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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ALEPH-ALLIANCE FOR JEWISH RENEWAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,517,251
Total expenses
$2,019,419
Contributions and grants received
$1,244,215
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,248,020
Investment income
$18,344
Other revenue
$6,672
Total assets, end of year
$1,707,015
Total liabilities, end of year
$268,687
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,438,328
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,675,463
Management and general expenses
$290,605
Fundraising expenses
$53,351
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,675,463

Program services were 83.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $37,310

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,206,905

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,447

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $625,724 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENT INCOME

    total $597,748 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SERVICE CHARGES

    total $22,055 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES

    total $2,493 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,344 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $18,344

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $857 · related or exempt $857 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $3,300 · related or exempt $3,300 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $2,515 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,515

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,815

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $774,625 · program services $575,183 · management and general $158,007 · fundraising $41,435

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,487 · program services $19,213 · management and general $25,755 · fundraising $5,519

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,109 · program services $42,188 · management and general $13,751 · fundraising $3,170

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,465 · program services $17,465 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,533 · program services $1,767 · management and general $10,766 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $558 · program services $0 · management and general $558 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,710 · program services $5,228 · management and general $2,482 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,802 · program services $902 · management and general $900 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $46,538 · program services $23,686 · management and general $22,852 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,143 · program services $0 · management and general $2,143 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,048 · program services $6,524 · management and general $6,524 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE FEES

    total $248 · program services $40 · management and general $208 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMPUTER & WEB CONSULTANTS

    total $15,989 · program services $15,926 · management and general $63 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER SERVICES

    total $7,256 · program services $3,530 · management and general $3,567 · fundraising $159

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXP

    total $16,005 · program services $0 · management and general $16,005 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $993,903 · program services $963,811 · management and general $27,024 · fundraising $3,068

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $491,659 · end of year $843,169

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $343,780 · end of year $300,725

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,160 · end of year $134,656

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $125,407 · end of year $20,887

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,338 · end of year $5,904

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

    $14,893

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

    $11,755

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,280 · end of year $3,138

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $372,391 · end of year $398,536

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $65,831 · end of year $197,638

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $115,654 · end of year $71,049

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $250,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $513,143 · end of year $803,767

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $414,387 · end of year $634,561

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ALEPH FULLY EMBRACES A CONTEMPORARY EGALITARIAN JUDAISM AS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMER, REACHING BEYOND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES WORLDWIDE. ALEPH BRINGS SPIRITUAL VITALITY AND PASSION INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF JEWS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, BUILD MULTIRACIAL AND MULTIETHIC COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES.

  • ORDINATION PROGRAM THE ALEPH ORDINATION PROGRAM OFFERS PROFESSIONAL, GRADUATE-LEVEL TRAINING, LEADING TO ORDINATION FOR RABBIS, CANTORS AND RABBINIC PASTORS, THE HASHPA'AH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR JEWISH SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS THE EARTH-BASED JUDALISM CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO GROW IN FY 2022-2023 , WELCOMING ELEVEN NEW RABBINICAL STUDENTS, THREE NEW CANTORIAL STUDENTS AND TWO NEW NEW RABBINIC PASTOR STUDENTS. THE HASHPA'AH PROGRAM CONTINUED ITS SIXTH COHORT WITH SIXTEEN STUDENTS. THE EARTH-BASED JUDALISM CERTIFICATE PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH TWO COHORTS TOTALING FOURTEEN STUDENTS. TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE AOP IS ABOUT NINETY STUDENTS.

    Expenses $740,096 · Revenue $993,175

  • TOTAL RETREATS PROGRAM These programs provide opportunities for deepening Jewish spiritual experience and expression for spiritual seekers, as well as ALEPH Ordination Program ("AOP") students, Jewish educators, teachers, and trainers.Retreats, training, and professional development programs include Kol Zimra Chant Leader's Training, SOULIFT Retreats, Earth Based Judaism, Kesher and Smicha Week, the ALEPH Ordination Program Study Week.

    Expenses $418,328 · Revenue $851,424

  • FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM ALEPH acts as the Fiscal Sponsor for several Communities and Programs. These include Mitsui Collective in Ohio, Twin Cities Jewish Renewal Community in Minnesota, Tikkun Leil Shabbat in Washington DC, Pardes Hannah in Michigan, Kol Israel Congregation of Kentucky, Planetary Judaism in California, and Torah of Awakening in Arizona.

    Expenses $366,434 · Grants $253,850 · Revenue $360,137

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $150,605 · Revenue $69,729

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rabbi Aura Ahuvia

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Neil Brodsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Charles Silverstein

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judith Dack

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas Chermak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rabbi Jeremy Parnes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shani Mink

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hazzan Stephanie Weishaar

    BOARD CO-VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rabbi Jeff Roth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Markowitz

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rabbi Alan Levin

    SECRETARY3/23-7/23 TREASURER 7/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pesach-Lev Zeitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Jo Doctor

    BOARD VICE CHAIR 8/22-10/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sooji Min Maranda

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,128
    From this org
    $125,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 June 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411639349300121

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