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JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

EIN 13-1624104 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$2,899,082
Expenses 2024
$1,901,230

Program services were 54.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
25 BROADWAY

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 MISSION OF THE JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS (JCPA) IS TO STRENGTHEN AND LEVERAGE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS NETWORK ACROSS THE NATION TO CHAMPION A JUST, DEMOCRATIC AND PLURALISTIC SOCIETY AND ADVANCE THE RIGHT OF FULL INCLUSION OF ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY, INCLUDING JEWS, FREE OF DISCRIMINATION HATE AND PREJUDICE.INSPIRED BY JEWISH VALUES OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW AND AN ABIDING COMMITMENT TO VIBRANT AND SECURE JEWISH COMMUNITIES HERE, ISRAEL AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, JCPA CONVENES AND CATALYZES ITS NETWORK TO WORK WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND BUILD DEEP RELATIONS AND ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY COALITIONS BASED ON SHARED GOALS WITH OTHER CIVIC, RACIAL, ETHNIC AND FAITH-BASED LEADERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

JCPA CONVENES AND MOBILIZES PARTNERS AND COALITIONS ACROSS COMMUNITIES TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM AND BROADER HATE AND EXTREMISM, PROTECT DEMOCRACY, AND ADVANCE OUR SHARED VALUES RECOGNIZING THAT JEWISH SAFETY AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED.

  • STRATEGIC COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICES FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS NETWORK THROUGH DEDICATED SUPPORT FOR JCRC PROFESSIONALS AND LEADERS, AS WELL AS OTHER KEY LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNAL PARTNERS. THIS INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TOOLKITS AND OTHER SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES; ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES; CONVENINGS ON SHARED CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; EFFORTS TO DIVERSIFY THE FIELD AND ITS PARTNERS; AND A FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING AND SCALING LOCAL SUCCESSES.ISSUES-BASED ADVOCACY THROUGH JCPA'S TWO ACTION NETWORKS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING DEMOCRACY AND COUNTERING HATE & BIGOTRY, AS WELL AS THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS. JCPA ADVANCES CROSS-COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND KEY ADVOCACY PRIORITIES ON THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS BY MOBILIZING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS ROOTED IN THE RECOGNITION THAT COUNTERING ANTISEMITISM IS INHERENT TO PROTECTING DEMOCRACY, AND PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IS INHERENT TO JEWISH SAFETY.PUBLIC AFFAIRS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TREND ANALYSIS PROVIDING RESEARCH-DRIVEN MESSAGE GUIDANCE AND OTHER TOOLS TO JCRCS AND OTHER PARTNERS ON PRIORITY ISSUES, INCLUDING ON ANTISEMITISM AND THE INEXTRICABLE LINK BETWEEN JEWISH SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF ALL COMMUNITIES, AND OUR DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $1,037,680 · Revenue $35,000

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.

  • DAVID STEIRMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREN KASNER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN ABRAVANEL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE DANNIN ROSENTHAL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • LESLIE KIRBY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MAGDA SCHALER-HAYNES

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE ANDERSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID BOHM

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STACY BURDETT

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARLENE FICKLER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH GOLDMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TYLER GREGORY

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JORDANA HORN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIYOMI KOWALSKI

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAWN LANDRES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH PRICE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • COREY SHAPIRO

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JUDY SMITH

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WALTER SPIEGAL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE TURNBULL

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANIEL GOLDWIN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BETSEY EPSTEIN

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $149,212
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,212
    Hours/week
    40

  • AMY SPITALNICK

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $304,702
    From this org
    $275,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,452
    Filer's total
    $304,702

  • RORI PICKER NEISS

    SVP

    Total calculated
    $191,751
    From this org
    $171,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,551
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,136
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,415
    Filer's total
    $191,751

  • KAREN ELAM

    FORMER COO

    Total calculated
    $202,458
    From this org
    $160,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,817
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,641
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,819
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,998
    Filer's total
    $202,458

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
    $2,899,082
    Expenses
    $1,901,230
    Contributions
    $2,863,674
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,102,522
    Expenses
    $4,114,327
    Contributions
    $1,893,148
    Grants paid
    $2,255,813
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,421,009
    Expenses
    $2,824,868
    Contributions
    $2,989,843
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,943,621
    Expenses
    $2,421,607
    Contributions
    $2,695,408
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,721,356
    Expenses
    $2,021,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,991,011

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,754,393
    Expenses
    $2,237,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,318,793

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,909,932
    Expenses
    $2,850,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,021,344

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,398,195
    Expenses
    $2,380,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $975,979

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,616,735
    Expenses
    $2,633,350
    Assets (EOY)
    $892,619

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,555,374
    Expenses
    $3,662,470
    Assets (EOY)
    $973,483

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,073,683
    Expenses
    $3,856,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,091,887

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,667,821
    Expenses
    $3,612,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $975,287

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,511,696
    Expenses
    $3,483,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $962,651

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,359,126
    Assets (EOY)
    $922,221

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

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.