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JEWISH WOMENS THEATRE

EIN 47-4157778 SANTA MONICA, CA

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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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Ronda Spinak

    DIRECTOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,180
    From this org
    $85,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Janis Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lynne Himelstein

    DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jodie Mendelson Kay

    DIRECTOR/ SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Olivia Cohen-Cutler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Patricia Linden

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sharon Landau

    DIRECTOR/MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,847
    From this org
    $81,847
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Jackie Weintraub

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jenn Roth Krieger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Gail Reimer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Rabbi Ed Feinstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Mary Kohav

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Zorayda Lopez - Marcus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Becky 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
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $753,242
    Expenses
    $749,706
    Contributions
    $453,836
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $659,877
    Expenses
    $602,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $640,248
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $737,421
    Expenses
    $528,846
    Assets (EOY)
    $656,050
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $572,395
    Expenses
    $607,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $417,523
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $639,562
    Expenses
    $639,496
    Assets (EOY)
    $361,510
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $586,937
    Expenses
    $610,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,305
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $655,550
    Expenses
    $626,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $422,148
  • 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

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.