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← JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,543,788
Total expenses
$1,212,902
Contributions and grants received
$1,555,860
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$19,845
Other revenue
-$31,917
Total assets, end of year
$2,048,965
Total liabilities, end of year
$439,641
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,609,324
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$782,496
Management and general expenses
$185,624
Fundraising expenses
$244,782
Program service expenses (Part III)
$782,496

Program services were 64.5% 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

    $21,672

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $344,471

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $239,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $950,717

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $19,845 · excluded $19,845

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $344,471

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,917

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$31,917 · excluded -$31,917

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $185,116 · program services $120,325 · management and general $46,279 · fundraising $18,512

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $600,661 · program services $368,137 · management and general $80,288 · fundraising $152,236

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $59,815 · program services $37,183 · management and general $9,634 · fundraising $12,998

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $68,676 · program services $42,691 · management and general $11,062 · fundraising $14,923

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $84,077 · program services $52,265 · management and general $13,543 · fundraising $18,269

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,232 · program services $5,502 · management and general $152 · fundraising $4,578

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,910 · program services $4,499 · management and general $175 · fundraising $236

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,218 · program services $3,865 · management and general $1,002 · fundraising $1,351

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $93,851 · program services $76,783 · management and general $9,598 · fundraising $7,470

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,983 · program services $15,294 · fundraising $5,689

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,989 · program services $1,237 · management and general $320 · fundraising $432

  • 24a · Other expenses: HOUSING DISCRIMINATION

    total $30,000 · program services $30,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES AND OTHER MIS

    total $24,335 · program services $8,517 · management and general $11,085 · fundraising $4,733

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $10,184 · program services $6,331 · management and general $1,640 · fundraising $2,213

  • 24d · Other expenses: WRITE OFF OF UNCOLLECTI

    total $6,600 · program services $6,600

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,255 · program services $3,267 · management and general $846 · fundraising $1,142

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $848,093 · end of year $1,131,924

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $173,301 · end of year $272,758

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $261,256 · end of year $223,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $192 · end of year $46,079

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $142,537 · end of year $374,704

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,088 · end of year $53,632

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $126,134 · end of year $386,009

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,058,157 · end of year $1,170,324

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $439,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION (JALSA), A MASSACHUSETTS-BASED SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION, PUTS OUR JEWISH VALUES INTO ACTION BY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN PROMOTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND PASSIONATELY PURSUING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, RACIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE.

  • CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES EDUCATION.

    Expenses $782,496

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Cindy Rowe

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $192,509
    From this org
    $185,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,394
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,115
    Bonus
    $7,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,394
    Filer's total
    $192,509
  • Larry Bailis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Mike Gildesgame

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Mary Ellen Grossman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Jonathan Klein

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Ariela Lovett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Daniel Fishman

    ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Janet Goldenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sam Botsford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Bryant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Coyne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Cullen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ellen Feingold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Fischer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George Garica

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Guberman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Kargman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Kwan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Kargman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Kwan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronnie Leavitt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Leipziger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Linsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lesley Litman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Morse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zippy Ostroy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Dale Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Wagman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Wittenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joel Eigerman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janet Goldenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bonnie Orlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hanna Switlekowski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tamar Lewis

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,951
    From this org
    $117,261
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,690
    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 · 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

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
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349305843

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