2022-03-21T16:26:07-07:00 2021-06-30 135381590 BDO USA LLP 100 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 100175001 990 2020-07-01 340714554 JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND JEWI 2163710446 2030 South Taylor Road Cleveland Hts OH 44118 Marlyn Jaffe Executive Director 2163710446 2022-03-21 1 Paul Hammerschmidt P01384178 2128858321 2022-03-21 1 11 1 AAL2 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Marlyn Jaffe 2030 South Taylor Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 7560322 0 X www.JECC.org X 1943 OH The mission is to ensure Jewish continuity in Cleveland by fostering & strengthening life long Jewish learning in various settings and forms. The agency provides services for recruitment & training of Jewish educators, intensive curriculum for local schools, strengthen the quality of Jewish education by building capacity of instructors & support Israel engagement. 43 43 54 43 0 0 6115015 6410332 836047 823576 69306 183110 0 0 7020368 7417018 1939024 2555457 0 0 3638501 3523962 0 0 0 913107 865533 6490632 6944952 529736 472066 9707156 12156542 3378110 2192201 6329046 9964341 The mission is to ensure Jewish continuity in Cleveland by fostering & strengthening life long Jewish learning in various settings and forms. The vision of the agency is to provide leadership and build capacity within the Jewish education system to enhance the quality of Jewish education. 0 0 1053374 691369 111864 Family & Adult Education: Formal and informal education outreach programs which include Hebrew literacy and Jewish identity projects. This program provides grants to 7 adult education providers to enhance their ability to engage adults in lifelong learning. These providers reach hundreds of individuals in a variety of formats and settings. This program also offers support to supplementary schools with a total of 16 community funded educators to fill a variety of educational and programmatic positions in local supplementary schools. 966880 786997 0 Personnel Development: Educators services program enriches the skills, Judaic and professional knowledge of community educators through myriad mini courses and on line courses. Intensive on site professional development that fosters professional learning teams. Tuition subsidies and scholarships for college degrees and professional development seminars for professional growth with a new degree, license or certificate. Approximately 168 educators received professional development grants or stipends. This program also supports day school educator positions. The agency works with a local professional development committee serving general studies teachers in the Cleveland area affiliated day schools. the committee reviews and approves license applications, individual professional development plans and associate course request to ensure the general studies teachers maintain their Ohio licenses and certificates. 698816 0 152420 Planning & Evaluation: Ensuring accountability and measuring success are central activities of the agency. Initiatives in this area build upon the internal programmatic reflective practice and data gathering that is a regular part of the agency's programs. The JEC's strategic plan calls for increase involvement in Jewish education in three principal ways: by lowering barriers to participation, maximizing gateways and fostering linkages between educational opportunities. Strengthen the quality of Jewish education. Cultivate the capacity of the educational institutions about engagement in Israel. Ensure a high level of accountability of the agency programs. 554273 120786 40322 Education Resources: the Curriculum Department serves the educational needs of Cleveland's supplementary schools, day schools, and preschools. The Teacher Center is a hands on materials center where teachers create instructional aids for their classrooms. The Teacher Center serviced over 30 schools and approximately 681 visits from educators, these visit were lower then previous years due to the pandemic. The Ratner Media & Technology Center is relied upon in the educational community as a place to find outstanding resources and expert advice. Congregational enrichment provided 57 grants to 12 congregations schools for enrichment programs. 444681 9600 74206 @Akiva - is vibrant place for Cleveland teens to explore and grow in their devotion to Judaism and Israel while fostering everlasting friendships. From Hebrew and Judaic after school classes, to advocating for Israel through special activities and community service. @Akiva offers unique programming throughout the year. Approximately 1000 students were involved in the various programs, High School Hebrew, On The Road and Icnext. 461152 0 444764 Shared Services - Provides information technology services to six educational institutions and the Mandel Jewish Community Center. It manages the consortium's data center, over 1014 workstations and laptops, iPads, 2200 Chromebooks, 20 physical servers, 1110 virtual servers, 17 backup/vcenter servers, 8 local network attached storage, 250 VPN/Citrix users, 250 Cisco duo users and 10 Cisco voip phone systems, 470 IP phones, 10 IP surveillance systems, 408 Cisco ,Axis and Hanwha cameras through out the consortium of schools and agencies. 