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← WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICAN SECTION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICAN SECTION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$24,673,144
Total expenses
$27,422,266
Contributions and grants received
$24,329,797
Grants paid
$20,500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$309,958
Other revenue
$33,389
Total assets, end of year
$13,355,567
Total liabilities, end of year
$847,018
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,508,549
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$24,704,553
Management and general expenses
$473,992
Fundraising expenses
$2,243,721
Program service expenses (Part III)
$24,704,553

Program services were 90.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,944,161

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $22,385,636

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $35,300

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $130,413 · excluded $130,413

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,821,351

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

    securities $10,641,806

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $179,545

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $179,545 · excluded $179,545

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $426,983

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

    $1,944,161

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $426,983

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: LIST SALES

    total $33,389 · excluded $33,389

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $33,389

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,500,000 · program services $20,500,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $262,392 · program services $154,017 · management and general $67,821 · fundraising $40,554

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $833,526 · program services $509,658 · management and general $166,776 · fundraising $157,092

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $59,102 · program services $34,691 · management and general $15,277 · fundraising $9,134

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $197,627 · program services $116,001 · management and general $51,081 · fundraising $30,545

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,166 · program services $48,229 · management and general $21,238 · fundraising $12,699

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,746 · management and general $31,746

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $700,848 · fundraising $700,848

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,305 · management and general $17,305

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $194,221 · program services $137,006 · management and general $16,235 · fundraising $40,980

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $851,299 · fundraising $851,299

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,682 · program services $5,131 · management and general $1,796 · fundraising $2,755

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $276,591 · program services $167,701 · management and general $58,729 · fundraising $50,161

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,274 · program services $20,175 · management and general $7,065 · fundraising $6,034

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,628 · program services $8,869 · management and general $3,106 · fundraising $2,653

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,518 · program services $16,684 · management and general $5,844 · fundraising $4,990

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL COSTS

    total $3,279,242 · program services $2,961,813 · fundraising $317,429

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $34,946 · program services $20,360 · management and general $8,496 · fundraising $6,090

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOKS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $9,196 · fundraising $9,196

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $6,957 · program services $4,218 · management and general $1,477 · fundraising $1,262

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $4,407,073 · program services $2,961,813 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,445,260

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,091,249 · end of year $1,781,421

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $161,107 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $274,430 · end of year $396,673

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $212,079 · end of year $57,629

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

    $468,201

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

    $429,570

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $66,149 · end of year $38,631

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,147,952 · end of year $11,081,213

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $980,593 · end of year $760,858

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $177,259 · end of year $86,160

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,578,047 · end of year $11,497,675

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,217,067 · end of year $1,010,874

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE ATTACHMENT 1

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - ATTENDED CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS TO DISCUSS CURRENT TOPICS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE. HELD CONFERENCES AND ATTENDED MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE RAPID RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE, AND IN THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH AMERICA, THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED NATIONS. MET WITH INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS, INTERNATIONAL INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP, WORLD JEWISH LEADERSHIP, AND REPORTED ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS TOPICS AS PERTAINING TO THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH AMERICA.

    Expenses $15,621,596 · Grants $15,375,000

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $1,118,921 · Grants $1,025,000

  • PUBLIC INFORMATION - DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. ISSUED PERIODICAL PRESS RELEASES, REPORTS AND WEEKLY SUMMARIES OF ACTIVITIES, ANALYSES OF TIMELY ISSUES AS WELL AS OPINION PIECES AND PRESS ITEMS THAT PERTAIN TO THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, AT HOME AND ABROAD, THE IRANIAN THREAT, ISSUES AFFECTING ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS.

    Expenses $5,865,227 · Grants $2,050,000

  • ACADEMIC, CULTURAL, AND YOUTH

    Expenses $2,098,809 · Grants $2,050,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Emanuel Adler

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Bier

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Borans

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Mark Dratch

    GOVERNING BOARD THRU JULY 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Fagenson

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Fishbein

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Fisher

    GOVERNING BOARD THRU DEC 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Efrat Gilman

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Lurie Goldberg

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gloria Golan

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Guberman

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eli Hertz

    GOVERNING BOARD THRU JULY 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fran Hirmes

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ameila Katzen

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rositta Kenigsberg

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Jane Kronfeld

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Janvey

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugene Landy

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Menikoff

    ASSOCIATE TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Joel Meyers

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Barrie Modlin

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr David Moskovits

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Menachem Penner

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Gerald Platt

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Perl

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Daniel Polish

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Avi Posnick

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabbi Sholom Rephun

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russell Robinson

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanette Schechter

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amir Shaviv

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodrigo Slelatt

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evelyn Sommer

    GOVERNING BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Wiesenfeld

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Betty Ehrenberg

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $262,393
    From this org
    $221,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,123
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,270
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,371
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,752
    Filer's total
    $262,393
  • David Frankel

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Randi Dubno Gardner

    DIRECTOR DR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $258,053
    From this org
    $185,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,937
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,211
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,726
    Filer's total
    $258,053
  • Janice Wolpo

    DIR CAMPAIGN RELATIONS/COM

    Total calculated
    $232,937
    From this org
    $169,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,180
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,757
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,763
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,417
    Filer's total
    $232,937
  • Bonnie Biondi

    DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $165,689
    From this org
    $152,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,952
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,737
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,115
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,837
    Filer's total
    $165,689
  • Jennifer Walsh

    DIRECTOR OF DIRECT MAIL

    Total calculated
    $174,314
    From this org
    $137,932
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,382
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,932
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,377
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,005
    Filer's total
    $174,314

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE AMERICAN SECTION APPROVED BONUSES FOR THREE EMPLOYEES DURING 2023.

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

  • WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS LLC

    $20,500,000

    PROGRAM SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403109349301305

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