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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,045,877
Total expenses
$18,172,494
Contributions and grants received
$5,398,806
Grants paid
$6,983,148
Program service revenue
$6,097,816
Investment income
$10,736,870
Other revenue
$812,385
Total assets, end of year
$136,561,171
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,172,277
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$134,388,894
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,438,464
Management and general expenses
$2,581,213
Fundraising expenses
$152,817
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,438,464

Program services were 85.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,079,000

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $313,159

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,006,647

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $51,826

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT TUITION & FEES

    total $5,888,261 · related or exempt $5,888,261

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $209,555 · related or exempt $209,555

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,555,116 · excluded $1,555,116

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $27,371,184

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

    securities $18,189,430

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,181,754

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,181,754 · excluded $9,181,754

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $1,079,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $185,420

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$185,420 · excluded -$185,420

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: LOAN FORGIVENESS - PPPI

    total $997,805 · excluded $997,805

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $997,805

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $130,500 · program services $130,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,852,648 · program services $6,852,648

  • 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 $276,333 · program services $276,333

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,387,476 · program services $4,274,676 · management and general $0 · fundraising $112,800

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $159,865 · program services $155,755 · fundraising $4,110

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,061,008 · program services $1,033,730 · fundraising $27,278

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $356,781 · program services $348,152 · fundraising $8,629

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,900 · management and general $64,900

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $741,922 · management and general $741,922

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,205 · management and general $31,205

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $55,451 · program services $55,451

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,612 · program services $71,612

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $61,505 · management and general $61,505

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,712 · program services $27,712

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,638 · program services $9,638

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,522 · management and general $1,522

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: ALLOCATED EXPENSES

    total $2,500,000 · program services $819,841 · management and general $1,680,159

  • 24b · Other expenses: ISRAEL PROGRAMS

    total $1,331,962 · program services $1,331,962

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $49,854 · program services $49,854

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $600 · program services $600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $813 · end of year $813

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,396,570 · end of year $3,376,393

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $302,865 · end of year $302,078

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $3,018,166

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

    $2,757,348

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $178,610 · end of year $260,818

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $53,403,083 · end of year $47,280,239

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $82,101,309 · end of year $84,474,330

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,311,664 · end of year $866,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $859,878 · end of year $682,448

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $60,103 · end of year $14,802

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $997,805 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,959,902 · end of year $1,475,027

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,108,802 · end of year $428,605

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $136,926,028 · end of year $133,960,289

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE RABBINATE AND TO ISSUE THE TRADITIONAL CERTIFICATE OF ORDINATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THE SEMINARY IS AUTHORIZED TO CONFER THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF HEBREW LITERATURE (M.H.L.), DOCTOR OF HEBREW LITERATURE (D.H.L.), MASTER OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (M.R.ED.), AND DOCTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (D.R.ED.), IN CONFORMITY WITH RULES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE REGISTRATION OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PROVIDES RABBINICAL AND JUDAIC STUDY PROGRAMS TO APPROX. 212 SEMINARY STUDENTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEARNING & LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS

  • RABBINICAL AND JUDAIC STUDY PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY LEARNING AND EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS. SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $15,438,464 · Grants $6,983,148 · Revenue $6,097,816

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • RABBI MARC PENNER

    DEAN

    Total calculated
    $306,595
    From this org
    $190,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $115,700
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,343
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $552
    Deferred
    $11,008
    Nontaxable benefits
    $104,692
    Filer's total
    $306,595
  • RABBI ARYEH LEBOWITZ

    DIRECTOR - SEMIKHA

    Total calculated
    $263,844
    From this org
    $117,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $145,894
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $117,770
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $180
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $145,894
    Filer's total
    $263,844
  • RABBI RONALD SCHWARZBERG

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $238,229
    From this org
    $141,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $96,726
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,711
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $792
    Deferred
    $8,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $88,401
    Filer's total
    $238,229
  • RABBI EZRA SCHWARTZ

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,568
    From this org
    $94,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,538
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,884
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $146
    Deferred
    $5,569
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76,969
    Filer's total
    $176,568
  • RABBI LAWRENCE ROTHWACHS

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $167,395
    From this org
    $121,691
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,704
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,234
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,457
    Deferred
    $2,305
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,399
    Filer's total
    $167,395
  • RABBI JOSHUA FLUG

    DIRECTOR - TORAH RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $150,655
    From this org
    $60,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $89,696
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $60,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $119
    Deferred
    $4,623
    Nontaxable benefits
    $85,073
    Filer's total
    $150,655
  • RABBI DR ARI D BERMAN

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • LANCE HIRT

    BOARD CHAIR/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • DR WILLIAM J SCHWARTZ

    SECRETARY/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHAIM H WIETSCHNER

    TREASURER/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JULIUS BERMAN

    CHAIR EMERITUS/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOEL M SCHREIBER

