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← CHICAGO RABBINICAL COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHICAGO RABBINICAL COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,038,050
Total expenses
$6,142,361
Contributions and grants received
$256,563
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,508,017
Investment income
$253,634
Other revenue
$19,836
Total assets, end of year
$9,017,477
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,312,094
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,705,383
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,144,166
Management and general expenses
$998,195
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,144,166

Program services were 83.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $253,744

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,819

  • 2a · Program service revenue: KOSHER CERTIFICATION

    total $6,335,802 · related or exempt $6,335,802

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CHEVRA KADISHA

    total $75,500 · related or exempt $75,500

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BETH DIN

    total $52,087 · related or exempt $52,087

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ASSOC. OF KASHRUS ORGA

    total $22,400 · related or exempt $22,400

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $22,228 · related or exempt $22,228

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $253,634 · excluded $253,634

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $19,836 · excluded $19,836

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,836

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $232,187 · program services $232,187

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,345,616 · program services $3,806,540 · management and general $539,076

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $165,495 · program services $144,319 · management and general $21,176

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $541,114 · program services $460,840 · management and general $80,274

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $85,476 · program services $62,663 · management and general $22,813

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $45,691 · program services $34,808 · management and general $10,883

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,772 · management and general $31,772

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,482 · program services $6,349 · management and general $15,133

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,272 · program services $2,454 · management and general $19,818

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,178 · program services $12,229 · management and general $15,949

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,802 · program services $16,123 · management and general $10,679

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $61,779 · program services $11,145 · management and general $50,634

  • 17 · Travel

    total $83,278 · program services $83,278

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,681 · program services $5,082 · management and general $599

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $80,484 · program services $18,398 · management and general $62,086

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $47,958 · program services $14,251 · management and general $33,707

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $77,062 · program services $46,453 · management and general $30,609

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLICATION EXPENSES

    total $65,464 · program services $35,700 · management and general $29,764

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $42,402 · program services $33,692 · management and general $8,710

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHEVRA KADISHA EXPENSES

    total $41,220 · program services $41,220

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $90,948 · program services $76,435 · management and general $14,513

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $447,281 · end of year $984,854

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,824,539 · end of year $5,298,017

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $40,500 · end of year $190,273

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $78,178 · end of year $105,752

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

    $1,559,657

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

    $686,572

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $587,370 · end of year $873,085

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,367,240 · end of year $1,382,782

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $181,611 · end of year $169,754

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $22,944 · end of year $12,960

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $208,753 · end of year $191,452

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,529,203 · end of year $4,120,642

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,811,707 · end of year $4,705,383

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO ADVOCATE, TEACH, AND PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM, SUPERVISE KOSHER FOOD PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE, PROVIDE A BETH DIN COURT OF RABBIS FOR INTERPRETATION OF JEWISH LAW, AND PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVOCATE, TEACH AND PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM, AS WELL AS SUPERVISE KOSHER FOOD PRODUCTION AND PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.

  • SUPERVISION OF KOSHER FOOD PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE, EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF AN ECCLESIASTIC COURT ("BETH DIN").

    Expenses $5,144,166 · Revenue $6,508,017

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Joel Gutstein - Vp

    UNTIL 12/24, THEN PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Aaron Leibtag

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yehuda Meyers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Fox

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zvi Engel

    DIRECTOR - UNITL 12/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yitchak Falk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shaanan Gelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Micah Greenland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Baruch Hertz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerold Isenberg

    DIRECTOR - UNITL 12/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wes Kalmar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Akiva Males

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leonard Matanky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meir Moscowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yochanan Posner - President

    UNTIL 12/24, THEN DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yosef Posner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisa Prero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yosef Schanowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chaim Twerski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Levi Mostofsky

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $232,187
    From this org
    $189,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,081
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,606
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $10,081
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,000
    Filer's total
    $232,187

  • Sholem Fishbane

    KASHRUTH ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $365,781
    From this org
    $296,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,800
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,178
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $39,303
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,000
    Filer's total
    $365,781

  • Yona Reiss

    AV BETH DIN

    Total calculated
    $294,611
    From this org
    $207,387
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,224
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,887
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $73,424
    Filer's total
    $294,611

  • David Cohen

    RABBINICAL COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $274,147
    From this org
    $220,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,917
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,425
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $14,305
    Deferred
    $12,917
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,000
    Filer's total
    $274,147

  • Akiva Neihaus

    RABBINICAL COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $216,410
    From this org
    $169,852
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,558
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,180
    Bonus
    $5,500
    Other
    $13,172
    Deferred
    $9,558
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,000
    Filer's total
    $216,410

  • Yaakov Eisenbach

    RABBINICAL COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $181,590
    From this org
    $137,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,113
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $18,152
    Deferred
    $8,825
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,000
    Filer's total
    $181,590

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS LISTED IN PART 7 OF THE CORE FORM 990 RECEIVED A AUTOMOBLIE AND HOUSING ALLOWANCE, IN THE RELATED AMOUNTS: YONA REISS $80,424 SHOLEM FISHBANE $91,303 DAVID COHEN $52,305 AKIVA NEIHAUS $23,586 YAAKOV EISENBACH $50,152 LEVI MOSTOFSKY $40,000
PART I, LINE 7
MOST EMPLOYEES ARE GIVEN A SMALL BONUS FOR THE JEWISH NEW YEAR. THE AMOUNT WAS $500 FOR THIS YEAR. OTHER BONUSES ARE DECIDED BY RABBI SHOLEM FISHBANE FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE KOSHER DEPT AND RABBI MOSTOFSKY IN GENERAL CRC DEPT. THESE ARE BASED ON MERIT FOR DUTIES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS NORMALLY EXPECTED OF THE RECIPIENT. EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVED THIS SMALL BONUS INCLUDE: - DOVID COHEN WHO RECEIVED NON-FIXED DISCRETIONARY BONUS OF $500 - YAAKOV EISENBACH WHO RECEIVED NON-FIXED DISCRETIONARY BONUS OF $500 - SHOLEM FISHBANE WHO RECEIVED NON-FIXED DISCRETIONARY BONUS OF $500 - LEVI MOSTOFSKY WHO RECEIVED NON-FIXED DISCRETIONARY BONUS OF $500 - YONA REISS WHO RECEIVED NON-FIXED DISCRETIONARY BONUS OF $500

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
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349301922

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