2020-06-24T18:38:46-05:00 2019-09-30 812950760 SAX LLP 855 VALLEY ROAD CLIFTON NJ 07013 990 2018-10-01 450464545 T'RUAH TRUA 2128455201 266 WEST 37TH STREET SUITE 803 NEW YORK NY 10018 RABBI JILL JACOBS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2128455231 2020-06-17 1 MARQUS WHITE P00053187 9734726250 2020-05-19 173.251.63.34 2020-06-17 09:00:08 ED P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 4195EDDBEBA3A009E867BE79E32143BA2C5E232C 2018 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z RABBI JILL JACOBS 266 WEST 37TH STREET SUITE 803 NEW YORK NY 10018 1671483 0 X WWW.TRUAH.ORG X 2002 NY T'RUAH: THE RABBINIC CALL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MOBILIZES 2,000 RABBIS AND CANTORS, AND MORE THAN 10,000 AMERICAN AND CANADIAN JEWS TO BRING A MORAL VOICE TO THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. WE BRING THE WISDOM OF JEWISH TRADITION, AND THE POWER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO THE SACRED WORK OF PROTECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE. 22 21 14 200 0 0 1341382 1608807 31203 49946 3309 129 -17042 -31038 1358852 1627844 0 0 0 0 912917 996931 0 0 263472 558129 531934 1471046 1528865 -112194 98979 263321 458360 175012 271072 88309 187288 X T'RUAH BRINGS TOGETHER RABBIS AND CANTORS FROM ALL STREAMS OF JUDAISM, TOGETHER WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, TO ACT ON THE JEWISH IMPERATIVE TO RESPECT AND ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE. GROUNDED IN TORAH AND OUR JEWISH HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE AND GUIDED BY THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, WE CALL UPON JEWS TO ASSERT JEWISH VALUES BY RAISING OUR VOICES AND TAKING CONCRETE STEPS TO PROTECT AND EXPAND HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. 0 0 1108161 49946 T'RUAH ENGAGES IN THREE STRATEGIES IN OUR WORK:- ENGAGE RABBIS AND JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SPECIFIC CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES IN NORTH AMERICA AND ISRAEL. - TRAIN AND SUPPORT RABBINICAL STUDENTS AND RABBIS TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.- PROMOTE THE PUBLIC VOICE OF RABBIS AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES AS HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS. PROGRAMS INCLUDE MOBILIZING RABBIS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO WORK FOR CONCRETE CHANGE ON ISSUES INCLUDING SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING IN THE U.S. LABOR SYSTEM, MASS INCARCERATION IN AMERICA, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISRAEL, INCLUDING ENDING THE OCCUPATION; TRAINING RABBINICAL STUDENTS TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS THROUGH A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN ISRAEL, AND A FULL-TIME SUMMER PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; TRAINING RABBIS TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS THROUGH CONVENINGS, TRAININGS, AND ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT; PRODUCING JEWISH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON HUMAN RIGHTS; CREATING PRAYERS, RITUALS, AND WEEKLY TORAH COMMENTARIES; AND AMPLIFYING THE VOICE OF RABBIS AS HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS THROUGH OP-EDS, PUBLIC STATEMENTS, AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY. 1108161 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 0 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 NY PA CA CO CT DC FL HI MD MA NJ NC RI SC TN WA WI GA IL KS ME MI MN OR NM OH NH VA MO OK X X RABBI JILL JACOBS 2128455201 266 W 37TH STREET STE 803 NEW YORK NY 10018 MICHAEL LATZ CO-CHAIR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 KEN CHASEN CO-CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ERIC SLOAN TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY WIENER SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL LEZAK IMMEDIATE PAST CO-CHAIR 4.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC SOLOMON IMMEDIATE PAST CO-CHAIR 4.00 X 0 0 0 TOBA SPITZER IMMEDIATE PAST TREASURER 4.00 X 0 0 0 RACHEL GARTNER MEMBER 4.00 X 0 0 0 ANNA BOSWELL-LEVY MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ESTHER LEDERMAN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MORDECHAI LIEBLING MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID STONE MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 LIZZI HEYDEMANN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 AYELET COHEN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM PLEVAN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 LESTER BRONSTEIN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JANICE FINE MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 PAULA MARCUS MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN LIPPMANN MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN TALVE MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNE GERMANACOS MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGETTE KENNEBRAE MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARC GROSS MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOSHUA FRIEDES STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE 2.00 X 0 0 0 JILL JACOBS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 112809 0 38426 112809 0 38426 1 0 1 0 0 148412 1460395 1608807 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 900099 18244 18244 HONORARIA 900099 16551 16551 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 900099 15151 15151 49946 129 0 129 129 129 11160 148412 43639 -32479 -32479 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 1441 1441 1441 1627844 49946 0 -30909 164367 116987 16437 30943 638594 495829 66145 76620 27976 21714 3072 3190 109191 84388 11943 12860 56803 43240 6128 7435 14116 10690 1643 1783 140238 107344 14437 18457 54081 42772 1013 10296 18865 13098 5767 8958 8094 379 485 PROGRAM EXPENSE 77374 77374 PROFESSIONAL FEES 67210 18285 25675 23250 TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONI 58081 44458 5979 7644 PRINTING AND COPYING 53304 18792 1181 33331 39707 5096 3200 31411 1528865 1108161 157232 263472 126190 160862 18780 212168 21417 11855 116133 70499 64499 45634 32435 27841 263321 458360 123512 195064 50000 73508 1500 2500 175012 271072 X 88309 187288 88309 187288 263321 458360 98979 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 951324 1085961 1339506 1341382 1608807 6326980 951324 1085961 1339506 1341382 1608807 6326980 319861 6007119 5300 25 6335 8255 0 19915 19885 20291 28017 9829 12601 90623 6437518 180847 0.93310 0.93970 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 21810 21810 0 94323 48689 45634 45634 SECURITY DEPOSIT 27841 27841 SUB LEASE DEPOSIT 2500 2500 X 1645371 17527 17527 1627844 0 1627844 1546392 17527 17527 1528865 0 1528865 PART X, LINE 2: T'RUAH IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509 (A). ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REQUIRE MANAGEMENT TO EVALUATE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE ORGANIZATION AND RECOGNIZE A TAX LIABILITY IF THE ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN AN UNCERTAIN POSITION THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES. MANAGEMENT EVALUATED THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX POSITIONS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAD TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO THE FINANCIAL TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS GUIDANCE. YEAR IN ISRAEL RABBINICAL TRAINING 2 SEE PAGE 5, PART V TRAINING NORTH AMERICAN RABBINICAL STUDENTS STUDYING IN ISRAEL TO BE HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS. 70374 0 2 0 0 0 2 70374 0 70374 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3, COLUMN D WE INTRODUCE RABBINICAL STUDENTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE GROUND IN ISRAEL AND CONDUCT LEARNING AND REFLECTION SESSIONS AIMED AT HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR OWN RABBINIC VOICE. GALA 159572 148412 11160 3500 40139 159572 148412 11160 3500 40139 43639 -32479 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JILL JACOBS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 112809 0 0 0 0 0 8866 0 29560 0 151235 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTORS OF OPERATIONS REVIEW FOR CORRECTNESS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE ORGANIZATION HAS A FINANCE/ AUDIT COMMITTEE WHICH ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT. THIS PROCESS IS UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.