- Revenue 2024
- $944,738
- Expenses 2024
- $942,982
Program services were 85.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A65
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 3435 OCEAN PARK BLVD STE 107 PMB 85
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
JEWISH WOMEN'S THEATRE (JWT), ALSO KNOWN AS THE BRAID, IS THE NATION'S GO-TO JEWISH STORY COMPANY. OUR PURPOSE IS TO LEAVE NO JEWISH STORY UNTOLD WHILE CELEBRATING THE TRUTHS THAT CONNECT ALL PEOPLE. WE CREATE, PRODUCE, AND PRESERVE STORIES GROUNDED IN JEWISH CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, INSPIRE COMMUNITY, AND BUILD CULTURAL LEGACY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
JEWISH WOMEN'S THEATRE (JWT), DBA THE BRAID, IS THE NATION'S GO-TO JEWISH STORY COMPANY. OUR PURPOSE IS TO LEAVE NO JEWISH STORY UNTOLD WHILE CELEBRATING THE TRUTHS THAT CONNECT ALL PEOPLE. WE CREATE, PRODUCE, AND PRESERVE STORIES GROUNDED IN JEWISH CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE TO IMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, INSPIRE COMMUNITY, AND BUILD CULTURAL LEGACY.
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THE BRAID BRINGS JEWISH STORIES TO LIFE TO CELEBRATE DIVERSE JEWISH CULTURE, EMBRACE SHARED HUMANITY, AND COMBAT ANTISEMITISM. WITH OVER 80 ACCLAIMED PRODUCTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH 265+ ORGANIZATIONS, THE BRAID PERFORMS LIVE AND VIRTUALLY ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND BEYOND, REACHING AUDIENCES IN ALL 50 STATES AND 40 COUNTRIES. NOW THE NATION'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT JEWISH THEATRE, ITS HIT SHOWS INCLUDE NOT THAT JEWISH (200 OFF-BROADWAY PERFORMANCES), STORIES FROM THE VIOLINS OF HOPE (PRESENTED AT THE UN) AND TRUE COLORS (SPOTLIGHTING JEWS OF COLOR). THE BRAID ALSO ENGAGES COMMUNITIES THROUGH WORKSHOPS, SPEAKER SERIES, AND DIGITAL INITIATIVES AMPLIFYING A LIVING LEGACY OF JEWISH LIFE.
Expenses $744,364 · Revenue $275,179
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THE BRAID RUNS NEXT, AN EMERGING ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WHICH CULTIVATES THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIVERSE VOICES CELEBRATING CULTURAL HERITAGE. THE PROGRAM FOSTERS CREATIVITY, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENSURING FRESH TALENT SHAPES JEWISH CULTURE AND FLOURISHES IN THE ARTS.
Expenses $58,576 · Revenue $31,080
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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Ronda SpinakRONDA SPINAK
DIRECTOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $85,180
- From this org
- $85,180
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Janis NelsonJANIS NELSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Lynne HimelsteinLYNNE HIMELSTEIN
DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Jodie Mendelson KayJODIE MENDELSON KAY
DIRECTOR/ SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Olivia Cohen-CutlerOLIVIA COHEN-CUTLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Patricia LindenPATRICIA LINDEN
DIRECTOR/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Sharon LandauSHARON LANDAU
DIRECTOR/MANAGING DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $81,847
- From this org
- $81,847
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Jackie WeintraubJACKIE WEINTRAUB
DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Jenn Roth KriegerJENN ROTH KRIEGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Gail ReimerGAIL REIMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Rabbi Ed FeinsteinRABBI ED FEINSTEIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Mary KohavMARY KOHAV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Zorayda Lopez - MarcusZORAYDA LOPEZ - MARCUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Becky Solo LoringBECKY SOLO LORING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
- $944,738
- Expenses
- $942,982
- Contributions
- $607,168
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $753,242
- Expenses
- $749,706
- Contributions
- $453,836
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $703,749
- Expenses
- $701,558
- Contributions
- $498,349
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $659,877
- Expenses
- $602,340
- Assets (EOY)
- $640,248
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $737,421
- Expenses
- $528,846
- Assets (EOY)
- $656,050
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $572,395
- Expenses
- $607,822
- Assets (EOY)
- $417,523
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $639,562
- Expenses
- $639,496
- Assets (EOY)
- $361,510
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $586,937
- Expenses
- $610,366
- Assets (EOY)
- $336,305
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $655,550
- Expenses
- $626,337
- Assets (EOY)
- $422,148
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $571,002
- Expenses
- $520,147
- Assets (EOY)
- $400,622
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
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2024 ARTS AND CULTURE
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$54,550
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$50,580
2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$47,700
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 general support
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$35,000
2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2024 general support
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2023 LACDAC PERFORMING ARTS
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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.