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JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY

EIN 26-2578017 BALA CYNWYD, PA

Largest nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenue 2024
$2,282,684
Expenses 2024
$2,266,378

Program services were 84.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
225 E CITY AVE STE 210

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

Mission

THE JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY BRINGS TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS OF ALL MEANS, AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS, SATISFYING OUR UNIQUE DESIRE TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND DO GOOD IN THE WORLD. BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF OUR MONTHLY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, OUR PROGRAMS RELIEVE THE PANGS OF HUNGER, BRING MEANING TO OUR RECIPIENTS AND VOLUNTEERS, AND BUILD A CARING AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JRA IS INCORPORATED FOR THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF MOBILIZING VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE UNDERPRIVILEGED IN AND BEYOND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN GREATER PHILADELPHIA

  • THE JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY MOBILIZES A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO RELIEVE HUNGER, IMPROVE LIVES AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY MONTH JRA VOLUNTEERS PACK AND HAND-DELIVER A BOX OF NUTRITIOUS KOSHER FOOD TO LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN GREATER PHILADELPHIA. SOME CLIENTS RECEIVE PERSONAL CARE ITEMS SUCH AS PERIOD SUPPLIES, DIAPERS AND TOILETRIES, AS WELL AS HEALTHY SNACKS AND FOOD FOR CHILDREN'S LUNCHES. IN ADDITION, THE JRA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PROVIDES YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS, WHILE LEARNING ABOUT NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND PHILANTHROPY.

    Expenses $1,913,299 · Grants $21,162

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.

  • Jodi Roth-Saks

    EXECUTIVE DIR UNTIL 9/27/24

    Total calculated
    $131,740
    From this org
    $130,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,058
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steve Schauder

    EXECUTIVE DIR FROM 5/12/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tara Cherwony

    INTERIM MNG DIR 9/3/24-5/11/25

    Total calculated
    $25,666
    From this org
    $25,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • William Novick

    CHAIR, EXEC COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Greg Jaron

    TREASURER, EXEC COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Marc Erlbaum

    DIRECTOR, EXEC COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rabbi Menachem Schmidt

    DIRECTOR, EXEC COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Daniel Erlbaum

    DIRECTOR, EXEC COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Arthur Berkowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lorin Decker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Goldstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Haron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hal Leshner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cara Levinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lipstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Neil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dena Parmet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mitch Sterling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelby Zitelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $2,282,684
    Expenses
    $2,266,378
    Contributions
    $2,249,278
    Grants paid
    $21,162
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,921,417
    Expenses
    $2,539,929
    Contributions
    $1,878,300
    Grants paid
    $30,188
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,999,658
    Expenses
    $2,196,645
    Contributions
    $1,932,742
    Grants paid
    $12,111

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
    $1,968,746
    Expenses
    $1,960,831
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,951,868
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,949,691
    Expenses
    $1,848,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,902,139
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,037,477
    Expenses
    $1,754,725
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,882,004
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,769,131
    Expenses
    $1,485,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,506,593
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,769,131
    Expenses
    $1,485,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,506,593
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,324,636
    Expenses
    $1,549,653
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,229,510
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,356,471
    Expenses
    $1,396,161
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,519,748
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,620,191
    Expenses
    $1,164,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,588,210
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,364,702
    Expenses
    $1,085,652
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,091,790
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,086,329
    Expenses
    $906,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $817,225

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

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

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.