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JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2015

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Organization
JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC (EIN 73-1685391)
Tax period
2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed
2017-02-15
IRS object ID
201700479349200000
Schema version
2015v3.0
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)
Return2017-02-15T23:46:59-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-06-30TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2015-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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Business Name ControlJEWIBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone4104009820PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line13700 Menlo DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityBaltimoreCityNm
State AbbreviationMDStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP21215ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonAlexander SeinfeldPersonNm
Person TitleChairmanPersonTitleTxt
Phone4104009820PhoneNum
Signature2017-02-15SignatureDt
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Tax2015TaxYr
Build TS2021-01-29 14:40:06ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

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Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Addresswww.jsli.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$77,230GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc$58,393ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue$18,070ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues$0MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income$0InvestmentIncomeAmt
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Gaming Gross Income$0GamingGrossIncomeAmt
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Special Events Direct Expenses$0SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
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Cost Of Goods Sold$111CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
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Benefits Paid To Or For Members$0BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
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Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$6,435OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$336PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$9,183OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$78,401TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year-$1,282ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
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Info In Schedule O Part IIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

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BOY$2,017BOYAmt
EOY$702EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt
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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 (6 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 50 educators (teachers and rabbis), increasing their skills at implementing experiential learning, bringing our total impact to over 500 educators, 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$360
SEMINARS - This year we continued our weekly and monthly seminars in the San Francisco and Baltimore-DC regions. Consistent with past outcomes, over 95 percent of participants increased their interest in, literacy about and ability to cultivate ancient Jewish wisdom and practices. We continued to focus on the themes of living mindfully, healthy relationships, and ethical thinking.$6,000$6,000
E-LEARNING - Our innovative smart phone apps have given over 5,500 users a daily dose of wisdom. Our weekly "Table Talk" entered its eleventh year, bringing food for thought and discussion to thousands of Friday night dinner tables worldwide.$0$0
MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - Our worldwide book distribution continued steadily, including the best-selling "The Art of Amazement: Discover Judaism's Forgotten Spirituality" in two languages and the 3rd revised edition of the "Art of Amazement Haggada". We produced a new Jewish Teacher's Planner and enabled over 6,000 participants to find quality books and toys via our searchable site, bestjewishkidsbooks.com.$0$0
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR - We continued to maintain and strengthen this program to connect 25 families from synagogues in the Baltimore Jewish Community with over 75 resident-bound seniors on Shabbat and holidays, in three different senior residences. The program includes volunteer training.$0$0
AMAZING NATURE FOR TEACHERS - This new 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. Feedback from our pilot schools and teachers led to the trifurcation of the curriculum for three different types of classroom.$2,000$2,000
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Total Program Service Expenses$8,360TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

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Alexander Seinfeld
Chairman5$44,500
Harmon Shragge
Treasurer1$0
Lily Kantor
Board Member1$0
Marc Sarosi
President1$0
Kyle Bach
Board Member1$0
Todd Samuels
Board Member1$0
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Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend$0DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
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Tax Imposed Under IRC4911$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
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Tax Reimbursed By Organization$0TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$68,401CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$87,873CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year$58,393CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$366,753TotalAmt

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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16The major service expenses include: program-related travel (57%), office overhead (12%), research (5%). Fundraising expenses comprised less than 10% of these expenses and less than 2% of the annual budget.
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20Description;Amount^Net Account Receivable Overstated in FY 2014;-288^Total;-288^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24Description;EOY Amount^Account Receivable;2191|Inventory;2657|Computer;3945|Accumulated Depreciation;-2421^Total;6372^

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

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ExplanationOur main administrative staff member has been largely unavailable since July and we are such a small organization, one person's absence makes a big impact; we filed for an extension so that we could be sure our service programs were running successfully.ExplanationTxt

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