2017-07-17T08:53:39-07:00 2016-08-31 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 770275132 990 2015-09-01 741109654 Jewish Federation of Greater Houston JEWI 7137297000 5603 South Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77096 Mary Ward-Hecksel Sr. VP/CFO 2017-07-17 true Jody Blazek P00072674 7134395739 X 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Lee Wunsch 12899078 false false X www.houstonjewish.org X 1940 TX Jewish Federation takes a leadership approach to overseeing programs and services that invigorate and promote the Jewish community by collaborating with worthy organizations, evaluating needs, raising funds, investing in initiatives, and communicating with the public. 43 43 43 300 0 16099523 12738750 149607 133906 11075 12147 0 16260205 12884803 12027980 10381932 0 2365467 2577473 0 1356742 1550724 1267010 15944171 14226415 316034 -1341612 15229835 12648155 5350207 4097453 9879628 8550702 The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston (JFGH) leads and mobilizes the Jewish community by supporting the most impactful organizations, programs and individuals who embrace Jewish living through participation and philanthropy. false false 10381932 10381932 148181 The most significant ways the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston makes a difference in Jewish lives is through its broad based annual appeal. Funds raised each year benefit millions of Jews in need in Houston, across the United States, in Israel and in 75 countries around the world by granting funds to programs and organizations to accomplish the following:Feeding the hungry Educating the young Caring for the old Comforting the sick Counseling the troubled Rescuing the oppressed Calming the frightened Providing a voice for those unable to speak for themselves Offering vital assistance to those unable to meet their own basic needs 747716 Jewish Education Department (JED) nurtures the continuity and quality of Jewish life in the Greater Houston area by fostering and strengthening life-long Jewish learning. The JED is dedicated to: Enhancing the quality of formal and informal Jewish education in the community, promoting enrollment and participation in Jewish education at all levels, advocating on behalf of students, parents, institutions and professionals involved in Jewish education, encouraging and providing for the professional growth of educators, and serving as a facilitator for cooperation and collaboration among schools and community organizations. 373921 The Young Adult Division (YAD) fosters Jewish identity, involvement, responsibility and leadership among young Jewish Houstonians in order to sustain and enrich the vibrant community here at home, in Israel, and around the world. 11503569 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false true false false true false true false true false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false true 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To support the mission of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston to preserve and enrich Jewish Communal life through innovative and visionary leadership that is responsive and responsible to Jewish communities locally, nationally, in Israel, and around the world. true Middle East/N. Africa 0 0 Investments 261000 Middle East/N. Africa 0 0 Grant 6500 Central America/Caribbean 0 0 Program related Mission trip 75000 342500 342500 Stipend Middle East/N Africa 1 6500 Wire false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US The Federation makes a site visit every other year to meet with the grantee and discuss potential programs to be funded. Part I, Line 3f - Method of Accounting The amount reported in Part I, Line 1 reflects the Federation's expenses in that region following the accrual method. Part I, Line 3f - Investments and Expenditures The amount reported in Part I, Line 2 for investments reflects the fair market value of the Federation's investments in that region. false YAD Auction 28550 14275 14275 14275 28550 14275 14275 14275 14275 true All 4 Israel Inc 53 Dewhurst St Staten Island NY 10314 050553417 501(c)(3) 100000 0 Educate Ethiopian Immigrants Am Assoc for Bikur Cholim Hos 156 5th Avenue New York NY 10010 237129485 501(c)(3) 200000 0 Heart Catheter Equipment Am Friends of Netanya College 270 Madison Avenue 9th Floor New York NY 10016 133937453 501(c)(3) 200000 0 General Support Am Friends of New Comm in Isr 169 10 73rd Avenue Flushing NY 11366 311740763 501(c)(3) 150000 0 Hadadi- Annual Support Am Jewish Jnt Distribution Co 711 Third Ave 10th Floor New York NY 10017 131656634 501(c)(3) 200000 0 Education & Social Programs American Friends of Meir Panim 5316 New Utrecht Ave Brooklyn NY 11219 