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JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2017

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Organization
JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC (EIN 73-1685391)
Tax period
2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed
2019-05-12
IRS object ID
201941329349200529
Schema version
2017v2.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2019-05-12T15:23:30-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2018-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2017-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN731685391EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlJEWIBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone4104009820PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line13700 Menlo DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityBaltimoreCityNm
State AbbreviationMDStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP21215ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonAlexander SeinfeldPersonNm
Person TitleChairmanPersonTitleTxt
Phone4104009820PhoneNum
Signature2019-02-23SignatureDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address73.132.246.153IPv4AddressTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2017TaxYr
Build TS2019-02-21 02:37:17ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Addresswww.jsli.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$78,901GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc$77,000ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue$1,531ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues$0MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income$0InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross$0SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale$0CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets$0GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Gaming Gross Income$0GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income$0FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses$0SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss$0SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory$370GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold$0CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry$370GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryAmt
Other Revenue Total$0OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue$78,901TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid$400GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Benefits Paid To Or For Members$0BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$53,802SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$1,661FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$4,763OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$182PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$12,832OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$73,640TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year$5,261ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$7,380NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$12,641NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

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BOY$3,146BOYAmt
EOY$6,066EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

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BOY$4,974BOYAmt
EOY$6,587EOYAmt

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BOY$8,120BOYAmt
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BOY$740BOYAmt
EOY$12EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

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BOY$7,380BOYAmt
EOY$12,641EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt PurposeEducational products and services, including seminars, printed materials, electronic materials, audio and visual materials.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (5 entries)

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EDUCATING EDUCATORS - We increased the amount and quality of the J-IDEA teacher training program's 10 major content categories: Jewish Holidays, Art of Amazement, Esoteric, Marriage, Ritual, Ethics, Meditation & Prayer, Texts, History and Miscellaneous. In addition, we directly trained and mentored another cohort of 10 educators (teachers and rabbis), increasing their skills at implementing experiential learning, and their thousands of students. JSL pedagogy provided them with fresh and innovative ways to motivate students in learning and develop their respect and love of Judaism. Participants register for free at jewishspirituality.net.$0$47
JTI - The Jewish Teachers Institute - This year we launched a new program to train and mentor teachers for Jewish day schools. While the largest schools sometimes have the resources to conduct in-house training and mentoring, the smaller schools typically do not. The JTI "New Teacher Boot Camp" included: model and practice a Harry Wong-informed classroom management method, simple concrete indicators of successful teaching (following Thomas Sergiovanni's and Elliot Eisner's models of professional standards), lesson planning and assessments, principles of visual and differentiated instruction and hands-on engagement, effective use of textbooks A/V resources and other technologies; with specific curricular support as well. All participants increased their knowledge and skills in one or more of the above categories.$0$400
E-LEARNING - Our innovative smart phone apps continue to give thousands of users a daily dose of wisdom. Our weekly "Table Talk" entered its twelfth year, bringing food for thought and discussion to thousands of Friday night dinner tables worldwide.$0$40
MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - Our worldwide book distribution continued steadily, including the best-selling "The Art of Amazement: Discover Judaism's Forgotten Spirituality" in two languages, the "Art of Amazement Haggada". Thousands of visitors found quality books and toys via our searchable site, bestjewishkidsbooks.com. We also created an amazing new product, the Bar Mitzvah Album, found at barmitzvahalbum.com.$0$575
AMAZING NATURE FOR TEACHERS - NIFLA'OT - MA RABU! - This program empowers teachers across the curriculum with the wonders of nature in order to increase their students' joy of learning and sense of connectedness to the classroom and to life. The three versions enable the materials to be used in any classroom across the curriculum.$0$15
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$1,077TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmtEmployee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmtExpense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
Alexander Seinfeld
Chairman5$51,200$0$0
Harmon Shragge
Treasurer1$0$0$0
Marc Sarosi
President1$0$0$0
Kyle Bach
Board Member1$0$0$0
Todd Samuels
Board Member1$0$0$0
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Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc0OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend$0DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Form1120 Pol Filed0Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers0MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
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Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr$0TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization$0TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is FldMDStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1Jewish Spiritual LiteracyBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

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Address Line13700 Menlo DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityBaltimoreCityNm
State AbbreviationMDStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP21215ZIPCd
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Phone4104009820PhoneNum
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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds0DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided0TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent0TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org0TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
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Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof SrvcNONEPartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule AYes (1)FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$86,703CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$65,383CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$58,393CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$75,472CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$77,000CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$362,951TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$13,731CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$16,367CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

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Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

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Total$108,698TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$321,349PublicSupportTotal509Amt

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$4CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
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Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
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Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$81,754CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$77,230CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year$78,901CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$430,067TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.74721PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.78883PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00005InvestmentIncomeCYPct
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Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10Stipend paid for a program expense.
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16Description;Amount^Book research and Educational Material;649|Travel Expense;4534|Donation Expense;230|Service Charges;515|Automobile Expense;374|Depreciation expense;872|Fundraising Expense;1122|Bad Debt;3000|Office Expense;1536^Total;12832^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24Description;EOY Amount^Account Receivable;1921|Inventory Asset;2357|Computer;6392|Accumulated Depreciation;-4083^Total;6587^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26Description;EOY Amount^Account Payable;12^Total;12^

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

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ExplanationWe applied for (and received) an extension so that our new administrator could gather and verify all of the program data to ensure accuracy.ExplanationTxt

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