2017-06-05T10:42:59-05:00 2016-07-31 232653765 ST CLAIR CPAS PC 101 W ELM STREET STE 500 CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428 990 2015-08-01 232081703 ALEPH ALLIANCE FOR JEWISH RENEWAL ALEP 2152479700 7000 LINCOLN DRIVE NO B2 PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 STEVE WEINBERG DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 2152479700 2017-05-22 1 ALAN B GUBERNICK CPA P00445286 6108621998 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z STEVE WEINBERG 7000 LINCOLN DRIVE NO B2 PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 1818459 0 X WWW.ALEPH.ORG X 1978 PA ALEPH FULLY EMBRACES A CONTEMPORARY EGALITARIAN JUDAISM AS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMER, REACHING BEYOND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES WORLDWIDE. ALEPH BRINGS SPIRITUAL VITALITY AND PASSION INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF JEWS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, BUILD COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES. 16 16 22 52 0 0 358237 420525 1012622 1359068 954 1174 20678 18971 1392491 1799738 0 0 0 0 799597 892468 0 0 45273 728150 800965 1527747 1693433 -135256 106305 844834 870253 227509 141242 617325 729011 X ALEPH FULLY EMBRACES A CONTEMPORARY EGALITARIAN JUDAISM AS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMER, REACHING BEYOND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES WORLDWIDE. ALEPH BRINGS SPIRITUAL VITALITY AND PASSION INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF JEWS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, BUILD COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES. 0 0 326325 382524 RETREATS & TRAINING PROGRAM THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEPENING JEWISH SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION FOR JEWISH EDUCATORS,TEACHERS AND TRAINERS. RETREATS, TRAININGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE RUACH HA'ARETZ SUMMER RETREAT, KOL ZIMRA CHANT LEADER'S TRAINING, THE SAGE-ING MENTORSHIP TRAINING, EMBODY SPIRIT, EN-SPIRITING BODY MOVEMENT TRAINING, WISDOM SCHOOL AND THE ORDINATION PROGRAM STUDY WEEK. WE INTRODUCED TWO NEW TRAININGS IN FISCAL YEAR 2015/16 - CLERGY CAMP AND THE DAVVENEN' LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE, WHICH ALONG WITH EMBODYING SPIRIT, ENSPIRITING BODY WERE SELECTED AS SEMI-FINALISTS FOR THE INAUGURAL LIPPMAN KANFER PRIZE FOR APPLIED JEWISH WISDOM. 395451 466852 ORDINATION PROGRAMTHE ALEPH ORDINATION PROGRAM OFFERS PROFESSIONAL,POST-GRADUATE TRAINING,LEADING TO ORDINATION FOR RABBIS,CANTORS AND RABBINIC PASTORS. THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO GROW IN 2015, WELCOMING SIXTEEN NEW RABBINICAL STUDENTS,ONE NEW CANTORIAL STUDENT AND FOUR NEW RABBINIC PASTOR STUDENTS. THE ALEPH HASHPA'AH SPIRITUAL DIRECTION TRAINING PROGRAM ENTERED COHORT 5 WITH EIGHTEEN NEW STUDENTS, BRINGING OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT UP TO ABOUT NINETY STUDENTS 367515 487648 KALLAH PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM HELD A SMASHINGLY SUCCESSFUL ALEPH KALLAH RETREAT, DURING WHICH SOME 500 PARTICIPANTS JOINED US IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, FOR A WEEK-LONG "HILULAH!" -- A CELEBRATION OF THE JOYS OF JEWISHING -- FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO CAME FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, EUROPE, BRAZIL, ISRAEL, AND AUSTRALIA. THESE PARTICIPANTS TOOK CLASSES ON A RANGE OF SUBJECTS, PARTICIPATED IN MANY FORMS OF PRAYER INCLUDING A KABBALAT SHABBAT, AND BUILT COMMUNITY. 298342 36506 298342 36506 1387633 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53 0 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X ALEPH OFFICE 2152479700 7000 LINCOLN DRIVE PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 R RACHEL BARENBLAT CO CHAIR 20.00 X X 0 0 0 R DAVID EVAN MARKUS CO CHAIR 20.00 X X 1500 0 0 RP DAVID DANIEL KLIPPER TREASURER 10.00 X X 10650 0 0 R EVAN KRAME FINANCE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SUSAN RASKIN ABRAMS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R AURA AHUVIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LIASON 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH DACK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA JO DOCTOR BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAURIE FRANKLIN AOP STUDENT LIASON 1.00 X 0 0 0 R DANIEL GOLDBLATT OHALAH LIASON 1.00 X 0 0 0 JANEE GRAVER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R DAVID INGBER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R JEREMY PARNES BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID RAFSKY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JANICE RUBIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JADE NETANYA ULLMAN DEVELOPMENT CHAIR 1.00 X 0 0 0 12150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 420525 420525 PROGRAM EVENTS 900099 