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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ORGANIZATION FOR THE RESOLUTION OF AGUNOT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,043,732
Total expenses
$1,017,019
Contributions and grants received
$1,034,189
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$9,483
Investment income
$60
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$400,085
Total liabilities, end of year
$130,829
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$269,256
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$629,896
Management and general expenses
$186,767
Fundraising expenses
$200,356
Program service expenses (Part III)
$629,896

Program services were 61.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,034,189

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Speaking engagements

    total $9,483 · related or exempt $9,483

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60 · related or exempt $60

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $289,048 · program services $154,016 · management and general $67,516 · fundraising $67,516

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $426,801 · program services $326,071 · management and general $36,230 · fundraising $64,500

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,259 · program services $28,966 · management and general $6,336 · fundraising $9,957

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,674 · program services $32,432 · management and general $7,234 · fundraising $11,008

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,064 · program services $12,064

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,375 · management and general $28,375

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,208 · program services $7,104 · fundraising $7,104

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,773 · program services $5,485 · management and general $5,144 · fundraising $5,144

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,611 · program services $7,431 · management and general $1,625 · fundraising $2,555

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,366 · program services $27,754 · management and general $6,071 · fundraising $9,541

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,426 · program services $6,426

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,179 · program services $12,179

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,140 · management and general $2,140

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,531 · management and general $15,531

  • 24a · Other expenses: CC collections Fees

    total $14,874 · management and general $849 · fundraising $14,025

  • 24b · Other expenses: Outside Contract Servic

    total $10,835 · program services $6,308 · fundraising $4,527

  • 24c · Other expenses: Staff Development

    total $7,489 · management and general $7,489

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fundraising

    total $4,479 · fundraising $4,479

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,887 · program services $3,660 · management and general $2,227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $481,098 · end of year $393,585

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $6,500

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

    $1,022

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

    $1,022

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,584 · end of year $12,331

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $163,750 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $5,363 · end of year $6,880

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $66,358 · end of year $111,618

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $242,543 · end of year $269,256

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) seeks to eliminate abuse from the Jewish divorce process. ORA works within the parameters of Jewish law and civil law to advocate for the timely and unconditional issuance of a get. ORA believes that the protracted refusal to issue or receive a get is a form of domestic abuse which must never be tolerated. ORA seeks to foster a Jewish community in which a get is never used as a weapon. ORA pursues its mission through agunah case advocacy, early intervention programs, and educational initiatives for agunah prevention.

  • Assisted individuals who have been denied a Jewish religious divorce by advocating for a timely and unconditional issuance and receipt of a Jewish religious divorce within the parameters of Jewish and civil law.

    Expenses $527,963

  • Conducted educational programs and initiatives in schools, colleges, synagouges and community forums to educate participants about Jewish divorce refusal, domestic abuse, and the Jewish prenuptial agreement for the prevention of Jewish divorce refusal.

    Expenses $13,383 · Revenue $9,483

  • Implemented a Jewish divorce resource phone line for individuals in the Jewish community facing divorce, called "One Step Forward." This resource line provided Jewish divorce information, strategic guidance, and emotional support to callers, as well as connecting callers with a wide range of legal, emotional and financial resources. This helpline provides guidance, support and referrals to more than 300 callers per year.

    Expenses $88,550

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Greenberg - Kobrin Esq

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.02

  • Dr Roslyn Feder Lipsky

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Joshua Z Ross

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Rabbi Daniel Feldman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Daniel Goldberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Dr Bat Sheva Maslow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Rabbi Joshua Lookstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Elyakim Orlinsky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Dr Yardaena Osband

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Barbara Zakheim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Chani Klein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Daniella Rohr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Batsheva Ganz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Sam Adelsbeg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Rivka Gross

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Miriam Goldberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Reuven Stein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Keshet Starr

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $116,667
    From this org
    $116,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Jennifer Lifshutz

    Assistant Director

    Total calculated
    $85,880
    From this org
    $85,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Jonathon Klaymen

    Assistant Director

    Total calculated
    $86,500
    From this org
    $86,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349317064

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