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← MALTZ MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MALTZ MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,952,112
Total expenses
$3,512,665
Contributions and grants received
$2,630,447
Grants paid
$100,000
Program service revenue
$105,911
Investment income
$1,305,620
Other revenue
-$89,866
Total assets, end of year
$34,364,143
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,040,927
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$27,323,216
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,704,408
Management and general expenses
$527,894
Fundraising expenses
$280,363
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,704,408

Program services were 77.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $295,304

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $75,273

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $538,550

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $789,938

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $931,382

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Museum Admissions

    total $79,811 · related or exempt $79,811

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Traveling Exhibitions

    total $26,100 · related or exempt $26,100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $671,090 · excluded $671,090

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,000 · excluded $4,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,469,117

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

    securities $5,834,587

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $634,530

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $634,530 · excluded $634,530

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $38,250

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $538,550

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $165,089

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$126,839 · excluded -$126,839

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $64,983

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $32,010

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $32,973 · related or exempt $32,973

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $45,500 · program services $45,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $54,500 · program services $54,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $232,818 · program services $186,255 · management and general $5,250 · fundraising $41,313

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $873,301 · program services $601,435 · management and general $130,610 · fundraising $141,256

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $42,394 · program services $29,197 · management and general $6,340 · fundraising $6,857

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $126,728 · program services $87,277 · management and general $18,953 · fundraising $20,498

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $86,734 · program services $59,733 · management and general $12,972 · fundraising $14,029

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,675 · management and general $30,675

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $21,000 · management and general $21,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $69,113 · management and general $69,113

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $162,249 · program services $92,114 · management and general $67,353 · fundraising $2,782

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $207,332 · program services $182,912 · management and general $1,532 · fundraising $22,888

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,227 · program services $17,405 · management and general $3,780 · fundraising $4,042

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $31,175 · program services $18,706 · management and general $3,117 · fundraising $9,352

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $212,850 · program services $168,986 · management and general $41,298 · fundraising $2,566

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,960 · program services $8,926 · management and general $1,938 · fundraising $2,096

  • 20 · Interest

    total $216,134 · program services $171,593 · management and general $41,935 · fundraising $2,606

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $292,683 · program services $232,368 · management and general $56,787 · fundraising $3,528

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,910 · program services $36,728 · management and general $9,182

  • 24a · Other expenses: Stop the Hate Program

    total $348,378 · program services $348,378

  • 24b · Other expenses: Exhibition Expenses

    total $283,397 · program services $283,397

  • 24c · Other expenses: Security

    total $65,048 · program services $65,048

  • 24d · Other expenses: Educational Programming

    total $7,411 · program services $7,411

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,148 · program services $6,539 · management and general $6,059 · fundraising $6,550

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $41,700 · end of year $51,174

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,749,025 · end of year $2,998,792

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,940,265 · end of year $1,863,588

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $62,912 · end of year $56,376

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $38,609 · end of year $34,003

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $223,077 · end of year $199,874

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

    $15,590,892

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

    $10,634,068

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,090,856 · end of year $4,956,824

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,055,581 · end of year $15,038,844

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,562,390 · end of year $9,164,668

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $58,531 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $611,462 · end of year $668,271

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $168,957 · end of year $40,403

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $6,298,152 · end of year $6,296,782

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $28,042 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $22,542 · end of year $35,471

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,645,281 · end of year $9,303,561

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,048,510 · end of year $18,019,655

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To explore the kaleidoscope of the American experience-using the courageous lessons of Jewish History as well as those of other individuals and communities that have thrived despite marginalization -to advocate for a world that builds understanding and connection.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is an American story of diversity and tolerance.

  • Core Collection - The Museum features two core exhibitions. An American Story chronicles the immigrant experience, development of Cleveland, Civil Rights Movement, and the Holocaust. The Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery displays the internationally renowned collection of Judaica from its namesake synagogue. Tours of the collections include the topics of immigration and assimilation, the Holocaust and Civil Rights Movement, Cleveland history, and Jewish faith and traditions. Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District also receive free admission, ensuring that cost is never a barrier to experiencing the Museum. As part of its core collection, The Maltz Museum is now home to two interactive biographies, of a Holocaust survivor and of a civil rights activist. Through advanced filming techniques, specialized display technologies, and natural language processing, the experiences of these two upstanders against hate have been preserved in a format that allows audiences to interact with their images as if they were actually present in the same room. For years to come, visitors will see these upstanders in high-definition, hear their voices, absorb their eyewitness accounts of history in the making, and draw inspiration from their courage and commitment to nonviolent change.

    Expenses $2,145,387 · Revenue $98,979

  • Special Exhibitions - The Museum has presented 43 special exhibitions, including 3 in fiscal year 2025, the content of which has varied from Rube Goldberg to the Holocaust.

    Expenses $157,733 · Revenue $39,905

  • Stop the Hate - Every year the Stop the Hate program gives thousands of students across Northeast Ohio a means of understanding and responding to acts of bias and hate in their own communities. Through museum tours, teaching-artist workshops, creative projects, and contests culminating in an awards ceremony, this program targets students in middle and high school, an impressionable age for learning the critical thinking skills and empathy they will need to lead their communities to a more accepting, inclusive future. The Museum prioritizes the needs of students from underserved school districts by providing free transportation and admission to all Stop the Hate workshop participants.

    Expenses $401,288 · Grants $100,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Renee Chelm

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tamar Maltz

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Libman

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Ann Corrigan Davis

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Cimperman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Grant Dinner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lois Goodman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Katz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kerry Keretsz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Krantz

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alan M Krause

    Trustee until 12/1/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kenneth B Liffman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Spinner Liska

    Trustee until 8/27/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Milton Maltz

    Trustee - Chairman Emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Darrell McNair

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kim Pesses

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Larry Pollock

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Albert B Ratner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Ratner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Irving Rosner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Felton Thomas Jr

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Phil Wasserstrom

    Trustee until 3/28/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Zelman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adam Zelwin

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Schafer

    Managing Director until 9/30/24

    Total calculated
    $188,301
    From this org
    $180,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,173
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,128
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,406
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,767
    Filer's total
    $188,301

  • Aaron Petersal

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $120,623
    From this org
    $95,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,324
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Gomez

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Friedman

    Deputy Director - Operations

    Total calculated
    $137,606
    From this org
    $123,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,861
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dayan Gross

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $127,127
    From this org
    $117,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,661
    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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

  • Garfield Heights High School

    $6,000

    To support anti-bias education

  • Milkovich Middle School

    $6,000

    To support anti-bias education

  • Incarnate Word Academy

    $6,000

    To support anti-bias education

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600909349300900

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