

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOE PERELES

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JONATHAN DEUTSCH

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LESLIE YOFFIE

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MELANIE WINOGRAD

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MONT LEVY

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • NEIL JAFFE

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RABBI JANINE SCHLOSS

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RACHEL THIMANGU

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROB WASSERMAN

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHERRY SHUMAN

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHIRA BERKOWITZ

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TIM STERN

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TODD SIWAK

    AT LARGE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BRIAN HERSTIG

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $195,707
    From this org
    $166,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,605
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,102
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,243
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,362
    Filer's total
    $195,707

  • LAURENCE GAST

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $225,186
    From this org
    $179,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,813
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,373
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,869
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,944
    Filer's total
    $225,186

  • MELINDA SHARP

    VP OF FINANCE AND ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $186,350
    From this org
    $167,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,136
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,214
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,589
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,547
    Filer's total
    $186,350

  • AMANDA MILLER

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $137,762
    From this org
    $120,706
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,056
    Hours/week
    40

  • EMILY BORNSTEIN

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $120,573
    From this org
    $102,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,512
    Hours/week
    40

  • KAREN SHER

    VP OF COMMUNITY IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $185,475
    From this org
    $151,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,626
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,849
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,555
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,071
    Filer's total
    $185,475

  • MARCI EISEN

    DIRECTOR - MILLSTONE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES/JPRO

    Total calculated
    $112,440
    From this org
    $101,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,813
    Hours/week
    40

  • SCOTT BIONDO

    DIRECTOR - COMMUNITY SECURITY

    Total calculated
    $131,991
    From this org
    $113,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,731
    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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
BRIAN HERSTIG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: THE ORGANIZATION PAID FOR DUES EXPENSES IN THE CURRENT TAX FILING YEAR. THE BENEFIT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN TAXABLE COMPENSATION. THE MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES MARKETING BENEFITS AND DONOR REFERRAL SOURCES TO THE ORGANIZATION TO HELP IT IN MEETING ITS MISSION AND OBJECTIVES.

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

  • SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE

    $9,229,831

    SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

  • WOMEN'S AUXILIARY FOUNDATION JEWISH AGED

    GRANTS · MO · income $43,842 · assets $741,921

    Directly controlled by JFSL

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • REMAINDER TRUSTS (10)

    Trust · TRUST INVESTMENT · MO

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202543169349302504

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