    CHAIR EMERITUS/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR DAVID ARBESFELD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RABBI HOWARD S BALTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARVIN S BIENENFELD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LUDWIG BRAVMANN

    TRUSTEE - DECEASED NOV 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NAHUM FELMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELLIOT GIBBER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR FELIX L GLAUBACH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALAN E GOLDBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL JESSELSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HOWARD JONAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BINYAMIN KAMINETZKY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RABBI SHIMON LAUFER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MOSES MARX

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEON MEYERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HENRY ORLINSKY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DANIEL E POSNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ERIC ROTHNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RABBI SOLOMON F RYBAK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CARMI SCHWARTZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • IRWIN SHAPIRO

    TRUSTEE - Deceased Dec 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MOSHAEL J STRAUS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RABBI DANIEL TURKEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RABBI AARON WALFISH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RABBI SHIMON WOLF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KENNETH A ZITTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JACOB HARMAN

    VP BUS. AFFAIRS-CFO-June 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREW J LAUER

    VP/GENERAL COUNSEL

    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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
THE HOUSING ALLOWANCE REFERS TO THE PARSONAGE SALARY DESIGNATION PROVIDED TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES REPORTED IN PART VII AND SCHEDULE J. DETAILS OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II RABBI RONALD SCHWARZBERG - COLUMN C INCLUDES THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SECTION 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN. COLUMN D INCLUDES NON-TAXABLE MEDICAL BENEFITS, THE COSTS OF AN EMPLOYER PROVIDED CELL PHONE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES AND THE PORTION OF RABBI SCHWARZBERG'S SALARY THAT IS DESIGNATED AS NON-TAXABLE PARSONAGE. A PORTION OF RABBI SCHWARZBERG'S TOTAL COMPENSATION IS EARNED FROM SERVICES PERFORMED FOR YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, AN AFFILIATED, BUT UNRELATED ORGANIZATION FOR FORM 990 REPORTING PURPOSES, OF THE SEMINARY. RABBI EZRA SCHWARTZ - COLUMN C INCLUDES EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SECTION 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN. COLUMN D INCLUDES NON-TAXABLE MEDICAL BENEFITS AND THE PORTION OF RABBI SCHWARTZ'S SALARY THAT IS DESIGNATED AS NON-TAXABLE PARSONAGE. A PORTION OF RABBI SCHWARTZ'S TOTAL COMPENSATION IS EARNED FROM SERVICES PERFORMED FOR YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, AN AFFILIATED, BUT UNRELATED ORGANIZATION FOR FORM 990 REPORTING PURPOSES, OF THE SEMINARY. RABBI ARYEH LEBOWITZ - COLUMN D INCLUDES NON-TAXABLE MEDICAL BENEFITS, TUITION, THE COSTS OF AN EMPLOYER PROVIDED CELL PHONE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES AND THE PORTION OF RABBI LEBOWITZ'S SALARY THAT IS DESIGNATED AS NON-TAXABLE PARSONAGE. RABBI MARC PENNER - COLUMN C INCLUDES EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SECTION 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN. COLUMN D INCLUDES NON-TAXABLE MEDICAL BENEFITS, THE COSTS OF AN EMPLOYER PROVIDED CELL PHONE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES AND THE PORTION OF RABBI PENNER'S SALARY THAT IS DESIGNATED AS NON-TAXABLE PARSONAGE. A PORTION OF RABBI PENNER'S TOTAL COMPENSATION IS EARNED FROM SERVICES PERFORMED FOR YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, AN AFFILIATED, BUT UNRELATED ORGANIZATION FOR FORM 990 REPORTING PURPOSES, OF THE SEMINARY. RABBI LAWRENCE ROTHWACHS - COLUMN B INCLUDES TAXABLE TUITION BENEFITS. COLUMN C INCLUDES EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SECTION 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN. COLUMN D INCLUDES NON-TAXABLE MEDICAL BENEFITS AND THE COSTS OF AN EMPLOYER PROVIDED CELL PHONE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.
COMPENSATION FROM UNRELATED ORGANIZATION
THE SEMINARY'S PRESIDENT, CFO, AND THE VP FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS ARE ALSO OFFICERS OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, AN AFFILIATED BUT UNRELATED ORGANIZATION FOR FORM 990 REPORTING PURPOSES. PURSUANT TO AN AFFILIATION AGREEMENT, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY PROVIDES FINANCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL, FACILITIES, AND HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES TO THE SEMINARY. THESE OFFICERS ARE PAID SOLELY BY YESHIVA UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S PAYROLL SYSTEM AND THEIR FULL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ARE REPORTED ON YESHIVA UNIVERSITY'S FORM 990.

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441369349316949

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