138400 55000 0 Special Education(Segula) - Provides services to students in day schools and supplementary schools and in-service training opportunities to special education teachers in the field. The Segula program served 4 students with special needs which is lower then previous years due to the pandemic and parents not sending their children to in-class. 49565 25887 0 Early Childhood Education - Focuses on development of senior personnel, professional development/credentialing of teachers. Enhancing Judaic content and creating linkages between early childhood Jewish education and other stages of Jewish education. This program worked with 12 preschools and approximately 134 teachers in the community. 65959 0 0 Shin Shin Program - The Cleveland Jewish schools and youth groups benefit from the Israeli emissaries through various educational programs. 509837 0 0 Interfaith Engagement- a program to engage interfaith couples and families to enhance their involvement in the Jewish community to comfortably explore, discover and personalize the meaning of Jewish culture and values in the modern world. This year more then 3,037 families were involved in various experiences. 696285 287936 0 Informal Education: the Retreat Institute creates & implemented 55 retreats and informal education programs in collaboration with local Jewish educational institutions. 1179 participants (students, educators and families) participated in these experiences. The Adolescent Initiative works with youth professionals from local organization for both professional development, community planning and adolescent development. This program also supports youth educator positions and programming in the community. Israel program grants and financial aid for students for approved educational trips to Israel to participate in youth group programs plus Gift of Israel matching incentive program for eighth grade school trip to Israel for study and college seminary/yeshivah programs. The Israel program funded 127 participants. This year due to the pandemic, trips to Israel were lower then pre-pandemic years. 594265 577882 0 Camping Program: Camp incentive grants for students to attend Jewish denominational over night camps around the country. The camping program funded 366 students this year. 3514417 1077091 559292 6233487 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 0 1 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 43 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 OH X Laurie Hardesty CPA 2163710446 2030 South Taylor Road Cleveland Hts OH 44118 Seymour Kopelowitz Executive Director 40 0 X 297000 0 27502 Marlyn Jaffe Associate Director 40 0 X 210796 0 35789 Laurie Hardesty Chief Financial Officer 40 0 X 173622 0 18997 Nachama Moskowitz Senior Director Curriculum Director 40 0 X 168983 0 17686 Yossi Israeli Technology Director 40 0 X 148410 0 28956 Amnon Ophir Akiva Director/Israel Awareness 40 0 X 161130 0 8867 Ilya Kligman Assistant Technology Director 40 0 X 148428 0 8032 Marc Melamed Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Danielle Wild Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Kevin Margolis President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Jared Miller Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Irv Berliner Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gena Cohen Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Amir Jaffa Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Eliana LeVine Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 David Neumann Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sharon Rosenbaum Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Suri Goldman Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Bruce Goodman Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Adam Levin Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Ethan Karp Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Andy Lefkowitz Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sarah Marcus-Donnelly Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Susan Krantz Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Nati Klein Trustee 1 1 X 0 0 0 Josh Kramer Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Abby Stadlin Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Erica Starrfield Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Adam Wieder Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Dara Yanowitz Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gary Weiss Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Leslie Dunn Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Keith Israelstam Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Neil Waxman Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Rabbi Jonathan Cohen Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Lynne Cohen Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Rachel Glickman Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Erica Lazzaro Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Mariely Luengo Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Dovid Malcmacher Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Beth Rosenberg Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Kenneth Bravo Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Harley Gross Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gary Gross Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 David Heller Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 