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← JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER METROWEST NJ.

Totals

Total revenue
$99,705,119
Total expenses
$50,336,760
Contributions and grants received
$80,617,175
Grants paid
$40,032,620
Program service revenue
$1,381,783
Investment income
$17,697,939
Other revenue
$8,222
Total assets, end of year
$470,850,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$101,561,730
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$369,289,036
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$41,625,336
Management and general expenses
$7,728,849
Fundraising expenses
$982,575
Program service expenses (Part III)
$41,625,336

Program services were 82.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $80,617,175

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $32,239,844

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEE INCOME MANAGED FUNDS

    total $1,381,783 · related or exempt $1,381,783

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,659,949 · unrelated business -$601,331 · excluded $17,261,280

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,571,051

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $2,562,829

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $8,222 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $8,222

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,666,678

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $9,612,826 · other assets $15,862

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,053,852 · other assets -$15,862

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,037,990 · excluded $1,037,990

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $30,884,257 · program services $30,884,257

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $9,148,363 · program services $9,148,363

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $371,671 · program services $148,669 · management and general $130,084 · fundraising $92,918

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,593,356 · program services $637,342 · management and general $557,675 · fundraising $398,339

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,000 · program services $14,400 · management and general $12,600 · fundraising $9,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $148,509 · program services $59,403 · management and general $51,979 · fundraising $37,127

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $137,377 · program services $54,951 · management and general $48,082 · fundraising $34,344

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $137,233 · program services $54,893 · management and general $48,032 · fundraising $34,308

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $92,697 · program services $37,079 · management and general $32,444 · fundraising $23,174

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,073,361 · management and general $1,073,361

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $26,295 · program services $10,518 · management and general $9,203 · fundraising $6,574

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $67,117 · program services $26,847 · management and general $23,491 · fundraising $16,779

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $248,725 · program services $99,490 · management and general $87,054 · fundraising $62,181

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $346,500 · program services $138,600 · management and general $121,275 · fundraising $86,625

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $77,436 · program services $30,974 · management and general $27,103 · fundraising $19,359

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,744 · program services $15,498 · management and general $13,560 · fundraising $9,686

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,601 · program services $20,601

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,500 · program services $9,800 · management and general $8,575 · fundraising $6,125

  • 24a · Other expenses: LOAN FORGIVENESS

    total $800,000 · management and general $800,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $4,479,913 · management and general $4,479,913

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $584,105 · program services $233,651 · management and general $204,418 · fundraising $146,036

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $280,522 · end of year $43,944

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,470,284 · end of year $20,047,186

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $116,500 · end of year $28,100,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,342,769 · end of year $971,092

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,021,300 · end of year $642,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,879 · end of year $15,364

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

    $42,483,420

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

    $39,680,692

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,823,329 · end of year $2,802,728

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $330,270,820 · end of year $9,297,292

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $163,894,184 · end of year $402,208,782

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,692,183 · end of year $6,722,378

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $604,361 · end of year $1,125,081

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,388,060 · end of year $1,681,624

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,349,547 · end of year $1,276,325

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $154,337,093 · end of year $95,494,168

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $200,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,532,972 · end of year $1,784,532

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $241,463,439 · end of year $253,190,788

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $114,251,298 · end of year $116,098,248

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF JCF IS TO SERVICE THE CHARITABLE AIMS AND INTERESTS OF JCF DONORS BY GATHERING, INVESTING AND DISBURSING CHARITABLE FUNDS ON THEIR BEHALF AND ENCOURAGING ALLOCATION OF THESE MONIES TO ENHANCE AND ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS DESIGNED BY THE DONOR AND APPROVED BY THE JCF BOARD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JCF ensures the future of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ through effective endowment management, personalized planned giving strategies and grant-making.

  • Endowment funds provide a critical base of support, serving Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest, NJ and our partner agencies as they strive to meet pressing needs locally, in Israel and around the world. In recent years, JCF has been the focus of new and innovative community development and programmatic initiatives. We house a planned gift and endowment development department staffed by gift planning professionals who are prepared to assist donors and their families with all aspects of charitable gift plan design and implementation. JCF manages the administration of Donor Advised Funds and Supporting Foundations, working closely with donors and their families in helping them achieve their philanthropic goals. The Foundation takes responsibility for all aspects of managing these funds, enabling our donors to focus on their charitable giving. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NEED FUNDS THAT DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF NEED TO NEED CHARITIES.

