Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 November 2024. 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

$6,370,200 →changed to $6,431,936

Total expenses

$6,184,843 →changed to $6,377,638

Contributions and grants received

$5,420,792 →changed to $5,308,478

Grants paid

$0 →changed to $174,050

Program service revenue

$821,155 →changed to $995,205

Total assets, end of year

$2,921,395 →changed to $2,844,042

Total liabilities, end of year

$907,550 →changed to $967,379

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,013,845 →changed to $1,876,663

Program services expenses

$4,638,631 →changed to $3,872,641

Management and general expenses

$1,113,272 →changed to $2,016,379

Fundraising expenses

$432,940 →changed to $488,618

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,638,631 →changed to $3,872,641

Totals

Total revenue

$6,431,936

Total expenses

$6,377,638

Contributions and grants received

$5,308,478

Grants paid

$174,050

Program service revenue

$995,205

Investment income

-$106,772

Other revenue

$235,025

Total assets, end of year

$2,844,042

Total liabilities, end of year

$967,379

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,876,663

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,872,641

Management and general expenses

$2,016,379

Fundraising expenses

$488,618

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,872,641

Program services were 60.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• UNITED STATES IN THE UNITED STATES, YOUTH HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A RANGE OF VIRTUAL PROGRAM OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE 2021 PROGRAM YEAR. ALL SEEDS OF PEACE US PROGRAMS CONTINUED IN VIRTUAL SPACES AND WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY YOUTH ACROSS THE US, WHETHER THEY HAD PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMS IN THE PAST, OR WERE ENTIRELY NEW TO THE ORGANIZATION. ALL PROGRAMS CENTERED AROUND THE FOUR CORE FOCUS AREAS: DIALOGUE, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY-BUILDING, AND ACTION-TAKING. AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED, SEEDS OF PEACE ADOPTED A NEW ENTRY POINT FOR FUTURE SEEDS OF PEACE PROGRAM INVOLVEMENT CALLED THE CORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM OFFERS A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, DIALOGUES, AND LEADERSHIP AND ACTION-TAKING OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF A TIGHT-KNIT COHORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY REPRESENTING DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, IDENTITY GROUPS, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES. IN THE SUMMER, YOUTH WHERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TWO CORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS VIRTUALLY AND THE IN-PERSON SEEDS OF PEACE CAMP FOR US PARTICIPANTS ONLY. IN THE FALL AND SPRING, SEEDS OF PEACE OFFERED VIRTUAL MONTHLY ROUNDTABLE WITH TOPICS LIKE UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS OFFERED INCLUDED A DIALOGUE FACILITATION CERTIFICATION AND MONTHLY COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AS A TIME TO DISCUSS CURRENT EVENTS, FIND INSPIRATION AND SUPPORT FOR ACTION-TAKING INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS, AND BE IN COMMUNITY WITH OTHERS.

  Expenses $2,771,008 · Grants $174,050 · Revenue $995,205

• MIDDLE EAST IN PALESTINE, VIRTUAL PROGRAMS BEGAN TO SHIFT TO IN PERSON AND SEEDS OF PEACE WELCOMED 25 NEW YOUTH INTO BASSMEH, THE LOCAL VERSION OF THE CORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. MEANWHILE, IN ISRAEL, STAFF CONDUCTED AN ARRAY OF VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR SEEDS AND INTRODUCED A COHORT OF NEW YOUTH INTO THE IN-PERSON CORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMING. IN JORDAN, SEEDS BEGAN TO MEET IN PERSON AGAIN AND CAME TOGETHER AROUND THE CORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CALLED RISE. THIS VERSION OF THE CORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WAS BROKEN INTO FOUR MODULES THAT INCLUDED TITLES LIKE "STRONGER THAN ALL OF THE ARMIES," "ISLANDS OF SANITY, AND "FROM GANDHI TO FLOYD". KIDS4PEACE CONTINUED PROGRAMING IN JERUSALEM WITH YOUTH IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. BINATIONAL MEETINGS WERE HELD BIWEEKLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND FOCUSED ON INTERFAITH ASPECTS OF CREATING MORE JUST AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES. AS THE PANDEMIC EVOLVED, MEETINGS WERE BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL. PROGRAMING WAS STOPPED IN MAY OF 2021 DURING AN INTENSE ESCALATION OF CONFLICT IN THE REGION, AND AFTER SEVERAL SUPPORT SESSIONS CAME BACK DURING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

