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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by STORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,661,917
Total expenses
$1,675,984
Contributions and grants received
$765,454
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$896,463
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$144,416
Total liabilities, end of year
$160,617
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$16,201
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,082,270
Management and general expenses
$411,141
Fundraising expenses
$182,573
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,082,270

Program services were 64.6% 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

    $157,818

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $607,636

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARTNERHOOD INCOME

    total $412,586 · related or exempt $412,586

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RELIGIOUS SERVICES

    total $264,322 · related or exempt $264,322

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $219,555 · related or exempt $219,555

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $111,491

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

    $157,818

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $111,491

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $255,458 · program services $191,594 · management and general $12,778 · fundraising $51,086

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $362,156 · program services $271,617 · management and general $18,116 · fundraising $72,423

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $146,202 · program services $109,652 · management and general $7,313 · fundraising $29,237

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,841 · program services $72,631 · management and general $4,844 · fundraising $19,366

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $565 · management and general $565

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,410 · management and general $38,410

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $201,458 · management and general $201,458

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,308 · management and general $7,308

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,384 · management and general $3,384

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,359 · management and general $22,359

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $71,541 · management and general $71,541

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,653 · management and general $3,653

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $724 · management and general $724

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,152 · management and general $5,152

  • 24a · Other expenses: RITUAL EXPENSE

    total $312,441 · program services $312,441

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE

    total $108,197 · program services $108,197

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNITY BUILDING EXPE

    total $11,416 · program services $11,416

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES & OTHER

    total $11,188 · management and general $11,188

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,531 · program services $4,722 · management and general $2,348 · fundraising $10,461

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $35,502 · end of year $21,238

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $106,537 · end of year $111,488

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $890

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $144,173 · end of year $160,617

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$2,134 · end of year -$16,201

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DEDICATED TO EXPLORING, CREATING AND CELEBRATING INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMTEMPLATION, LIFE CYCLE RITUALS, THE ARTS, LIFELONG LEARNING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. BUILDING ON THE ORGANIZATION'S VISION AND PRACTICE, THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO REDEFINE THE ROLE OF SACRED GATHERINGS THAT NOURISH OUR THIRST FOR MEANING, CONNECTION, SPIRITUALITY AND COMMUNITY.

  • WORSHIP: SPIRITUAL PRACTICE GROUNDED IN JEWISH TRADITIONS AND CONTEMPLATIVE METHODS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, COMBINING CLASSICAL AND MODERN LITURGIES, INTERACTIVE DRAMATIC STORYTELLING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CREATING TRANSFORMATIONAL TOOLS FRO NURTURING OUR SOUL, BODY AND MIND.

    Expenses $1,082,270 · Revenue $896,463

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jon Silvan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Brecher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jen Pehr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Kassoy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ava Schlesinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Franny Silverman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Grayson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Sarig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Sokolic

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $166,052
    From this org
    $166,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,052
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $166,052
  • Amichai Lau-Lavie

    FOUNDER & FOUNDING SPIRITUAL LEADER

    Total calculated
    $75,116
    From this org
    $75,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shira Kline

    SPIRITUAL LEADER DIR. OF F

    Total calculated
    $170,723
    From this org
    $123,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,992
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,731
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,992
    Filer's total
    $170,723

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
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
AMICHAI LAU LAVIE RECEIVED A HOUSING ALLOWANCE OF $75,102 IN 2023. THE HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS INCLUDED IN COMPENSATION FROM W-2.

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
2023
Filed
15 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422899349302032

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