S Lee Kohrman Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Charles Ratner Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Michael Wager Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sally H Wertheim Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Idelle Wolf Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 1308369 0 145829 9 0 1 0 0 4909162 0 0 0 3600 1497570 0 6410332 Tuition, Program and Supply revenue 611710 823576 823576 0 0 0 0 0 0 823576 53816 0 0 53816 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 272598 0 143304 0 129294 0 129294 0 0 129294 0 0 7417018 823576 0 183110 1679439 1679439 876018 876018 0 0 0 0 540630 295910 244720 0 0 0 0 0 2460908 2288161 172747 0 178989 169812 9177 0 174712 151418 23294 0 168723 153250 15473 0 0 0 0 0 3925 0 3925 0 24665 0 24665 0 0 0 0 0 0 925 925 0 0 155443 133661 21782 0 21029 21029 0 0 90467 46669 43798 0 103254 60695 42559 0 0 0 0 0 79778 41238 38540 0 26237 23960 2277 0 0 0 0 0 15267 15267 0 0 72765 32727 40038 0 Program Expense-Educational Related 233327 233327 0 0 Annual Meeting 24024 0 24024 0 14427 9981 4446 0 6944952 6233487 711465 0 251424 233652 0 0 88770 7200 795758 590168 0 0 0 1474 144 0 0 35796 34182 1510540 1144102 251932 366438 0 8168980 10777131 113022 147627 9707156 12156542 881108 571647 23500 31751 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2473502 1588803 3378110 2192201 X 4314183 7522147 2014863 2442194 6329046 9964341 9707156 12156542 X 472066 2278530 0 0 0 884699 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 6707297 7005844 7579506 6115021 6410334 33818002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6707297 7005844 7579506 6115021 6410334 33818002 0 33818002 58532 75479 81795 69194 53816 338816 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34156818 3850779 0.99008 0.98976 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 773215 1000 264147 3887 106 0 1034369 786168 1000 -9997 3845 111 0 773215 768269 0 22068 4060 109 0 786168 711524 3500 52539 -819 113 0 768269 612628 1000 101859 3845 118 0 711524 0 0.15 0.85 1 0 0 38090 38090 0 791397 715824 75573 0 60000 60000 0 0 396444 295867 100577 0 224609 72411 152198 366438 0 0 JFC Money Fund 1180488 F JFC Main Investment Fund 8608098 F JFC MAP Fund 988545 F 10777131 0 Accrued Pension Liability 1588803 1588803 X 10573161 2278530 2224 0 884699 3165453 7407708 0 9310 9310 7417018 6937866 2224 0 0 0 2224 6935642 0 9310 9310 6944952 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 To support teacher training in the Jewish Supplemental and Day Schools. Annual teacher award to recognize an outstanding teacher in the community. Annual teacher award for recognizing a Day School Teacher. Annual financial aid scholarships for Akiva students. Matching funds for Green Road Synagogue children who participate in the Gift of Israel Program. Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the Center qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is, therefore, not subject to tax under present federal income tax laws. The Center is classified as an exempt organization under section 509(a)(1). the Center follows the accounting guidance for uncertainty in income taxes. The Center's income tax fillings are subject to audit by various taxing authorities. In evaluating the Center's activities, the Center believes its position of tax exempt status is current based on current facts and circumstances. the Center has further assessed that there are no activities unrelated to the purpose of the Center and therefore no tax is to be recognized. It is the policy of the Center to include in operating expenses penalties and interest assessed by income taxing authorities. There are no penalties or interest from taxing authorities included in operating expense for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d This represents the change in the unfunded pension liability that is recorded as revenue below the line of operations. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b Scholarships of $9,310 are recorded on the financial statements as contra-revenue against tuition. Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4b $9,310 is scholarships/financial aid listed as contra-revenue on the financial statements. 1 Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Ave Cleveland OH 44106 341018992 501C3 276345 Adult education programs Mandel Jewish Day School 26500 Shaker Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 341043767 501C3 203000 0 Teacher salary upgrade program and staff development Bnai Jeshurun Congregation 27501 Fairmount Blvd Pepper Pike OH 44124 340714675 501C3 51650 0 Congregation enrichment, school program grants, funded positions, retreat, outreach and shoresh grants. Fairmount Temple 23737 Fairmount Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 340808330 501C3 20721 0 Congregation enrichment, school program grants, retreat, outreach, shoresh and Institutional stipend. Sububan Temple 22401 Chagrin Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 340760596 501C3 40460 0 Funded positions, school program grants, intituitional stipends, retreat, and shoresh grants. Temple Tifereth 26000 Shaker Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 340714713 501C3 37219 0 Congregation enrichment, institutional stipends and outreach. Park Synagogue 27500 Shaker Blvd Pepper Pike