  Expenses $570,790

• MULTINATIONAL IN 2023, GATHER FOCUSED ON BUILDING LOCAL HUBS IN EAST JERUSALEM, RAMALLAH, AND TEL AVIV TO FOSTER COLLECTIVE ACTION AND INCREASE ITS IMPACT IN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL. IN EAST JERUSALEM, WE PARTNERED WITH SINSILA, A PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EDUCATING, INSPIRING, AND EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN JULY, WE RAN A MONTH-LONG PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED COMMUNITY DIALOGUE CIRCLES, DESIGN THINKING SKILL BUILDING SESSIONS, AND PROJECT-BASED ACTION TO BETTER THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 30 PALESTINIANS WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET, BEYOND THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM, TO WORK COLLECTIVELY FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY. IN TEL AVIV, GATHER PARTNERED WITH ZLILIM, A NEW ARTISTS UNION, TO BEGIN BUILDING ITS TEL AVIV HUB. THE GROUP OF 20 ARTISTS HAVE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING CREATIVE STRATEGIES TO MAKE THE REGION MORE DEMOCRATIC, INCLUSIVE, JUST, AND PEACEFUL. WE CLOSED OUT OUR 202 FELLOWSHIP CLASS AND BEGAN RECRUITMENT FOR OUR NEXT COHORT, FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ORGANIZED, WHICH OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN 2022. WE ALSO CONVENED OUR FIRST GATHER ADVISORY COUNCIL, A GROUP OF 14 PAST GATHER FELLOWS THAT WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE GATHER STAFF TO GUIDE THE DIRECTION OF OUR VISION, STRATEGY, AND PROGRAMMING.SOUTH ASIA THE KITNAY DUUR KITNAY PAAS (KDKP) FILM PROJECT TRANSLATES AS "SO FAR, SO CLOSE" IN BOTH HINDI AND URDU. THIS BORDER-CROSSING INITIATIVE CHARGED 42 FILMMAKERS FROM PAKISTAN AND INDIA WITH JOINTLY PRODUCING WORKS THAT TOLD STORIES OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE POPULATIONS. A U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FUNDED PROGRAM ALLOWED FOR EIGHT TEAMS TO WORK ACROSS BORDER VIRTUALLY IN CREATING STORY BOARDS, FILMING AND EDITING WITH COMPLETION OF FILMS SET TO OCCUR IN 2022. THE SAMVAAD PROJECT, FUNDED BY A U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT GRANT, TAUGHT UNIVERSITY EDUCATORS IN WESTERN INDIA TO BE "INTERFAITH DIALOGUE FACILITATORS" FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES. THE INITIATIVE CULMINATED IN A DAY-LONG CONFERENCE OF MORE THAN 70 EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, ARTISTS, RELIGIOUS AND BUSINESS LEADERS, AND PEACEBUILDING ORGANIZATIONS. SEEDS OF PEACE THEN SYNTHESIZED THE LEARNINGS IN A HANDBOOK THAT WAS CIRCULATED AMONG THE 7,300+ MEMBERS OF ITS NETWORK, AS WELL AS PEER INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS, AND ELSEWHERE.CAMP IN MAINEIN SUMMER OF 2021 SEEDS OF PEACE OFFERED TWO SESSIONS OF IN PERSON CAMP. UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO COVID THERE WERE NO INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS. ONE SESSION, WAS DEDICATED TO YOUNG PEOPLE FROM MAINE. WHILE THE OTHER WAS OFFERED TO YOUTH FROM NEW YORK, SYRACUSE, AND THE NORTH EAST CORRIDOR TO BOSTON. YOUTH ENGAGED EACH OTHER IN DIALOGUE ACROSS LINES OF DIFFERENCE TO ANALYZE STRUCTURAL AND INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT AND INEQUALITIES IN THE US WHILE TACKING TOPICS SUCH AS CLASS, RACE, GENDER, POWER, AND PRIVILEGE.IN EACH SESSION, PARTICIPANTS EXPLORED CONFLICT ON PERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL, AND SOCIETAL LEVELS BY SHARING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AND GRAPPLING WITH THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HISTORICAL NARRATIVES. THE INTENT WAS NOT TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS OR PROVE THE VALIDITY OF ANY ONE NARRATIVE. RATHER IT WAS TO DEVELOP ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP QUALITIES: STRENGTHENING ONE'S VOICE, DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING, FOSTERING RESPECT AND EMPATHY, AND LEARNING HOW TO ACTIVELY LISTEN. ALL WITH THE GOAL OF DEEPENING PARTICIPANTS' SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AT HOME.

  Expenses $355,031

• PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION PROVIDES PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, EVALUATION, AND MONITORING OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $175,812

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

Listed in Part VII

• SANDRA WIJNBERG

  CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JORDAN L SOLOMON

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ANNA TUNKEL

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• SAMIR ZABANEH

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• AMER M KAMAL

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BOBBIE GOTTSCHALK

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BRUCE SABER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CHRISTINE R COVEY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JANE TOLL

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JANET WALLACH

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JEREMY S GOLDBERG

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KAREN KARNIOL-TAMBOUR

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• PIOUS ALI

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• RICHARD M DALE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ROBERT C BORDONE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SAMUEL P FRIEDER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SCOTT BIRNBAUM

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SHAIZA RIZAVI

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• STEVE B GRUBER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SUSAN BLOCH

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SUSHANT PALAKURTHI RAO

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TIZIANA SOUSOU

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOSHUA THOMAS

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $160,200

  From this org

  $159,964

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $236

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $159,964

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $0

  Nontaxable benefits

  $13,516

  Filer's total

  $173,480

• ALINA YAVOROVSKAYA

  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $150,019

  From this org

  $144,121

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $5,898

  Hours/week

  40

• EVA ARMOUR

  CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $120,301

  From this org

  $120,301

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• CATHERINE JOSEPH

  INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $118,917

  From this org

  $118,652

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $265

  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. 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

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

7 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531279349304208

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