    Expenses $41,625,336 · Grants $40,032,620 · Revenue $1,381,783

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dov Ben-Shimon

    CEO/Ex VP

    Total calculated
    $485,888
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $423,948
    Other
    $61,940
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $423,948 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $31,940 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $485,888 related

  • HOWARD RABNER

    CFO/COO/ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $287,286
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $249,335
    Other
    $37,951
    Hours/week
    12 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $249,335 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $37,951 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $287,286 related

  • Kim Hirsh

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $255,357
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $236,405
    Other
    $18,952
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $236,405 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,952 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $255,357 related

  • Michal Werner

    Associate Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $172,405
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $168,717
    Other
    $3,688
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $168,717 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $3,688 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $172,405 related

  • Serena Lee

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $169,948
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $132,909
    Other
    $37,039
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $132,909 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $37,039 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $169,948 related

  • Sara Chambers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $141,511
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $141,136
    Other
    $375
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tamar Warburg

    General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $120,218
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $120,218
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jeanette Karp

    Sr. Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $114,568
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $109,239
    Other
    $5,329
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steven D Levy

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAXINE B MURNICK

    Vice President/President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Liss

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARIEL NELSON

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL R SCHECHNER

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY AIDEKMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marsha Atkind

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTIN BARBER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Botwinick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY BRAEMER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debby Brafman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronald Brandt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Cohen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Dannin Rosenthal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA DRENCH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Feinstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Feuerstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven A Fishman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Goldberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil B Goldstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee Golush

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael N Gooen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULA GOTTESMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDITH HARRISON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynne B Harrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH R HEYMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allan H Janoff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Kaplan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT KRIEGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert G Kuchner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michele Landau

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER A LANGERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Lehrhoff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIMON LEVIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • joan Levinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark B Lewis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEAN MANDELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria A Morrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay M Murnick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua J Nadell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Needle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Ness

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jed Nussbaum

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Rasch

    trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Rosenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID SAGINAW

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULA SAGINAW

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE SAMBOL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan A Schwartz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Schwartz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FLOYD SHAPIRO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANDRA SHERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Slater

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrew J Stamelman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael A Weinstock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robbie Weissenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EUGENIA YUDANIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed D Zinbarg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, part I, line 3
Our organization follows the related organizations compensation policies, which include the compensation committee, written employment contracts, compensation studies and approval by the board or compensation committee for all officers compensation.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4
The Executive VP/CEO participates in a deferred compensation plan with the related organization which includes unvested benefits in an internal revenue code section 457(f) plan (non-qualified deferred compensation plan) which is subject to a substantial risk of complete forfeiture. Accordingly, the individual may never actually receive this unvested benefit amount. Therefore this amount was not included in the individuals 2023 form W-2, Box 5, as taxable Medicare wages from the related organization. The compensation review is done on at least an annual basis and ensures that the 'total compensation" of senior management of the organization is reasonable. The actions taken by the committee enable the organization to receive the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the purposes of internal revenue code section 4958 with respect to the total compensation of certain members of the senior management team. The three factors which much be satisfied in order to receive the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness are the following: 1. The compensation agreement is approved in advance by an "authorized body" of the applicable tax-exempt organization which is composed entirely of individuals who do not have a "conflict of interest" with respect to the compensation agreement. 2. The authorized body obtained and relied upon "appropriate date as to comparability" prior to making its determination; and 3. The authorized body "adequately documented the basis for its determination" concurrently with making that determination that the members of the board of trustees each are independent and are free from any conflicts of interest. The committee adequately documented the basis for its determination through the timely preparation of written minutes of the meetings during which the executive compensation and benefits were reviewed and subsequently approved. The actions outlined above with respect to the board and the establishment of the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness only applies to all senior management personnel.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MMS JCF LLC

    Holding Asset · NJ · assets $0

    Directly controlled by JCFGMW

  • MMS JCF2 LLC

    Holding Asset · NJ · assets $0

    Directly controlled by JCFGMW

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349316481

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