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JEWISH HERITAGE FUND FOR EXCELLENCE INC

EIN 20-3805455 LOUISVILLE, KY

Revenue 2024
$20,887,886
Expenses 2024
$10,821,121

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E19
Classification
1200
Street
PNC TOWER 101 SOUTH 5TH S

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).

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.

  • DR KAREN ABRAMS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILLIAM ALTMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR SHELLIE BRANSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JON GOLDBERG

    EX-OFFICIO (PREVIOUS)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JACKIE RICHARDSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SANDY HAMMOND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR NANCY MARTIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR URSULA MULLINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ERIC SCHWARTZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LINDA SCHUSTER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR GERALD TEMES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREW TRAGER-KUSMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JENNIFER TUVLIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARC CHARNAS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMY LAPINSKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD SCHULTZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • REED WEINBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GLENN LEVINE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BETSY BENNETT

    TRUSTEE (PREVIOUS)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ERIC GOODMAN

    TRUSTEE (PREVIOUS)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBIN STRATTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JULIA RICHERSON

    TRUSTEE (PREVIOUS)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRUCE ROTH

    TRUSTEE (PREVIOUS)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARK SWITOW

    TRUSTEE (PREVIOUS)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JEFF POLSON

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $333,195
    From this org
    $299,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,712
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,983
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,500
    Filer's total
    $333,195

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. 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
    $20,887,886
    Expenses
    $10,821,121
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $8,446,819
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,178,982
    Expenses
    $11,650,390
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $9,347,054
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,580,328
    Expenses
    $14,584,645
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $12,217,005

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.

Grants made

  • 2022 ANNUAL FEDERATION CAMPAIGN, CAMP AND ISRAEL TRIPS, DOING JEWISH DEEPENING CONNECTIONS, JTOMORROW! MATCH PAYMENTS, PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS, VISION 2025: CAPACITY BUILDING

  • 2023 OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, LOUISVILLE STANDS WITH ISRAEL CAMPAIGN, PROGRAM SUPPORT, SAFE LOUISVILLE, ANNUAL FEDERATION CAMPAIGN, SECURITY FOR LOUISVILLE JEWISH SCHOOLS, EDUCATION CONSULTANT, COMMUNITY PLANNING INITIATIVE, PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS

  • 2023 CORE LABS, EATING ANXIETY LAB, CENTER FOR FAMILY & COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS, INCREASING RESILIENCE IN LGBTQ+ ADOLESCENTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE, JEWISH HOSPITAL HISTORY WALL

  • 2022 CONTRACEPTIVE CARE MOBILE HEALTH APP, SAFEKY APP, CARDINAL SUCCESS, SOCIAL JUSTICE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE, ENHANCEMENT GRANT

  • 2024 CORE LABS, RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS, JEWISH LIFE INITIATIVE, BEHAVIOR HEALTH SCIENCE GAP, BOARD APPRECIATION

  • 2024 SAFE LOUISVILLE, ANNUAL FEDERATION CAMPAIGN, SECURITY FOR LOUISVILLE JEWISH SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY PLANNING INITIATIVE, PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS, JEWISH JOURNEYS

  • 2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • 2022 WEST END OPPORTUNITY PARTNERSHIP

  • 2024 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

  • 2022 HOLOCAUST EDUCATION INITIATIVE

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • STANDARD CLUB LAND LLC

    OWNS LAND AND BUILDINGS · KY · assets $4,547,599

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 10 September 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

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 IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.