Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,994,939
- Total expenses
- $4,726,330
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,885,374
- Grants paid
- $3,051,820
- Program service revenue
- $109,565
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $490,346
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $64,241
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $426,105
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,240,629
- Management and general expenses
- $402,566
- Fundraising expenses
- $83,135
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,240,629
Program services were 89.7% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,885,374
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME
total $109,565 · related or exempt $109,565
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $3,051,820 · program services $3,051,820
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $324,676 · program services $209,895 · management and general $97,984 · fundraising $16,797
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $322,613 · program services $208,562 · management and general $97,361 · fundraising $16,690
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $80,518 · program services $52,053 · management and general $24,300 · fundraising $4,165
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $49,746 · program services $32,159 · management and general $15,013 · fundraising $2,574
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11b · Fees: legal
total $4,608 · management and general $4,608
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $29,537 · management and general $29,537
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $42,909 · fundraising $42,909
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11g · Fees: other
total $93,139 · program services $93,139
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $185,714 · program services $185,714
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13 · Office expenses
total $12,097 · management and general $12,097
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14 · Information technology
total $9,024 · management and general $9,024
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16 · Occupancy
total $65,250 · management and general $65,250
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17 · Travel
total $25,090 · management and general $25,090
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $14,014 · management and general $14,014
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23 · Insurance
total $4,051 · management and general $4,051
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24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSE
total $300,266 · program services $300,266
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24b · Other expenses: COOKBOOK
total $71,290 · program services $71,290
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24c · Other expenses: IMPACT MEASUREMENT EXPE
total $34,654 · program services $34,654
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24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES
total $4,212 · management and general $4,212
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,102 · program services $1,077 · management and general $25
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $157,726 · end of year $426,869
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $8,352
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $55,125
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $230 · end of year $31,741
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $32,500
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $157,496 · end of year $426,105
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
JEWISH FOOD SOCIETY WORKS TO PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE JEWISH CULINARY HERITAGE FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN ORDER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND DEEPEN CONNECTIONS TO JEWISH LIFE. JFS IS COMMITTED TO SHOWCASING THE DIVERSITY OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, INSTILLING PRIDE, AND PROVIDING SPACE FOR COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS. AT THE HEART OF JFS'S WORK IS A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF JEWISH FAMILY RECIPES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM AND WE BRING THE ARCHIVE TO LIFE THROUGH A RANGE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS SHABBAT DINNERS, COOKING DEMOS AND STORYTELLING EVENTS INCLUDING THE FLAGSHIP EVENT THE GREAT NOSH, A MASSIVE PUBLIC PICNIC IN NYC.
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JEWISH FOOD SOCIETY WORKS TO PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE JEWISH CULINARY HERITAGE FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN ORDER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND DEEPEN CONNECTIONS TO JEWISH LIFE. JFS IS COMMITTED TO SHOWCASING THE DIVERSITY OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, INSTILLING PRIDE, AND PROVIDING SPACE FOR COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS. AT THE HEART OF JFS'S WORK IS A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF JEWISH FAMILY RECIPES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM AND WE BRING THE ARCHIVE TO LIFE THROUGH A RANGE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS SHABBAT DINNERS, COOKING DEMOS, WORKSHOPS AND STORYTELLING EVENTS INCLUDING OUR FLAGSHIP EVENT THE GREAT NOSH, A MASSIVE PUBLIC PICNIC IN NYC, WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2025.
Expenses $4,240,629 · Grants $3,051,820 · Revenue $109,565
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Terry KasselTERRY KASSEL
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sara BloomSARA BLOOM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Deborah HochbergDEBORAH HOCHBERG
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adeena SussmanADEENA SUSSMAN
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael SolomonovMICHAEL SOLOMONOV
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark ReisbaumMARK REISBAUM
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shari AronsonSHARI ARONSON
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steven BoalSTEVEN BOAL
BOARD DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Naama ShefiNAAMA SHEFI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $180,000
- From this org
- $177,324
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,676
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $177,324
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,676
- Filer's total
- $180,000
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Yael RavivYAEL RAVIV
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $142,000
- From this org
- $142,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amanda DellAMANDA DELL
VP PROGRAMS & COMMUNICATION
- Total calculated
- $140,000
- From this org
- $137,324
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,676
- 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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533219349304178
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