2017-02-15T23:46:59-07:00 2016-06-30 990EZ 2015-07-01 731685391 JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC JEWI 4104009820 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 4104009820 2017-02-15 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X www.jsli.org X X 77230 X 58393 18070 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 767 111 656 0 77119 0 0 62447 0 6435 336 9183 78401 -1282 8644 -288 7074 X 2017 702 0 0 7258 6372 9275 7074 631 0 8644 7074 Educational products and services, including seminars, printed materials, electronic materials, audio and visual materials. 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. 6000 6000 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. 2000 2000 8360 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 5 44500 Harmon Shragge Treasurer 1 0 Lily Kantor Board Member 1 0 Marc Sarosi President 1 0 Kyle Bach Board Member 1 0 Todd Samuels Board Member 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD Jewish Spiritual Literacy 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 4104009820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 68401 87873 86703 65383 58393 366753 14450 19221 13731 16367 18837 82606 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82851 107094 100434 81750 77230 449359 0 0 0 0 0 0 27126 19500 29250 17500 16000 109376 27126 19500 29250 17500 16000 109376 339983 0 0 16 4 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82851 107094 100450 81754 77230 449379 0.75656 0.76847 0.00004 0.00004 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 The 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 20 Description;Amount^Net Account Receivable Overstated in FY 2014;-288^Total;-288^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Account Receivable;2191|Inventory;2657|Computer;3945|Accumulated Depreciation;-2421^Total;6372^ Our 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.