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BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES

EIN 95-4280178 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$5,463,534
Expenses 2024
$4,903,100

Program services were 77.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X30Z
Classification
2000
Street
6505 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 300

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

BJE ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF, INCREASES ACCESS TO, AND ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION IN JEWISH EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF GREATER LOS ANGELES. BJE IS AN ADVOCATE, PLANNER, CATALYST, AND CREATIVE LEADER FOR STRENGTHENING AND ADVANCING JEWISH LEARNING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES (DBA BUILDERS OF JEWISH EDUCATION, AND BJE) PROVIDES MEANINGFUL JEWISH EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES & EDUCATORS, AND SUPPORTS HIGH QUALITY JEWISH EDUCATION THROUGHOUT GREATER LOS ANGELES.

  • A. COMMUNITY IMPACT - 22,500 STUDENTS AND 132 LOS ANGELES JEWISH SCHOOLS BENEFITED FROM AN ARRAY OF BJE PROGRAMS, CONSULTATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ADVOCACY, AND SUPPORT ACROSS EARLY CHILDHOOD, DAY SCHOOL, AND PART-TIME JEWISH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WITH THE GOAL OF STRENGTHENING QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.B. DIRECT STUDENT SERVICES - 10,075 HOURS OF DIRECT SERVICES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, COUNSELING, AND HEBREW LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION WERE PROVIDED TO 590 STUDENTS.C. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - BJE PROVIDED AND FACILITATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS FOR 1,434 TOTAL EDUCATOR ENROLLMENTS ACROSS 75 SESSIONS.D. PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS - BJE CONVENED 17 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORKS ORGANIZED BY SCHOOL ROLE, INCLUDING HEADS OF SCHOOL, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS, EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PART-TIME RELIGIOUS SCHOOL PROGRAM DIRECTORS, ADMISSIONS DIRECTORS AMONG OTHERS.E. TITLE SERVICES - BJE FACILITATES ACCESS TO FEDERALLY FUNDED TITLE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 UNDER THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS FALLING BEHIND ACADEMICALLY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS, COUNSELING SERVICES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS, PARENT AND STUDENT SUPPORTS, AND STRENGTHENING THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. *$1,590,000 IN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WERE ACCESSED ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS AT 27 BJE-ACCREDITED SCHOOLS VIA FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. *APPROXIMATELY 2,400 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL COACHING WERE PROVIDED TO 233 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.F. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS - BJE ADMINISTERED VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS BENEFITING 275 STUDENTS.G. EDUCATOR RECOGNITION - 12 OUTSTANDING LOS ANGELES EDUCATORS WERE HONORED BY BJE AS RECIPIENTS OF THE MILKEN FAMILY JEWISH EDUCATOR AWARDS, THE LAINER AWARDS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND THE SMOTRICH FAMILY FOUNDATION AND LAINER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL EDUCATION AWARDS.H. JKIDLA - MORE THAN 50,000 USERS VIEWED THE JKIDLA WEBSITE AND/OR UTILIZED JKIDLA'S DIGITAL RESOURCES OR EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO JEWISH EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.I. TEEN SERVICE-LEARNING - BJE PROVIDED SERVICE-LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR TEENS, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERING AT FOOD PANTRIES AND PACKING SHABBAT MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED.

    Expenses $2,950,859 · Grants $57,942 · Revenue $1,251,368

  • BJE COORDINATES THE LOS ANGELES DELEGATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING, AN EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT BRINGS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND JEWISH TEENS FROM L.A. AND AROUND THE WORLD TO COMMEMORATE TWO PIVOTAL EVENTS IN JEWISH HISTORY - THE HOLOCAUST AND THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE DELEGATION TRAVELED TO POLAND ONLY, DUE TO THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA. IN ADDITION TO EDUCATORS AND HISTORIANS WHO ACCOMPANIED THE DELEGATION, THE L.A. TEENS WERE PRIVILEGED TO BE JOINED BY A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND A FAMILY MEMBER OF A SURVIVOR, BOTH OF WHOM SHARED THEIR PERSONAL STORIES. ON YOM HASHOAH, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, THE DELEGATION MARCHED FROM AUSCHWITZ TO BIRKENAU, THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION CAMP COMPLEX BUILT DURING WORLD WAR II. 50% OF PARTICIPANTS BENEFITED DIRECTLY FROM FINANCIAL AID.

    Expenses $492,654 · Grants $37,660 · Revenue $214,625

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $329,655 · Grants $329,655

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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 GIL GRAFF

    Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $379,930
    From this org
    $281,109
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $98,821
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,109
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $17,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $81,521
    Filer's total
    $379,930

  • ROBERTA BERRENT

    Dir Donor & Community Relations

    Total calculated
    $224,504
    From this org
    $176,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,763
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,741
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,763
    Filer's total
    $224,504

  • LAUREN ADELSON

    Dir of Finance

    Total calculated
    $179,328
    From this org
    $151,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,915
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,413
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,895
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,020
    Filer's total
    $179,328

  • James Rogozen

    dir day sch ed

    Total calculated
    $157,066
    From this org
    $75,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $75,012
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $75,294
    Filer's total
    $157,066

  • David Lewis

    Dir Part-Time Ed

    Total calculated
    $134,632
    From this org
    $120,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,518
    Hours/week
    40

  • ABBY CUTLER

    Dir Teen Exp Ed

    Total calculated
    $108,747
    From this org
    $103,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,481
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bonnie Duboff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Gregg Bernstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • CHERYL DAVIDSON

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Brian Dror

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • David Horowitz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Mayer Brenner

    RECORDING SEC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • MARK S BERNS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Ann Lieberman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Jason Kboudi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • KATHI BARNHARD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • LINDA BRETTLER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Craig Rutenberg

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • RHEA COSKEY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Nancy Schulman

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Joanna Kasirer

    Corresp Sec

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • JANET FARBER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Jessica Jablon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

  • Donald Snyder

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lisa Lainer-Fagan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.35

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
    $5,463,534
    Expenses
    $4,903,100
    Contributions
    $3,588,642
    Grants paid
    $513,505
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,249,840
    Expenses
    $5,741,399
    Contributions
    $3,181,624
    Grants paid
    $586,806
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,714,826
    Expenses
    $5,807,596
    Contributions
    $3,617,822
    Grants paid
    $597,822

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
    $6,007,513
    Expenses
    $4,779,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,848,786

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,347,310
    Expenses
    $3,874,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,756,335

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,798,431
    Expenses
    $4,522,236
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,993,691

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,662,500
    Expenses
    $5,820,304
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,356,019

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,914,742
    Expenses
    $9,126,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,584,836

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,743,918
    Expenses
    $6,798,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,639,597

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,201,290
    Expenses
    $6,349,137
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,496,903

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,729,522
    Expenses
    $7,589,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,869,344

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,031,539
    Expenses
    $7,656,307
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,466,399

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,092,758
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,978,654

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

  • Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn TORAT

    $21,000

    2023 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn TORAT

    $20,000

    2024 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Emek Hebrew Academy

    $20,000

    2023 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

    $19,800

    2024 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HS

    $19,000

    2024 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Emek Hebrew Academy

    $19,000

    2024 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

    $18,900

    2023 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn TORAT

    $18,750

    2022 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • MILKEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

    $18,600

    2022 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

  • YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HS

    $17,700

    2023 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

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

Where these grants went next →

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.