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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH COUNCIL ON URBAN AFFAIRS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,289,195
Total expenses
$1,695,912
Contributions and grants received
$906,820
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$35,300
Investment income
$29,291
Other revenue
$317,784
Total assets, end of year
$3,741,977
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,007,859
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,734,118
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,137,067
Management and general expenses
$265,390
Fundraising expenses
$293,455
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,137,067

Program services were 67.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $85,820

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $821,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program

    total $35,300 · related or exempt $35,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,351 · excluded $29,351

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $248,501

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

    securities $248,561

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$60

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$60 · excluded -$60

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $384,305

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $66,521

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $317,784 · excluded $317,784

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $139,712 · program services $108,468 · management and general $6,637 · fundraising $24,607

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $896,044 · program services $694,275 · management and general $40,206 · fundraising $161,563

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,642 · program services $8,360 · management and general $672 · fundraising $1,610

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $105,031 · program services $82,283 · management and general $6,255 · fundraising $16,493

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,051 · program services $63,469 · management and general $4,779 · fundraising $12,803

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,158 · program services $5,736 · management and general $22,220 · fundraising $3,202

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,151 · program services $13,835 · management and general $53,594 · fundraising $7,722

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $110,311 · program services $20,308 · management and general $78,668 · fundraising $11,335

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,832 · program services $1,099 · management and general $15,459 · fundraising $29,274

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,653 · program services $1,675 · management and general $14,283 · fundraising $1,695

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $102,810 · program services $80,849 · management and general $5,494 · fundraising $16,467

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,918 · program services $4,495 · management and general $1,062 · fundraising $1,361

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,846 · program services $37,179 · management and general $4,478 · fundraising $1,189

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $482 · management and general $482

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,640 · program services $5,921 · management and general $345 · fundraising $1,374

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional developmen

    total $12,794 · program services $5,182 · management and general $4,957 · fundraising $2,655

  • 24b · Other expenses: Membership and dues

    total $9,837 · program services $3,933 · management and general $5,799 · fundraising $105

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $350,544 · end of year $192,043

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $564,427 · end of year $608,423

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $193,770 · end of year $25,770

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,605 · end of year $3,763

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

    $4,500

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

    $482

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,018

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $778,571 · end of year $689,761

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,232,487 · end of year $2,218,199

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,231 · end of year $65,685

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $68,750 · end of year $68,750

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $929,378 · end of year $873,424

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,418,518 · end of year $2,217,839

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $661,527 · end of year $516,279

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Jewish Council on Urban Affair's (JCUA) longstanding mission is to combat poverty, racism and antisemitism working in partnership with diverse communities. JCUA uses a community organizing model to engage the Jewish community in the collective pursuit of social justice.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JCUA mobilizes the Chicago Jewish community to advance social, economic, and racial justice working in partnership with diverse communities.

  • Community Organizing: JCUA partners with community-based organizations on a grassroots level to bring about systemic change. Current organizing campaigns and coalitions in which JCUA is involved are focusing on housing and homelessness, community safety, and immigration justice. JCUA's commitment to combatting racism and antisemitism are priorities within this work.

    Expenses $1,137,067 · Revenue $35,300

  • Youth Engagement: The Or Tzedek Teen Internship and College-aged Fellowship year-long programs train youth in the JCUA model of addressing systemic issues of inequality from a root-cause approach; strengthening civic engagement as a core aspect of Jewish identity; and providing youth with community-organizing skills. Through the programs, youth deepen their identities as compassionate and civically engaged leaders.

  • Community Investment: JCUA's Community Ventures Program provides zero-interest pre-development loans for affordable housing, economic development, and job creation projects across this city. Individuals and institutions participate in this program through granted and loaned funds to the revolving loan fund. Funds are made available through an application process as zero-interest loans primarily to nonprofits.

  • Basebuilding: JCUA works to deepen the strategic impact of its members and grow the base. Through the Kol Or Jews of Color Caucus, leadership development initiatives, full-day trainings, issue committee participation, the congregation partner network, and various programs, JCUA members work together to advance a more just and equitable city and state.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Cantor

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cydney Wallace

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Amend

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Rothschild MD

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Benetta Mansfield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Levinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deb Sokol

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gregory Rothman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jackie Rassner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nia Crosley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rabbi Fred Reeves

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rabbi Steven Philp

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randi Stern

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Gellman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sonje Hawkins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Nepomiachi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Judith Levey

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $130,400
    From this org
    $130,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432709349300618

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