INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A500

Classification

7200

Street

PO BOX 16528

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT, CONNECT, AND CELEBRATE JEWISH LIFE IN THE SOUTH, THE GOLDRING/WOLDENBERG INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN JEWISH LIFE (ISJL) PROVIDES A RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES AN ANNUAL SOUTHERN & JEWISH CONFERENCE, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS THE REGION TO GATHER AND CONNECT EACH SUMMER. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE ALSO COORDINATE IN-PERSON EVENTS, PUT OUR STAFF ON THE ROAD, AND OFFER ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT. ALL TOLD, OVER 10,000 PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY ISJL PROGRAMS IN 2024-2025. OUR PROGRAMS ARE COORDINATED BY OUR THREE PROGRAMMING DIVISIONS: EDUCATION, CULTURE, AND SPIRITUALITY.EDUCATION: THE ISJL EDUCATION DIVISION SUPPORTS JEWISH LEARNING ACROSS THE SOUTH. IN THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, 70 RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS UTILIZED OUR CURRICULUM; THIS MEANS APPROXIMATELY 3,000 STUDENTS WERE IMPACTED BY ISJL RESOURCES. OUR TEAM OF EDUCATION LEADERS ALSO COORDINATED A REGIONAL COHORT OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS, ABLE TO NETWORK, COLLABORATE, AND SHARE BEST-PRACTICES YEAR-ROUND.

  Expenses $568,991 · Revenue $207,235

• CULTURE: CELEBRATING JEWISH CULTURE AND PRESERVING THE UNIQUE STORIES OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE SOUTH IS AT THE HEART OF THE ISJL'S WORK. WE PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE JEWISH CULTURAL EXPERIENCES THAT APPEAL TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES. OUR FREE, ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOUTHERN JEWISH COMMUNITIES RECEIVES ALMOST 100,000 VIEWS EACH YEAR.

  Expenses $347,395 · Revenue $11,597

• SPIRITUALITY: WE SERVE THE SMALLEST JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN OUR REGION SPECIFICALLY, INDIVIDUALS AND CONGREGATIONS WITHOUT ANY LOCAL FULL-TIME CLERGY AND ENGAGE IN INTERFAITH WORK AND BRIDGE-BUILDING THAT MAKES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES MORE INCLUSIVE AND INTERCONNECTED. OUR SPIRITUALITY DIVISION ANNUALLY REACHES APPROXIMATELY 2,400 INDIVIDUALS WITH REMOTE AND IN-PERSON RESOURCES, AND OUR STAFF RABBI VISITS AROUND 20 COMMUNITIES IN-PERSON EACH YEAR.

  Expenses $336,673

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,827,430

  Expenses

  $1,677,204

  Contributions

  $1,603,228

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,571,852

  Expenses

  $1,824,330

  Contributions

  $1,111,756

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,343,061

  Expenses

  $1,690,882

  Contributions

  $1,448,172

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,020,567

  Expenses

  $1,705,410

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,732,863

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,829,896

  Expenses

  $1,839,081

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,635,216

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,481,707

  Expenses

  $2,052,965

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,275,569

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,367,788

  Expenses

  $2,288,528

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,428,292

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,157,546

  Expenses

  $2,629,304

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,532,844

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,439,301

  Expenses

  $2,606,555

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,310,779

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,486,357

  Expenses

  $2,183,488

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,236,138

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,836,479

  Expenses

  $2,358,795

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,174,733

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,782,228

  Expenses

  $2,405,186

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,578,593

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,302,417

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,809,877

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COVENANT FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · SEE PART IV

• HOUSTON JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,100

  2022 · General Support

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $40,000

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $30,750

  2023 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $30,300

  2023 · EDUCATION

• JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $29,810

  2025 · EDUCATION

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $19,390

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

  $18,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPER SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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