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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,413,809
Total expenses
$1,687,406
Contributions and grants received
$1,182,619
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$114,054
Investment income
$73,674
Other revenue
$43,462
Total assets, end of year
$14,204,672
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,814,284
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,390,388
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,097,092
Management and general expenses
$261,868
Fundraising expenses
$328,446
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,097,092

Program services were 65.0% 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

    $136,275

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,046,344

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,228

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $111,667 · related or exempt $111,667

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS

    total $2,387 · related or exempt $2,387

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $74,056 · excluded $74,056

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,668

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,668

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,668 · excluded $4,668

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,564

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

    securities $12,946

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$382

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$382 · excluded -$382

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $71,770

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $32,976

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $38,794 · unrelated business $38,794

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $239,511 · program services $30,746 · management and general $61,493 · fundraising $147,272

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $248,788 · program services $218,352 · management and general $7,609 · fundraising $22,827

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,269 · program services $4,269

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,804 · program services $14,551 · management and general $2,885 · fundraising $368

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,145 · program services $18,456 · management and general $4,006 · fundraising $11,683

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,570 · management and general $43,570

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $16,200 · fundraising $16,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,401 · program services $1,500 · management and general $4,696 · fundraising $3,205

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $102,174 · fundraising $102,174

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,931 · program services $8,332 · management and general $9,356 · fundraising $6,243

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,396 · program services $1,114 · management and general $3,437 · fundraising $5,845

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $597,458 · program services $488,817 · management and general $108,641

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,281 · program services $3,777 · management and general $1,892 · fundraising $2,612

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $110 · program services $110

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $250,817 · program services $239,557 · management and general $11,260

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,171 · program services $20,817 · management and general $3,023 · fundraising $331

  • 24a · Other expenses: CURATORIAL

    total $30,660 · program services $30,660

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $16,560 · program services $10,538 · fundraising $6,022

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYMENT PROCESSING FEES

    total $9,160 · program services $5,496 · fundraising $3,664

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $640,363 · end of year $549,473

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $559,762 · end of year $62,989

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $790,508 · end of year $357,350

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,869 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $29,237 · end of year $37,751

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,165 · end of year $12,590

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

    $3,565,770

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

    $661,358

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,104,550 · end of year $2,904,412

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $983,645 · end of year $1,615,348

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,587,009 · end of year $8,664,759

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,598 · end of year $14,175

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,579,346 · end of year $8,800,109

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,123,164 · end of year $5,390,388

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE EXPLORES THE MANY WAYS THAT JEWS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH INFLUENCED AND WERE INFLUENCED BY THE DISTINCT CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN JEWS, THE MUSEUM ENCOURAGES NEW UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR IDENTITY, DIVERSITY, AND ACCEPTANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE EXPLORES THE MANY WAYS THAT JEWS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH INFLUENCED AND WERE INFLUENCED BY THE DISTINCT CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • IN 2023, APPROXIMATELY 14,000 PEOPLE VISITED MSJE. THAT YEAR, THE MUSEUM PRESENTED TWO SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, 33 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS VIA ZOOM TO GROUPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 22 IN-PERSON PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN OUR THEATER AND CLASSROOM, AND 9 HYBRID PUBLIC PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDED LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, BOOK SIGNINGS, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, AND A DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING. THE MUSEUM ACCESSIONED 264 NEW ARTIFACTS/ARCHIVAL PIECES INTO ITS COLLECTION, INCLUDING 11 FAMILY HISTORIES/GENEALOGIES. THE MUSEUM SENT OUT 24 INFORMATIVE MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS TO ITS EMAIL LIST OF SUPPORTERS. THE MUSEUM PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL INTERNSHIPS FOR SIX COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR A TOTAL OF 480 HOURS OF EXPERIENTIAL WORK.

    Expenses $1,097,092 · Revenue $114,054

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Strauss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Stein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Morris Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Katz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deborah Lamensdorf Jacobs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Jarman Myers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janis Rabin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Roubey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leslie Lux

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lawrence Kanter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Silverberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Tanenbaum

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Morris Mintz

    VICE-CHAIR AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Rusty Palmer

    VICE-CHAIR AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Emma Herr

    ASST. SECRETARY/DIR. OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $116,527
    From this org
    $107,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,248
    Hours/week
    45

  • Kenneth Hoffman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,985
    From this org
    $90,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,551
    Hours/week
    55

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
2023
Filed
8 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422269349301562

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