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J CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING INC

EIN 82-1309633 EL PASO, TX

Largest nonprofits in Texas

Revenue 2024
$980,528
Expenses 2024
$850,517

Program services were 88.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B21
Classification
2000
Street
4408 N STANTON ST

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 J CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING IS PASSIONATE ABOUT PROVIDING AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EL PASO'S YOUTH AGES 18 MONTHS THRU 6 YEARS OLD. THE SCHOOL EMBRACES FAMILIES FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, WHILE TEACHING CORE JEWISH VALUES OF COMMUNITY, TOLERANCE, AND RESPECT. TEACHERS WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE ENVIRONMENTS AND EXPERIENCES THAT SPARK WONDER AND CREATIVITY, BUILD CONFIDENCE SKILLS, ALLOW CHILDREN TO EXPLORE MATERIALS, AND ENCOURAGE QUESTIONING MINDS. WE PARTNER EXTENSIVELY WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENRICH OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE CARETAKERS OF EACH OTHER, OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, AND OUR PLANET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE J CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING IS PASSIONATE ABOUT PROVIDING AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EL PASO'S PRESCHOOL-AGED YOUTH.

  • THE J CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING IS A JEWISH PRESCHOOL OPEN TO PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND BACKGROUNDS AND RUNS FROM AUGUST THROUGH MAY. THE J CENTER IS A JEWISH REGGIO INSPIRED PRESCHOOL SERVING AGES 18 MONTHS THRU 6 YEARS OLD THAT WILL PROVIDE A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOUNG CHILDREN CAN GROW AND LEARN. TEACHERS ENGAGE CHILDREN'S MINDS EACH DAY THROUGH EXPLORATION OF NEW IDEAS IN MATH, SCIENCE, LITERACY AND SOCIAL STUDIES. AS OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARING FOR KINDERGARTEN, THEY ARE PREPARING FOR LIFE! RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT STRONG COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION SKILS ARE CRUCIAL FOR LATER SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND, AND THESE SKILLS ARE DEVELOPED DURING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHILDREN ACQUIRE SKILLS AND ABILITIES ALONG INDIVIDUAL TIMETABLES, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE ROLE OF THE TEACHERS IS TO CAREFULLY CRAFT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCOVERY THAT ALLOW CHILDREN TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENRICHING AND EDUCATING THE CHILDREN THROUGH MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE CHILD. BECAUSE OF OUR JOINT FOCUS ON STRONG PRE-ACADEMICS AND COLLABORATION, CHILDREN WHO GRADUATE FROM THE J CENTER WILL BE WELL-PREPARED FOR ANY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THEIR PARENTS CHOOSE FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $596,889 · Revenue $609,213

  • CAMP SHAMAYIM RUNS EIGHT ONE-WEEK CAMPS DURING JUNE AND JULY FOR CAMPERS AGE 18 MONTHS THRU KINDERGARTEN. THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CAMP FOCUSES ON DIFFERENT THEMES EACH WEEK AND ALWAYS INCLUDES A FRIDAY SPLASH DAY. CAMP RUNS 8:30 A.M. TO 2:30 P.M. WITH AN EARLY EINSTEIN'S PROGRAM AT 7:00 A.M. AND AFTERNOON ADVENTURERS UNTIL 6:00 P.M.

    Expenses $152,312 · Revenue $170,374

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.

  • Elena Grasheim Murray

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Stuart Shiloff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Stephanie Calvo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Fenenbock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sergey Shimunov

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Cynthia Wiltshire

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robyn Pinilla

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kimberly Frank

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
    $980,528
    Expenses
    $850,517
    Contributions
    $185,576
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $856,859
    Expenses
    $885,833
    Contributions
    $118,210
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $989,989
    Expenses
    $821,616
    Contributions
    $245,954
    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
    $1,108,972
    Expenses
    $805,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $848,934

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $684,608
    Expenses
    $553,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $702,268

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $696,744
    Expenses
    $603,116
    Assets (EOY)
    $439,284

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $654,620
    Expenses
    $531,890
    Assets (EOY)
    $294,116

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $618,270
    Expenses
    $471,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,616

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.

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

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.