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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SVARA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,494,663
Total expenses
$2,150,811
Contributions and grants received
$1,389,876
Grants paid
$15,469
Program service revenue
$104,787
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$250,750
Total liabilities, end of year
$70,076
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$180,674
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,329,859
Management and general expenses
$576,090
Fundraising expenses
$244,862
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,329,859

Program services were 61.8% 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

    $1,389,876

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $150,491

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $104,787 · related or exempt $104,787

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $15,469 · program services $15,469

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $374,740 · program services $277,360 · management and general $48,690 · fundraising $48,690

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $951,562 · program services $710,813 · management and general $83,760 · fundraising $156,989

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $34,482 · program services $9,045 · management and general $23,655 · fundraising $1,782

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $169,661 · program services $43,650 · management and general $117,907 · fundraising $8,104

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $99,554 · program services $26,113 · management and general $68,295 · fundraising $5,146

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $68,246 · management and general $68,246

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,260 · management and general $1,470 · fundraising $7,790

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,387 · program services $196 · management and general $3,170 · fundraising $21

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $44,942 · management and general $44,942

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,018 · management and general $37,018

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,798 · program services $546 · management and general $708 · fundraising $6,544

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,572 · management and general $10,572

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEACHER AND PROGRAM CONSULT.

    total $192,573 · program services $190,168 · fundraising $2,405

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE AND MATERIALS

    total $64,120 · program services $53,099 · management and general $6,959 · fundraising $4,062

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANTWRITING AND ORG. CONSULT.

    total $57,752 · management and general $57,752

  • 24d · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $9,675 · program services $3,400 · management and general $2,946 · fundraising $3,329

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $400,853 · end of year $80,579

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $495,474 · end of year $162,322

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,381 · end of year $954

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $35,348 · end of year $6,895

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $62,383 · end of year $63,181

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $35,851 · end of year $6,895

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $351,659 · end of year -$179,326

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $485,163 · end of year $360,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SVARA'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE TO SHAPE NEW FORMS OF TORAH AND TRADITION THROUGH THE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OF TALMUD STUDY.

  • SVARA supports a growing, intergenerational learning community in deepening their study of, and connection to, the Talmud and Jewish tradtion.

    Expenses $1,329,859 · Grants $15,469 · Revenue $104,787

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • BENAY LAPPE

    DIR/ROSH YESH.

    Total calculated
    $254,612
    From this org
    $224,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,637
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,975
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,312
    Filer's total
    $254,612
  • AYANA MORSE

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $184,572
    From this org
    $149,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,808
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,764
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,492
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,316
    Filer's total
    $184,572
  • ELLI KRANDEL

    DEVEL. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $154,872
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,872
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,672
    Filer's total
    $154,872
  • LAYNIE SOLOMAN

    ASSOC ROSH YESHIVA

    Total calculated
    $117,505
    From this org
    $103,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,784
    Hours/week
    40
  • SAM GROSBY

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SANDY SUSSMAN

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANGEL ALVAREZ-MAPP

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BIANCO GONZALEZ-LESSER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DANIEL LIBENSON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JO WARE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEYKN SCHMATZ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARQUES HOLLIE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MELANIE LEVAV

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.

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
22 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442969349301319

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