201582478 501(c)(3) 100000 0 Food Centers American Friends of NATAL Inc 1120 Ave of the Americas 4th New York NY 10036 201914370 501(c)(3) 103500 0 Support for Trauma Victims Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Hous 5601 S Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77096 741198298 501(c)(3) 247275 0 Israel @ 65 Celebration Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Hous 5601 S Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77096 741198298 501(c)(3) 32000 0 Community Outreach Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Hous 5601 S Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77096 741198298 501(c)(3) 45000 0 Young Families Programs Friends of Nahal Haredi 127 Route 59 Monsey NY 10952 134069565 501(c)(3) 56662 0 General Support Friends of the Isr Defense Forces 1430 Broadway Rm 1301 New York NY 10028 133156445 501(c)(3) 42267 0 General Support Hebrew Free Loan Assoc 4131 South Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77025 760069644 501(c)(3) 133200 0 Interest Free Loans Hillel Fndn for Jewish Campus 800 Eighth Street NW Washington DC 20001 521844823 501(c)(3) 655546 0 General Support Holocaust Museum Houston Edu 5401 Caroline Street Houston TX 77004 760331398 501(c)(3) 20000 0 General Support Houston Hillel Inc 1700 Bissonnet Houston TX 77005 760684042 501(c)(3) 75000 0 General Support Houston Jewish Community Fndn 5603 S Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77096 760187329 501(c)(3) 37500 0 Segal College & Special Project Houston Jewish Community Fndn 5603 South Braeswood Houston TX 77096 760187329 501(c)(3) 13400 0 Educational Support Houston Jewish Community Fndn 5603 South Braeswood Houston TX 77096 760187329 501(c)(3) 151375 0 Jerome Robinson YAD Houston Jewish Community Fndn 5603 South Braeswood Houston TX 77096 760187329 501(c)(3) 25000 0 Basic Needs Houston Jewish Community Fndn 5603 South Braeswood Houston TX 77096 760187329 501(c)(3) 26000 0 HS Israel Youth Internship Houston Jewish Community Fndn 5603 South Braeswood Houston TX 77096 760187329 501(c)3 80000 0 Chaplaincy Interfaith Ministries for Gr 3217 Montrose Blvd Houston TX 77006 741488102 501(c)(3) 14000 0 General Support JCC Association of N Amer 520 Eighth Ave 4th Floor New York NY 10018 135599486 501(c)(3) 75000 0 General Support Jewish Childrens Regional Sv PO Box 7368 Metairie LA 70010 720408936 501(c)(3) 670161 0 General Support Jewish Family Service 4131 S Braeswood Houston TX 77025 741152607 501(c)(3) 12927 0 Senior Programming Jewish Family Service 4131 S Braeswood Houston TX 77025 741152607 501(c)(3) 214231 0 Basic Needs Jewish Family Service 4131 S Braeswood Houston TX 77025 741152607 501(c)(3) 264687 0 Flood Relief Jewish Family Service 4131 S Braeswood Houston TX 77025 741152607 501(c)(3) 69753 0 Special Needs Program Jewish Federation of Gr Dalla 7800 North Haven Road Dallas TX 75230 750800654 501(c)(3) 52500 0 Hillel Consortium Jewish National Fund 42 East 69th Street New York NY 10021 131659627 501(c)(3) 400000 0 Nefesh B'Nefesh Jewish Outreach Institute 1270 Broadway Ste 609 New York NY 10001 421317696 501(c)(3) 75000 0 Big Tent Judaism Jewish Philosophy Fund 54 Running Fox Road Columbia SC 292233051 461182338 501(c)(3) 200000 0 Herzl Institute JewishFed of Gr OklahomaCity 710 W Wilshire Blvd Ste 103 Oklahoma City OK 73116 730579276 501(c)(3) 10000 0 Disaster Relief Just One Life Inc 587 5th Ave Ste 702 New York NY 10017 133533863 501(c)(3) 9000 0 Counseling for pregnant women Leo Baeck Ed Center Fndn 3555 Timmons Ste 1440 Houston TX 77027 760205816 501(c)(3) 125000 0 FIO Leo Baeck Ed Center Fndn 3555 Timmons Ste 1440 Houston TX 77027 760205816 501(c)(3) 12987 0 Ethiopian Early Childhood Prog Mickey Leland Kibbutzim Inter 1400 Post Oak Blvd Suite 500 Houston TX 77056 742119190 501(c)(3) 15000 0 Kibbutzim Internship Natl Coal Supp Eurasian Jewry 2020 K St NWSuite 7800 Washington DC 20006 132700517 501(c)(3) 20000 0 General Support New Israel Fund 1101 14th St NW 6th Floor Washington DC 20001 942607722 501(c)(3) 267503 0 General Support Ohr Torah Stone Insts of Isra 49 W 45th St Suite 701 New York NY 10036 133275531 501(c)3 40211 0 CJCUC PEF Israel Endowmnt Funds 317 Madison Ave New York NY 10017 136104086 501(c)(3) 1609698 0 Avukat-Or General Support Robert M Beren Academy 11333 Cliffwood Dr Houston TX 77035 741652136 501(c)(3) 150000 0 Operating Funds Save a Childs Heart Foundation 10050 Chapel Road Suite 18 Potomac MD 20854 521783323 501(c)(3) 7500 0 Pediatric Cardiac Hospital Sephardic Gan Toret Emet 9730 Hillcroft Houston TX 77096 201354171 501(c)(3) 20000 0 General Support Seven Acres Jewish Sr Care Svcs 6200 N Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77074 741143086 501(c)(3) 