OH 44124 340714533 501C3 41477 0 Funded positions, school program grants, outreach, and congregation enrichment Temple Emanu El 4545 Brianard Rd Orange Village OH 44022 340806503 501C3 16963 0 Congregation enrichment, school program grants, retreat, outreach, shoresh grants and Institutional stipend. Fuchs Mizrachi Day School 26601 Shaker Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 341400924 501C3 163000 0 Teacher salary upgrade program and staff development Gross Schechter Day School 27601 Fairmount Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 341283907 501C3 191964 0 Teacher salary upgrade program and staff development Solon Chabad Hebrew School 5570 Harper Rd Solon OH 44139 341796153 501C3 12045 0 Congregation enrichment grants Aish Hatorah 14077 Cedar Rd Cleveland OH 44118 341698873 501C3 43000 0 Adult educaiton. Jewish Learning Connection 2195 So Green Rd Cleveland OH 44122 341552628 501C3 20000 0 Adult educaiton. Beth Israel-West Temple 14308 Triskett Rd Cleveland OH 44111 341001012 501C3 12237 0 school program grants, instituitional stipends, outreach, congregation enrichment, retreat, YOFI, and Shoresh grants Congregation Shaarey Tikvah 26811 Fairmount Blvd Cleveland OH 44122 340823457 501C3 25055 0 Funded positions, retreat, congregation enrichment and shoresh grants. Jewish Family Experience 3570 Warrensville Ctr Rd Cleveland OH 44120 260839035 501C3 43000 0 Adult educaiton and retreat. Kol Halev 2245 Warrensville Ctr Rd Cleveland OH 44118 341817758 501C3 18390 0 funded positions, outreach, congregariion enrichment, school program grants and retreats. Segula 2030 So Taylor Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 341832419 501C3 55000 0 Special needs staffing. BBYO 800 Eight St NW Washington DC 20001 311794932 501C3 35975 0 Funded Positions and retreat. NCSY 16947 W 10th Mile Rd Southfield MI 48075 135623717 501C3 18000 0 Funded Positions. Temple Israel Ner Tamid 1732 Lander Rd Cleveland OH 44124 341472695 501C3 16721 0 Funded position, school program grants, Temple Beth Shalom 50 Division Street Hudson OH 44236 341223101 501C3 26154 0 Funded position, congregation enrichment, school program grants and retreats. Jewish Learning Istitute 2479 So Green Rd Cleveland OH 44122 200048898 501C3 14000 0 Adult educaiton. Yeshiva Derech Hatorah 1508 Warrensville Ctr Rd Cleveland OH 44118 474574851 501C3 9273 0 Staff development Hebrew Academy 1860 So Taylor Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 340714428 501C3 177553 0 Teacher salary upgrade program, staff development Chaviva High School 3300 Mayfield Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 824606114 501C3 8000 0 Staff development and ad Partners in Torah 200 Public Square Suite 2500 Cleveland Hts OH 44114 471209575 501C3 100000 0 Adult outreach. 27 0 Student scholarships for Jewish camps. 366 577882 0 Scholarships-financial aid and Israel programs 127 247471 0 Academic scholarships for educators. 61 29961 0 Professional development and teacher training. 96 20703 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 All grantees submit a grant proposal and are approved by the agency's Award Committee for acceptance. All grant dollars are issued as reimbursements to grantees for paid expenses accompanied with copies of all expenses, proof of payments and staff make sure the expenses were made in accordance with the approved grant proposal. Grants for students are also submitted to the Committee for approval and a letter from various programs validating the students attendance. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seymour Kopelowitz Executive Director 294198 0 0 0 2802 0 13366 0 14136 0 324502 0 0 0 Laurie Hardesty Chief Financial Officer 170820 0 0 0 2802 0 8523 0 10474 0 192619 0 0 0 Nachama Moskowitz Senior Director Curriculum Director 165540 0 0 0 3443 0 8235 0 9451 0 186669 0 0 0 Yossi Israeli Technology Director 138742 0 0 0 9669 0 9614 0 19342 0 177367 0 0 0 Marlyn Jaffe Associate Director 199981 0 0 0 10815 0 10400 0 25388 0 246584 0 0 0 Amnon Ophir Akiva Director/Israel Awareness 161130 0 0 0 0 0 8309 0 558 0 169997 0 0 0 Ilya Kligman Assistant Technology Director 148428 0 0 0 0 0 7505 0 526 0 156459 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Jared Miller and Keith Israelstam have a business relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Budget and Finance Committee receive a copy of the 990 for review and a copy is also sent to the Board Officers. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The agency makes sure that all Board of Trustee members receive a copy of the conflict of interest policy and each member is to return a signed disclosure to be maintained in the agency's records. Once a year the agency sends out a questionnaire to all Board members regarding their relationship, this questionnaire is reviewed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Approved by the Board President and Board Treasurer with the approval by the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. A review with the Board Treasurer of President of form 990 from other organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon Request Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 $884,699 is the change in the unfunded pension liability, in the current year the change is recorded as income since the change decreased the liability.