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JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INC

EIN 53-0226294 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2023
$1,330,959
Expenses 2023
$1,919,523

Program services were 55.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Classification
3100
Street
1811 R STREET NW 1100

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 0973), covering 106 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

All 106 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Organization was granted a charter as a not for profit corporation for patriotic and educational purposes with special concern for the welfare of veterans. The Organization's principal activities consist of advising and assisting veterans with respect to their benefits, advocating on behalf of veterans, and fundraising for various civic and religious causes.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Providing military veterans and families with the means to acquire benefits and other services.

  • Veteran Services:To maintain a claims service providing assistance to individuals who submit claims before the veterans administration for benefits predicated on their own service or that of a relative, without regard to race, creed, or color.

    Expenses $936,807 · Revenue $601,082

  • Annual Convention: The convention provides an opportunity for all of the Organization's members to meet annually to conduct the business of the Organization in personal and in a friendly atmosphere.

    Expenses $67,922

  • Publications and Public Relations: To inform and educate the general community as to activities and policies of the Organization, with emphasis on matters of special concern to veterans.

    Expenses $64,164 · Revenue $1,040

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nelson Mellitz

    National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 0.8 related

  • Alan Paley

    National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 0.8 related

  • Barry Lischinsky

    National-Vice Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 0.5 related

  • Peter Nickitas

    National Judge Advocate

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Albert Adler

    National Quartermaster

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael Corbett

    National Adjutant

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Larry Jasper

    National Editor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related

  • Lew Wunderlich

    National Inspector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Allan Abramson

    National Public Affairs Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Maxwell Colon

    NEC Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.3 related

  • Carl Singer

    NEC Vice-Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Ainslee Ferdie

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Paul Ribner

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Nathan Goldberg

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Joseph Zoldan

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 0.8 related

  • Edwin Goldwasser

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 2.3 related

  • Herbert Greff

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Warren Dolny

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Michael Berman

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 10.3 related

  • Monroe Mayer

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • David Magidson

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.3 related

  • Norman Rosenshein

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3.3 related

  • Lawrence Schulman

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Stephen Zeitz

    Past National Commander

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ira Novoselsky

    Past National Commander

    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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,330,959
    Expenses
    $1,919,523
    Contributions
    $578,919
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,072,937
    Expenses
    $1,798,516
    Contributions
    $1,786,794
    Grants paid
    $11,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,359,553
    Expenses
    $1,990,074
    Contributions
    $2,098,718
    Grants paid
    $11,000

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
    $2,521,349
    Expenses
    $1,597,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,795,627

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,780,378
    Expenses
    $1,438,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,246,302

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,295,473
    Expenses
    $1,440,330
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,698,791

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,532,787
    Expenses
    $1,472,194
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,627,744

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,634,490
    Expenses
    $1,492,482
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,523,077

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,688,937
    Expenses
    $1,581,690
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,302,078

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,983,828
    Expenses
    $1,509,671
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,056,409

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,512,620
    Expenses
    $1,447,684
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,887,551

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,754,196
    Expenses
    $1,690,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,927,752

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,065,939
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,148,967

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
Principal officer
Edward Potash
Mailing address
8710 North Skokie Boulevard Apt 2GSSkokie IL 60077

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 EO, GROUP.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.