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JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON

EIN 04-2104347 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2024
$2,683,311
Expenses 2024
$2,414,974

Program services were 64.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q70Z
Classification
1000
Street
126 HIGH STREET 3 FL

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

REPRESENTATIVE VOICE OF THE ORGANIZED JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA.

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE COUNCIL WORKS TO ENGAGE MEMBERS OF BOSTON'S JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE WORK OF SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER FAITH COMMUNITIES AND A RANGE OF COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFITS. THE SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM AREAS ARE: THE GREATER BOSTON JEWISH COALITION FOR LITERACY, WHICH MOBILIZES HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE WEEKLY TUTORING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN UNDER RESOURCED URBAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE COUNCIL ALSO PROVIDES HOLOCAUST PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW ENGLAND HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL.

    Expenses $932,579

  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS (MAJF), THE COUNCIL BRINGS TOGETHER BROAD COALITIONS OF JEWISH AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, TO ADVOCATE FOR COMPASSIONATE PUBLIC POLICIES AND ADEQUATE FUNDING TO ASSIST THOSE MOST IN NEED AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. THROUGH SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS WITH A VARIETY OF ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY, THE COUNCIL MULTIPLIES ITS IMPACT AND THE REACH OF ITS CONTACTS AND FOSTERS AND DEVELOPS RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE POLICY SUCCESSES IN THE BUDGETARY, ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE ARENAS.

    Expenses $258,502

  • ISRAEL ENGAGEMENT - THE COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO FOSTER CIVIL DIALOGUE AND BUILD SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL, THE NATIONAL HOMELAND OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. THE COUNCIL PURSUES THESE GOALS BY ENGAGING IN WORK SUCH AS COMMUNITY EDUCATION, CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON, LEADING STUDY TOURS TO ISRAEL WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SUPPORTING NATIONAL EFFORTS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS. STUDY TOUR PARTICIPANTS ARE STRATEGICALLY SELECTED INFLUENTIAL LEADERS, INCLUDING CLERGY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

    Expenses $138,931

  • IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SUPPORT - THE COUNCIL TAKES A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING ORGANIZING SANCTUARY CLUSTERS AND IMMIGRATION DETENTION ACCOMPANIMENT. SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2021, WE HAVE BEEN PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK WELCOMING AFGHAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE ORGANIZED 35 CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT TEAMS, INCLUDING 25 SYNAGOGUES, IN ORDER TO WELCOME SOME 200 AFGHAN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.

    Expenses $217,443

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 GILEFSKY

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • FRANK LITWIN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANDREW ZELERMYER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • EDWARD KUTCHIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ABRAHAM MENZIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CATHARYN GILDESGAME

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DANIEL SERFATY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DAVID ABROMOWITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DEBBY FREEEDMAN BELT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DENA KOWALOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DIANA LLOYD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JACKI HART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LAUREL SGAN KIBEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LISA CONTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LON POVICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARTHA GOLUB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL TAUER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • RISA SHAMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SARAH PERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SETH GITELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SHIRI SEGEV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STACEY BLOOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STEVE SEGAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BARBARA BERKE

    OUTGOING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KATHY WEINMAN

    OUTGOING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
    $2,683,311
    Expenses
    $2,414,974
    Contributions
    $2,518,838
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,363,827
    Expenses
    $2,181,146
    Contributions
    $2,205,612
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,995,192
    Expenses
    $2,166,903
    Contributions
    $2,928,156
    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
    $2,814,819
    Expenses
    $2,380,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,196,229

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,590,436
    Expenses
    $2,014,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,041,811

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,400,048
    Expenses
    $2,291,327
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,487,366

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,509,669
    Expenses
    $2,543,342
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,210,848

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,782,937
    Expenses
    $2,725,655
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,176,360

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,541,781
    Expenses
    $2,661,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,132,459

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,762,965
    Expenses
    $2,578,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,257,444

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,102,848
    Expenses
    $2,975,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,013,457

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,850,901
    Expenses
    $2,670,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $839,817

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,527,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $681,502

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