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THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC

EIN 13-3490745 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$36,142,361
Expenses 2024
$40,971,008

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P280
Classification
1000
Street
334 AMSTERDAM AVE

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

TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY, JCC MANHATTAN CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT, GROW, AND LEARN WITHIN AN EVER-CHANGING JEWISH LANDSCAPE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT, GROW AND LEARN WITHIN AN EVER-CHANGING JEWISH LANDSCAPE.

  • THE MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN (MMJCCM) IMAGINES JEWISH LIFE THAT IS VARIED AND ENGAGES MEANINGFULLY WITH ITS VALUES, CULTURE, AND IDEAS IN EVERYDAY LIFE. LOCATED AT 76TH STREET AND AMSTERDAM AVENUE, MMJCCM IS A VIBRANT NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. THE CORNERSTONE OF PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMMING IN MANHATTAN, THE JCC SERVES OVER 55,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THROUGH 1,200 PROGRAMS EACH SEASON THAT EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND TRANSFORM PARTICIPANTS' MINDS, BODIES, AND SPIRITS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE JCC HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO SERVING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BY OFFERING PROGRAMS, CLASSES, AND EVENTS THAT EXTEND BEYOND NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES, REACHING PEOPLE AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR LIVES. THE JCC IS GROUNDED IN JEWISH VALUES THAT ARE AT THE HEART OF OUR MISSION AND RADIATES THESE VALUES THROUGHOUT EACH CENTER AND PROGRAM AREA. WE OFFER A JEWISH FRAMEWORK ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE FROM ALL DENOMINATIONS OF JUDAISM AND OTHER TRADITIONS, MAINTAINING THE JCC'S COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY. OUR CENTER FOR FAMILY LIFE NURTURES FAMILIES BY CULTIVATING EXPERIENCES WHERE CHILDREN CAN THRIVE, PARENTS CAN CONNECT, AND FAMILIES CAN GROW TOGETHER. WHETHER WITH PRENATAL PROGRAMS, BABY SWIM CLASSES, TODDLER MUSIC CLASSES, DAY CAMP, NURSERY SCHOOL, OR COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS, WE ARE HERE FOR FAMILIES AT EVERY AGE AND EVERY STAGE. OUR CENTER FOR 20S + 30S PROVIDES A SPACE TO MEET OTHER YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH SEASONAL PROGRAMMING, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, AND SHABBAT AND OTHER HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES. OUR CENTER FOR MODERN AGING SEEKS TO REIMAGINE OLDER ADULTHOOD IN A JEWISH COMMUNAL SETTING AS A TIME OF EXPANSIVE POSSIBILITY, PURPOSE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MUTUAL SUPPORT, AND BLESSING. WE SUPPORT OUR OLDER ADULTS AS THEY AGE IN PLACE, AND ARE A PERMANENT VIRTUAL CENTER ENCOMPASSING PROGRAMMING AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. WE SHOWCASE FILMS THAT PROMOTE CHANGE AND EXAMINE IMPORTANT TOPICS, SUCH AS SOCIAL JUSTICE, ISRAEL, AND DIVERSE ABILITIES. MOST FILMS ARE FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS WITH FILMMAKERS, ACTORS, AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS. WE USE THE UNIQUE VOICES AND MEDIA OF VISUAL ART, FILM, DANCE, THEATER, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, AND INTELLECTUAL CONVERSATION TO AMPLIFY AND GIVE NEW PERSPECTIVES TO THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE FACE AS A COMMUNITY. THE MMJCCM OFFERS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO STIMULATING YOUR MIND, STRENGTHENING YOUR BODY, ENGAGING YOUR HEART, AND CONNECTING YOU TO A CARING COMMUNITY. BY INTEGRATING CULINARY, AQUATICS, FITNESS, MINDFULNESS PROGRAMS, AND MORE UNDER ONE ROOF, THE CENTER PROVIDES EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FULFILL YOUR PERSONAL GOALS, INCLUDING A FULL-SIZED POOL, THERAPEUTIC POOL, FITNESS CLASSES, BASKETBALL COURT, AND GYM. OUR CENTER FOR ISRAEL FOSTERS DEEPER UNDERSTANDINGS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE DIVERSE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK, AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. THROUGH PROGRAMMING, CLASSES, LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, FILM, FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, AND OTHER CULTURAL OFFERINGS, THE JCC IS A RESPECTED HOME OF ISRAELI CONTENT AND A PLACE TO EXPLORE AND GROW. OUR CENTER FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ENGAGES PARTICIPANTS TO BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE CIVIC ACTORS THROUGH EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVOCACY. WE COLLABORATE WITH JEWISH, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND CIVIC PARTNERS TO EXPAND OUR PERSPECTIVES AND IMPACT. WE BUILD AND NURTURE AN INCLUSIVE AND ACCEPTING COMMUNITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS WITH VARYING DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS TO EACH OTHER AND THEIR COMMUNITY. WE SERVE AS A CATALYST AND A LEADER, TRANSFORMING THE WAYS IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE UNDERSTANDS AND INTERACTS WITH PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES.

    Expenses $32,175,617 · Grants $593,779 · Revenue $25,845,287

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.

  • SCOTT ROMANOFF

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LISA MESSINGER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARA WECHTER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SETH BERKOWITZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARINA LEWIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMY ABRAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANDY APPELBAUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TRACEY APPELBAUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANDY ARNO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARNI ARONSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KIM BENDHEIM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SHANA BLOCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEVEN COHEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEN DEPPE-PARKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NICOLE DRAPKIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • EILEEN EPSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GARY GELMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KATJA GOLDMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MEREDITH GROSSMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOSHUA HABER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CLAUDIA HAMMERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • HAROLD HANDLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KIRK IWANOWSKI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TALIA KADEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LISA KIELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $36,142,361
    Expenses
    $40,971,008
    Contributions
    $8,973,689
    Grants paid
    $593,779
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $35,437,626
    Expenses
    $40,039,346
    Contributions
    $10,333,146
    Grants paid
    $533,962
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $30,995,936
    Expenses
    $37,799,693
    Contributions
    $9,063,895
    Grants paid
    $613,889

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
    $34,890,791
    Expenses
    $33,945,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,616,577

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,957,738
    Expenses
    $25,667,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,890,259

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,312,028
    Expenses
    $34,802,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $111,636,252

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $37,566,236
    Expenses
    $37,150,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $110,348,327

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $58,646,524
    Expenses
    $35,394,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $108,957,172

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,962,208
    Expenses
    $33,977,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,163,924

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,413,132
    Expenses
    $32,771,606
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,787,795

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,817,209
    Expenses
    $31,019,123
    Assets (EOY)
    $75,721,393

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,845,915
    Expenses
    $29,548,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,998,930

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $28,790,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,890,983

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

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