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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AYIN INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$401,904
Total expenses
$448,021
Contributions and grants received
$319,479
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$79,088
Investment income
$3,337
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$77,103
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,096
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$54,007
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$284,560
Management and general expenses
$96,695
Fundraising expenses
$66,766
Program service expenses (Part III)
$284,560

Program services were 63.5% 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

    $319,479

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NET SALES

    total $52,242 · related or exempt $52,242

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SERVICES

    total $26,846 · related or exempt $26,846

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,337 · related or exempt $3,337

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $161,060 · program services $74,555 · management and general $49,136 · fundraising $37,369

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $200,951 · program services $136,458 · management and general $42,353 · fundraising $22,140

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $898 · management and general $898

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,401 · management and general $3,401

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,514 · program services $57,361 · management and general $153

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,223 · fundraising $7,223

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,871 · program services $8,871

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $1,148 · program services $1,148

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,760 · program services $4,760

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,195 · program services $407 · management and general $754 · fundraising $34

  • 24b · Other expenses: TABLE FEES

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $37,881 · end of year $60,145

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $65,620 · end of year $16,958

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,025 · end of year $2,025

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,352 · end of year $21,071

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,124 · end of year $54,007

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AYIN PRESS LIMITED (THE "ORGANIZATION") WAS FORMED ON JANUARY 7, 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN ARTIST-RUN PUBLISHING PLATFORM, PRODUCTION STUDIO, AND RESEARCH COLLECTIVE ROOTED IN JEWISH CULTURE AND EMANATING OUTWARD. THE ORGANIZATION WILL CREATE AND SUPPORT WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF POLITICAL IMAGINATION, SPECULATIVE THEOLOGY, AND RADICAL AESTHETICS. BOTH ONLINE AND IN PRINT, THE ORGANIZATION WILL SEEK TO CELEBRATE ARTISTS AND THINKERS AT THE MARGINS AND EXPLORE THE GROWING EDGES OF COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH A DIVERSE RANGE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY, MULTIMEDIA, AND EXPERIMENTAL WORKS AND PROJECTS. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO POETRY, ESSAYS, FICTION, THEORY, ARTBOOKS, ANTHOLOGIES, ARCHIVES, INTERVIEWS, TRANSLATIONS,MULTI MEDIA, CONCEPTUAL PROJECTS, DIGITAL WORKS, IMMERSIVE EVENTS, AND ONLINE PROGRAMMING. AYIN PRESS LIMITED WAS FOUNDED ON A DEEP BELIEF IN THE POWER OF CULTURE AND CREATIVITY TO HEAL, TRANSFORM, AND UPLIFT THE WORLD WE SHARE AND BUILD TOGETHER. THE OR

  • PRINT PUBLISHING - WE RECOMMITTED TO THE TANGIBLE IMPACT AND MATERIAL CRAFT OF BOOK PUBLISHING, WORKING WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF ARTISTS TO CREATE AMBITIOUS, LONG-FORM PROJECTS THAT CAN ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH READERS. WE PUBLISHED TWO BOOKS WITH SMALL PRESS DISTRIBUTION (SPD), EACH EARNING A SPOT ON THE SPD BESTSELLER LIST FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK IMPRINT "SOMEWHERE" INVITING INTERGENERATIONAL READERS TO EXPLORE AND DEEPEN THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD.

    Expenses $230,542

  • DIGITAL PUBLISHING - PROJECT-BASED PUBLISHING REMAINED AYIN'S PRIMARY APPROACH, RESPONDING TO A SHIFTING CONTEXT WITH BOLD VISION AND CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A SECOND ANNUAL JOURNAL "THE HOLY FOOL," FEATURING AROUND 35+ AUTHORS/ARTISTS AND LAUNCH OF A NEW FOLIO FORMAT FOR SHORTER, THEMATICALLY FOCUSED ONLINE PUBLISHING. TOPICS IN THE FIRST THREE FOLIOS INCLUDED CONTEMPORARY JEWISH POETRY, NORTH AFRICAN JEWISH MUSIC, AND THE INTERSECTION OF POETICS AND PROPHECY. FINALLY, WE PILOTED A HOLIDAY COMPANION PUBLICATION WITH "CHANHKAT CHOLAMOT," A DIGITAL HANUKA ZINE WITH DREAMWORK PRACTICES FOR KISLEV.

    Expenses $54,018

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Haviv

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $86,110
    From this org
    $86,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eden Pearlstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $74,950
    From this org
    $74,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202442059349300529

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