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← WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION AMERICAN SECTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION AMERICAN SECTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,799,393
Total expenses
$7,903,989
Contributions and grants received
$10,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$7,789,393
Total assets, end of year
$1,151,556
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,015,076
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$136,480
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,592,158
Management and general expenses
$2,311,831
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,592,158

Program services were 70.8% 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

    $10,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSED EXPENSES

    total $7,789,393 · related or exempt $7,789,393

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,789,393

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,274,272 · management and general $1,274,272

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,375 · management and general $52,375

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $217,465 · management and general $217,465

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,373 · management and general $65,373

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,826 · management and general $8,826

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,161 · management and general $62,161

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,718 · management and general $27,718

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $236,089 · program services $34,243 · management and general $201,846

  • 17 · Travel

    total $121,148 · program services $71,657 · management and general $49,491

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,098,933 · program services $1,098,933

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,691 · management and general $7,691

  • 24a · Other expenses: PAYMENTS MADE ON BEHALF

    total $4,162,425 · program services $4,162,425

  • 24b · Other expenses: LEARNING ACTIVITIES

    total $224,900 · program services $224,900

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $204,020 · management and general $204,020

  • 24d · Other expenses: SEC 872-PAYMASTER EXPEN

    total $80,205 · management and general $80,205

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $60,388 · management and general $60,388

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $151,346 · end of year $339,816

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $68,428 · end of year $53,357

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

    $352,728

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

    $309,270

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $51,149 · end of year $43,458

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $660,327 · end of year $714,925

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $255,937 · end of year $503,609

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $434,237 · end of year $511,467

  • 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 $241,076 · end of year $136,480

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

STRENGTHENING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN JEWISH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND ISRAEL. THE ORGANIZATION'S SPONSORING OF TRIPS TO ISRAEL AND GRANTS FURTHERED ITS PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE - TO ADVANCE THE TEACHING OF WORLD ZIONISM AND CONDUCT RELATED CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE 2

  • COLLECTING AND DISBURSING MONEY FOR, OR IN THE INTEREST OF, THE JERUSALEM ORGANIZATIONS AND, THROUGH EMISSARIES (SHLICHIM) FROM ISRAEL TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SITUATION OF ISRAEL. PROVIDING TEACHERS AND LECTURERS TO FURTHER ITS MISSION.

    Expenses $5,592,158 · Revenue $7,789,393

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Harvey Blitz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shoshana Dweck

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rhoda Smolow

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marlene Post

    FORMER VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Brandwein

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Liana Meirom

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $119,111
    From this org
    $114,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,350
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michal Slawny Cababia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,683
    From this org
    $134,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,350
    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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503009349300035

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