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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JLENS.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 5 May 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$656,597 changed to $2,460,806
Total expenses
$765,982 changed to $2,225,101
Contributions and grants received
$603,888 changed to $2,334,158
Program service revenue
$52,709 changed to $126,648
Total assets, end of year
$454,524 changed to $764,895
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,000 changed to $78,666
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$450,524 changed to $686,229
Program services expenses
$547,601 changed to $1,941,957
Management and general expenses
$158,706 changed to $283,144
Fundraising expenses
$59,675 changed to $0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$547,601 changed to $1,941,957

Listed only on the later return

  • AARON HOFFNUNG
  • BEN SAX
  • ERIC MARTIN
  • JONATHAN GREENBLATT
  • NICOLE MUCHNICK
  • ROB STAVIS
  • STEVEN FINEMAN
  • SUSAN ROBERSON

Listed under a different title

  • DEB LEIPZIG: CHAIRPERSON then CHAIRPERSON (THRU 03/2025)
  • GREGORY LIBERTINY: TREASURER then FORMER TREASURER

Totals

Total revenue
$656,597
Total expenses
$765,982
Contributions and grants received
$603,888
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$52,709
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$454,524
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$450,524
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$547,601
Management and general expenses
$158,706
Fundraising expenses
$59,675
Program service expenses (Part III)
$547,601

Program services were 71.5% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $544,623

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $59,265

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RESEARCH SERVICES/LICENSING

    total $52,709 · related or exempt $52,709

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $377,032 · program services $301,626 · management and general $37,703 · fundraising $37,703

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,512 · program services $4,410 · management and general $551 · fundraising $551

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,265 · program services $49,813 · management and general $6,226 · fundraising $6,226

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,092 · program services $24,074 · management and general $3,009 · fundraising $3,009

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $33,094 · management and general $33,094

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,450 · management and general $9,450

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $85,080 · program services $59,517 · management and general $25,563

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,042 · program services $301 · management and general $726 · fundraising $15

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,000 · program services $12,900 · management and general $4,800 · fundraising $300

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $90 · program services $72 · management and general $9 · fundraising $9

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,171 · program services $10,537 · management and general $1,317 · fundraising $1,317

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $505 · program services $403 · management and general $51 · fundraising $51

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,713 · management and general $25,713

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $104,936 · program services $83,948 · management and general $10,494 · fundraising $10,494

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $526,216 · end of year $454,524

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $35,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,307

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $559,909 · end of year $450,524

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

JLENS PROMOTES A JEWISH LENS ON VALUES-BASED INVESTING AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, TWO IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS WHERE FAITH COMMUNITIES HAVE LEADERSHIP ROLES. (CONTINUED IN SCH. O)JLENS PROVIDES EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY INSPIRED BY JEWISH WISDOM AND TEXTS RELATED TO SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND ETHICAL BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS. JLENS RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY FORMS THE BASIS OF THE JEWISH ADVOCACY STRATEGY, A LIST OF PUBLIC COMPANIES THAT ALIGN WITH JEWISH VALUES AND BENEFIT FROM JLENS ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER JEWISH VALUES-ALIGNED CONCERNS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JLENS PROMOTES A JEWISH LENS ON VALUES-BASED INVESTING AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OENGAGED MAJOR JEWISH INSTITUTIONS IN JEWISH VALUES-BASED INVESTING THROUGH THE JEWISH ADVOCACY STRATEGY, THE ONLY SCREENING, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY STRATEGY ENGAGING IN SHAREHOLDER ADVOCACY ON JEWISH COMMUNAL CONCERNS. DEVELOPED A JEWISH VALUES FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING CORPORATE BEHAVIOR BY APPLYING ANCIENT JEWISH TEXT, TRADITION AND WISDOM TO TODAY'S INVESTMENT PROCESS. EVALUATED AND SCORED MANY OF THE LARGEST US AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC COMPANIES ON THEIR PERFORMANCE ON SIX JEWISH VALUES SCORECARDS. IMPROVED CORPORATE POLICY AND PRACTICE IN ALIGNMENT WITH JEWISH VALUES AND COMMUNAL PRIORITIES BY UTILIZING SHAREHOLDER ADVOCACY TACTICS. REPRESENTED THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN MANY INVESTOR GROUPS AND COALITIONS FOCUSED ON A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES. WORKED TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS IN THE INVESTING AND CORPORATE FIELDS.

    Expenses $547,601 · Revenue $52,709

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DEB LEIPZIG

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 32 related

  • ADAM NEUFELD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

  • GREGORY LIBERTINY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 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
24 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202520839349300732

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