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← SEPHARDIC JEWISH BROTHERHOOD FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SEPHARDIC JEWISH BROTHERHOOD FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$236,489
Total expenses
$215,202
Contributions and grants received
$84,713
Grants paid
$4,442
Program service revenue
$151,774
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$276,834
Total liabilities, end of year
$128,939
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$147,895
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$150,176
Management and general expenses
$45,776
Fundraising expenses
$19,250
Program service expenses (Part III)
$150,176

Program services were 69.8% 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

    $84,713

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES - HERITAGE TOURS

    total $85,680 · related or exempt $85,680

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FEES - COMMUNITY PROGR

    total $39,887 · related or exempt $39,887

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FEES - YOUTH PROGRAMS

    total $26,207 · related or exempt $26,207

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · excluded $2

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,442 · program services $4,442

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,000 · program services $19,250 · management and general $38,500 · fundraising $19,250

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,320 · program services $1,320

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,077 · management and general $5,077

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,305 · program services $1,305

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $120,609 · program services $120,609

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES & FEES

    total $2,199 · management and general $2,199

  • 24b · Other expenses: LEADERSHIP AND FELLOWSH

    total $1,750 · program services $1,750

  • 24c · Other expenses: SPONSORSHIPS AND GRANTS

    total $1,500 · program services $1,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $136,646 · end of year $194,688

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,210 · end of year $5,212

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $2,158

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $74,776

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,768 · end of year $3,376

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,480 · end of year $125,563

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $126,608 · end of year $147,895

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS JEWISH PEOPLE WHO TRACE THEIR ANCESTRAL ROOTS TO OTTOMAN, LADINO-SPEAKING SEPHARDIC JEWRY. OUR MISSION IS TO CONNECT, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND CONGREGATIONS OF SEPHARDIC JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND TO INSPIRE AND STRENGTHEN THEIR SEPHARDIC IDENTITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SEPHARDIC JEWISH BROTHERHOOD FOUNDATION ("THE FOUNDATION") IS THE 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT FOUNDATION THAT SERVES AS THE NATIONAL-UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF THE LADINO-SPEAKING. SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY OF THE UNITED STATES. IT HAS THE UNIQUE MISSION TO SUPPORT SEPHARDIC INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES DERIVING THEIR LINEAGE FROM THE LADINO-SPEAKING JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF GREECE, TURKEY, AND THE BALKANS. THROUGH COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING & OUTREACH (I.E. TRAVEL EVENTS TO PLACES OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR ANCESTRY, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS, SENIOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, ELDERLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ETC), SEPHARDIC EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES (I.E. PRINCIPALLY ONLINE CLASSES), OUR SEPHARDIC YOUTH PROGRAM (I.E. SEPHARDIC YOUNG PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMING, YOUTH AND FAMILY CULTURAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS, ETC), AND MORE, THE SEPHARDIC JEWISH BROTHERHOOD FOUNDATION WORKS TO CENTRALLY SERVE ALL ASPECTS OF SEPHARDIC JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA.

  • COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH - GENERAL IN PERSON (AND REMOTE) COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING ENGAGING ALL SUBSETS OF THE WIDER SEPHARDIC JEWISH WORLD THROUGH THEIR CULTURE AND HERITAGE (I.E. REGIONAL EVENTS PROMOTING CULTURE SUCH AS MUSIC, TRIPS TO HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT LOCATIONS FOR SEPHARDIC ANCESTRY, INTERNATIONAL LADINO DAY CELEBRATION, SENIOR ASSISTANCE, DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS, GREEK JEWISH FESTIVAL, ETC.).

    Expenses $128,294 · Grants $4,442 · Revenue $124,826

  • SEPHARDIC ADULT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES - PROVIDES CLASSES AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON SEPHARDIC TORAH, JEWISH LAW, TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS, HISTORY, LADINO LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, AND SEPHARDIC COOKING THAT ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $6,681 · Revenue $741

  • SEPHARDIC YOUTH PROGRAM - PROVIDES CULTURAL, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S YOUTH, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, AND HERITAGE TRIPS.

    Expenses $15,201 · Revenue $26,207

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Yesua Sedat Behar

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Jeffrey Beja

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Marvin Marcus

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Andrew Marcus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Jay Matalon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Daniel Small

    FINANCIAL SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Renee Motola

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • David Schribman

    ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

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
12 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202632579349301438

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