760108 760108 EDUCATION & PROGRAM RE 611710 545928 545928 COMMUNITY DUES 900099 47917 47917 FEES FOR SERVICES 900009 5115 5115 1359068 1669 1669 224 224 719 -719 -719 -719 33183 18002 15181 15181 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 3790 3790 3790 1799738 1373530 0 5683 793194 610635 151532 31027 45801 20462 25339 53473 37193 13925 2355 5500 5500 167840 152035 8780 7025 5646 4154 968 524 1561 427 1134 90 45 45 12002 3997 8005 43054 15030 28024 435 435 7804 3114 4690 PROGRAM EXPENSES 476944 476944 MERCHANT FEES/BANK CHAR 40383 37787 2596 COMPUTER EXPENSE 14163 8813 4847 503 PRINTING & REPRODUCTION 5672 5144 528 19871 11418 4614 3839 1693433 1387633 260527 45273 339291 232018 368684 323500 9000 30309 40341 188490 22761 918 4181 435 0 3746 63257 90522 1500 750 844834 870253 140091 47200 87418 94042 227509 141242 X 569704 665738 47621 63273 617325 729011 844834 870253 106305 5381 0 X 0 0 0 X 251614 402495 380857 415706 468442 1919114 683983 1362618 892093 976426 1311150 5226270 935597 1765113 1272950 1392132 1779592 7145384 0 0 0 7145384 5852 4341 2407 431 1893 14924 5852 4341 2407 431 1893 14924 647 3344 42524 3790 50305 942096 1772798 1317881 1392563 1785275 7210613 0.99100 0.98900 0.00210 0.00240 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 63257 21861 6156 752 90522 67557 -3945 355 63257 1 0 4181 435 3746 3746 ENDOWMENTS 90522 F 90522 UNEARNED REVENUE 33605 ACCRUED LIABILITIES 55451 CREDIT CARD PAYABLE 4045 OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES 941 94042 PART V, LINE 4: THE FUND SHALL BE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVIDING TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS. 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 3 POLICIES ARE DISCUSSED IN ORGANIZATIONAL LITERATURE. SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 4 THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT TRACK THIS DATA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 THE DEAN OF ORDINATION, RABBI MARCIA PRAGER, IS MARRIED TO THE DEAN OF CANTORIAL, HAZZAN JACK KESSLER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD BEFORE IT IS SIGNED AND FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALEPH POLICY ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: BEFORE ANY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AN AGENDA WILL BE CIRCULATED TO EACH DIRECTOR AND STAFF MEMBER, WITH AGENDA ITEMS DESCRIBED IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CAN INCLUDE: *ECONOMIC CONFLICTS, IN WHICH A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY STANDS TO GAIN FINANCIALLY FROM A DECISION OF THE BOARD, NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE POTENTIAL GAIN; *EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS, WHICH MIGHT PRESENT DIVIDED LOYALTIES FOR A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WHEN THE INTERESTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN ALEPH MAY CONFLICT WITH ALEPH'S OWN INTERESTS OR PLANS; AND* WHEN IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT A DISINTERESTED PARTY COULD PERCEIVE THE APPEARANCE OF A DUAL INTEREST FOR ANY DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY (FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER IS COMPENSATED FOR SERVICES OR PROPERTY TO ALEPH, EVEN IF THEY ARE OFFERED AT OR BELOW MARKET VALUE). A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WILL DECLARE IT TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM IN QUESTION. THE DISCLOSURE WILL EXPLAIN: *THE FACT THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MAY EXIST *IN THE CASE OF AN ECONOMIC CONFLICT, THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE INTEREST AND *THE NATURE AND AMOUNT OF THE POTENTIAL DIRECT OR INDIRECT BENEFIT TO THE DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. THE PARTICIPANTS OF ANY SUCH DISCLOSURE ARE NOTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. THE STAFF MEMBER OR DIRECTOR WHO HAS DISCLOSED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING AN AGENDA ITEM WILL REFRAIN FROM PARTICIPATING IN DISCUSSIONS AND VOTING ON THE ITEM, AND WILL LEAVE THE MEETING WHEN THE BOARD REACHES THAT AGENDA ITEM. THE DIRECTOR'S DEPARTURE FROM THE MEETING ROOM OR TELECONFERENCE WILL BE NOTED IN THE MINUTES. AFTER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD OF THAT AGENDA ITEM, THE DIRECTOR WILL RETURN, AND THE RETURN SHALL BE NOTED IN THE MINUTES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 WHEN HIRING THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AND THE RECENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ALEPH BOARD LOOKED AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL DATA ON WHAT PEOPLE IN COMPARABLE POSITIONS WERE PAID BY NONPROFITS OF A SIMILAR ANNUAL BUDGET. GIVEN OUR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFER AT THE TOP OF THOSE CATEGORIES, BUT TRIED TO SETTLE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.