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ALEPH INSTITUTE

EIN 59-2291627 SURFSIDE, FL

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Revenue 2024
$9,330,857
Expenses 2024
$8,955,394

Program services were 80.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I40Z
Classification
1000
Street
9540 COLLINS AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FAMILY SERVICES, ETHICAL EDUCATION, RABBINICAL VISITATIONS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCACY, PROGRAMS FOR PRISONS AND THE MILITARY.

  • EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PRISON SYSTEM; PRISONER REHABILITATION; ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAMS. APPROXIMATELY 14,000 PEOPLE SERVED.

    Expenses $5,186,655 · Grants $7,033 · Revenue $441,416

  • FAMILY SERVICES; COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES FOR FAMILIES IN CRISIS AND CHILDREN AT RISK; EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; ETHICAL EDUCATION; RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ADVOCACY; PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. APPROXIMATELY 22,000 PEOPLE SERVED.

    Expenses $1,177,232 · Grants $8,165 · Revenue $626

  • EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE MILITARY. APPROX 7,000 PEOPLE SERVED.

    Expenses $864,944 · Revenue $107,910

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Rabbi Sholom D Lipskar

    CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT UNTIL 05/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Boruch Duchman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joy Fishman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Danial

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Fiske

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russel Galbut

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reuven Herssein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonny Kahn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alberto Kamhazi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morris Mendal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Schottenstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Stein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Lipskar

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $270,209
    From this org
    $232,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,604
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,748
    Bonus
    $4,307
    Other
    $65,550
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,604
    Filer's total
    $270,209
  • Menachem Katz

    DIRECTOR - PRISON

    Total calculated
    $282,635
    From this org
    $245,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,687
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,524
    Bonus
    $4,554
    Other
    $64,870
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,687
    Filer's total
    $282,635
  • Joseph Bryski

    DIR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING

    Total calculated
    $210,958
    From this org
    $182,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,142
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,355
    Bonus
    $2,461
    Other
    $52,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,142
    Filer's total
    $210,958
  • Joseph Lipskar

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $171,129
    From this org
    $150,664
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,465
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,596
    Bonus
    $3,068
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,465
    Filer's total
    $171,129
  • Berel Paltiel

    DIR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $140,076
    From this org
    $123,798
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,278
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yosef Cohn

    DIRECTOR EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $160,008
    From this org
    $130,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,163
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $62,115
    Bonus
    $2,423
    Other
    $66,307
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,163
    Filer's total
    $160,008

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,330,857
    Expenses
    $8,955,394
    Contributions
    $8,882,420
    Grants paid
    $15,198
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,599,625
    Expenses
    $9,092,546
    Contributions
    $7,681,943
    Grants paid
    $6,520
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,781,230
    Expenses
    $10,088,639
    Contributions
    $8,957,324
    Grants paid
    $902,169

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
    $9,575,521
    Expenses
    $9,702,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $278,913
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,147,480
    Expenses
    $9,364,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $152,629
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,284,474
    Expenses
    $7,258,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,015,016
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,127,481
    Expenses
    $6,661,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $360,911
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,685,513
    Expenses
    $6,899,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $233,969
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,604,766
    Expenses
    $5,807,532
    Assets (EOY)
    $225,573
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,865,602
    Expenses
    $3,717,868
    Assets (EOY)
    $155,294
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,827,858
    Expenses
    $3,808,626
    Assets (EOY)
    $106,809
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,273,958
    Expenses
    $3,315,114
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,618
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,631,037
    Expenses
    $2,732,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,632

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

  • 2022 ALEPH FOUNDED AND IS CURRENTLY INCUBATING THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN DIGNITY (CJHD), WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO REDUCE PRISON INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED STATES WHILE IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR THOSE IMPRISONED AND WORKING INSIDE. THE CJHD PROMOTES VALUES OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND SHARED SAFETY WHILE KEEPING IN MIND THE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS, DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE, AND SOCIETY AT LARGE. ALONGSIDE DIVERSE PARTNERS, THE CJHD COLLABORATES WITH JUDGES ON ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING, CORRECTIONAL LEADERS ON THE CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT, AND POLICYMAKERS ON EARLY RELEASE STRATEGIES. THE ALEPH INSTITUTE CURRENTLY PROVIDES SEED FUNDING THROUGH A GRANT FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

  • 2022 SUPPORT SYNAGOGUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MILITARY BASE - MAIN CHAPLAIN DEPT. OF THE ARMY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

  • START-OPP

    $85,000

    2022 START-OPP BELIEVES IN ITERATIVE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT. IN ORDER TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT IS PROPERLY RESPONSIVE TO CONSTITUENT NEEDS, IT MUST BE SMART ENOUGH TO TRACK REACTIONS, FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO REACT TO REAL-TIME OUTCOMES, AND AGILE ENOUGH TO REACT IN A MEANINGFUL TIMEFRAME.

  • 2022 JETS IS A COLLEGE THAT GIVES YOUNG JEWISH MEN THE TOOLS TO BUILD SUCCESSFUL CAREERS THROUGH A WELL-BALANCED PROGRAM OF JUDAIC STUDIES AND EXCEPTIONAL POST-SECONDARY COURSES COMBINING INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION IN A LOVING AND WARM ENVIRONMENT.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.