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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by JEWISH AGENCY-AMERICAN SECTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,240,353
Total expenses
$8,190,496
Contributions and grants received
$10,197,390
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$42,963
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,564,957
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,756,197
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,808,760
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,970,936
Management and general expenses
$1,219,560
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,970,936

Program services were 85.1% 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

    $10,197,390

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $42,963 · excluded $42,963

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $490,583 · program services $339,976 · management and general $150,607

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,772,005 · program services $1,228,008 · management and general $543,997

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $836,455 · program services $518,373 · management and general $318,082

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $126,957 · program services $79,740 · management and general $47,217

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $173,999 · program services $173,999

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $859,442 · program services $859,442

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $99,090 · program services $99,090

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $177,337 · program services $99,243 · management and general $78,094

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $251,391 · program services $233,864 · management and general $17,527

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,372,610 · program services $1,372,610

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,956,504 · program services $1,956,504

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,571 · management and general $6,571

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $36,416 · program services $10,087 · management and general $26,329

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $31,136 · management and general $31,136

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $425,196 · end of year $3,395,646

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $592,164 · end of year $169,311

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $20,858

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $20,858

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $80,077 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $480,224 · end of year $857,498

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $94,936 · end of year $22,060

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $763,374 · end of year $876,639

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year -$241,097 · end of year $1,808,760

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE JEWISH AGENCY-AMERICAN SECTION, INC. (JAAS) WAS ORGANIZED TO WORK WITH AND IN SUPPORT OF NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN THE FIELDS OF IMMIGRATION AND ABSORPTION IN ISRAEL; YOUTH CARE AND TRAINING; TEACHING OF HEBREW AND JEWISH CULTURE AND ZIONIST EDUCATIONS AND OTHER RELATED FIELDS. (JAAS) FOSTER THE IDEALS OF ZIONISM AND JUDAISM AND PROMOTES THE KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, JEWISH CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND TRADITIONS, AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ZIONIST IDEAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE JEWISH AGENCY-AMERICAN SECTION, INC. IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO FOSTER THE IDEALS OF ZIONISM AND JUDAISM AND TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, JEWISH CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND TRADITIONS, AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ZIONIST IDEAL.

  • SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES OF THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL (JAFI), WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION DEALING WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF JEWS IN ISRAEL AND OTHER PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES. AMONG THEIR FUNCTIONS ARE IMMIGRATION AND ABSORPTION OF IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL, INCLUDING: ABSORPTION IN AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENTS AND IMMIGRANT HOUSING; SOCIAL WELFARE AND HEALTH SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS; EDUCATION, INCLUDING HIGHER LEARNING AND RESEARCH; YOUTH CARE AND TRAINING; TEACHING OF HEBREW AND JEWISH CULTURE AND ZIONIST EDUCATION.

    Expenses $6,970,936

  • THE JEWISH AGENCY-AMERICAN SECTION, INC. IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO FOSTER THE IDEALS OF ZIONISM AND JUDAISM AND TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, JEWISH CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND TRADITIONS, AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ZIONIST IDEAL.

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ARTHUR SANDMAN

    EVP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BRANDWEIN

    CFO, PRESIDENT AND CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $352,106
    From this org
    $273,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,632
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,474
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $78,632
    Filer's total
    $352,106

  • MELISSA LEVINSON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $148,035
    From this org
    $105,770
    From related orgs
    $11,499
    Other
    $30,766
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • SIVAN VODA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $126,429
    From this org
    $3,584
    From related orgs
    $93,867
    Other
    $28,978
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • DANA FEURSTEIN

    HR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,836
    From this org
    $128,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,092
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,744
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,092
    Filer's total
    $160,836

  • ANN BERKMAN

    REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,830
    From this org
    $140,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,650
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,180
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,650
    Filer's total
    $152,830

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

None.

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

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.

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
2025
Filed
29 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632199349301378

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