- 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
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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.
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Jodi Roth-SaksJODI 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
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Steve SchauderSTEVE SCHAUDER
EXECUTIVE DIR FROM 5/12/25
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Tara CherwonyTARA 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
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William NovickWILLIAM NOVICK
CHAIR, EXEC COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Greg JaronGREG JARON
TREASURER, EXEC COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Marc ErlbaumMARC ERLBAUM
DIRECTOR, EXEC COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Rabbi Menachem SchmidtRABBI MENACHEM SCHMIDT
DIRECTOR, EXEC COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Daniel ErlbaumDANIEL ERLBAUM
DIRECTOR, EXEC COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Arthur BerkowitzARTHUR BERKOWITZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lorin DeckerLORIN DECKER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Howard GoldsteinHOWARD GOLDSTEIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric HaronERIC HARON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robin KatzROBIN KATZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve KatzSTEVE KATZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hal LeshnerHAL LESHNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cara LevinsonCARA LEVINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert LipsteinROBERT LIPSTEIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael NeilMICHAEL NEIL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dena ParmetDENA PARMET
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rachel SchwartzRACHEL SCHWARTZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mitch SterlingMITCH STERLING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shelby ZitelmanSHELBY 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
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,968,746
- Expenses
- $1,960,831
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,951,868
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,949,691
- Expenses
- $1,848,278
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,902,139
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,037,477
- Expenses
- $1,754,725
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,882,004
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,769,131
- Expenses
- $1,485,420
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,506,593
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,769,131
- Expenses
- $1,485,420
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,506,593
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,324,636
- Expenses
- $1,549,653
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,229,510
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,356,471
- Expenses
- $1,396,161
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,519,748
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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
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2024 GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION
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2023 ENDOWMENTS, DONOR ADVISED FUNDS (DAFS), RESTRICTED GIFTS, AND STRATEGY AND IMPACT
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2022 ENDOWMENTS & DAF JFRE, RESTRICTED, GIFTS, RITA
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$66,000
2024 HUMAN SERVICES
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$60,250
2022 HUMAN SERVICES
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$60,086
2023 RELIGION
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$30,500
2024 ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY
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.