111200 0 Operating Funds Seven Acres Jewish Sr Care Svcs 6200 N Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77074 741143086 501(c)(3) 5602 0 General Support The Jewish Federation of San Antonio 12500 NW Military Hwy 200 San Antonio TX 78231 741109662 501(c)(3) 75000 0 Holocaust Museum The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 131250 0 Gen Supp Israeli Sister Comm The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 150000 0 ORT - Educational Support The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 150300 0 JDC Global Poverty The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 20500 0 Hadassah Neurim Educ Supp The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 406730 0 General Support The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 60000 0 Israel Holocaust Museum Supp The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 71012 0 JAFI - General Support The Jewish Federations of NA 25 Broadway Suite 1700 New York NY 10004 131624240 501(c)(3) 82425 0 Ethiopian Natl Proj - Educ The Shalem Foundation 845 Third Ave 6th Floor New York NY 10022 133941865 501(c)(3) 110000 0 Shalem College The Shlenker School 5600 North Braeswood Blvd Houston TX 77096 760686559 501(c)3 33471 0 General Support Tikva Corp 475 10th Ave 9th Floor New York NY 10018 223779212 501(c)(3) 102325 0 Children's Home-Unrestricted Torah Day School 10900 Fondren Houston TX 77096 237278350 501(c)(3) 34246 0 Flood Aid Womens Intl Zionist Org 1150 Kane Concourse 5th Floor Bay Harbor Isla FL 33154 133041381 501(c)(3) 50925 0 Education & Welfare Womens Intl Zionist Organization 1150 Kane Concourse 5th Floor Bay Harbor Islands FL 33154 133041381 501(c)(3) 75000 0 General Support World ORT Inc 1745 Broadway 17th Floor New York NY 10019 061669917 501(c)(3) 20000 0 Vocational Training Zecher Avrohom Inc 1715 51st Street Brooklyn NY 11204 263744888 501(c)(3) 10000 0 Center for At-Risk Families 64 0 Israel Trip and Camp Scholarships 181 135050 Teacher grants 11 5095 Additional Supplemental Information The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston is reporting grants to the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) which is a 501(c)(3) domestic U.S. charity. In addition, JFNA, and its beneficiary agencies, United Israel Appeal (UIA), a subsidiary of JFNA, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) - both 501(c)(3) organizations - each file a separate Form 990 and detailed Schedule F. Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The Federation supports organizations that: provide vital assistance such as food, shelter and medical care; educate the youth of our community; provide senior care services & programming; facilitate leadership development and youth engagement programming; reconnect Jews with the Jewish community; offer Jewish programming for young families and children; develop Israel advocacy skills; support Israel travel for youth; and aid people with special needs.There is no additional monitoring once grants have been awarded. X X true true X X X X X false true false false false false false false false false Elaine Kellerman VP of Education 135777 9309 10727 155813 Lee Wunsch President & CEO 308228 20880 57219 10783 397110 Mary Ward-Hecksel Sr. VP/CFO 145308 10204 10489 166001 Suzanne Jacobson Sr. VP Develop. 156687 10853 1153 168693 Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a. The Federation pays $505 for telephone/internet service used for business purposes at the home of Lee Wunsch, President & CEO. These payments are not treated as taxable compensation because they are deemed to be expenses relating to his services provided to the Federation. During the year, the Federation paid $857.03 for Lee Wunsch's spouse to travel with him on business trip which was treated as taxable compensation to him. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Elyse Kalmans and Naomi Warren have a family relationship.Elyse Kalmans and Benjamin Warren have a family relationship.Benjamin Warren and Naomi Warren have a family relationship.Elyse Kalmans and Arturo Karakowsky have a business relationship.Russ Robinson and Joe Kaplan have a business relationship.Russ Robinson and Joe Kaplan have a family relationship.Russ Robinson and David Stein have a family relationship.Mark Brookner and Joe Kaplan have a business relationship.Arturo Karakowsky and Benjamin Warren have a business relationship.Arturo Karakowsky and Naomi Warren have a business relationship.Arturo Karakowsky and Denis Braham have a business relationship.Arturo Karakowsky and Kari Saratovsky have a business relationship.Bobby Lapin and Jack Polatsek have a business relationship.Mike Levy and Lee Wunsch have a business relationship.Mike Levy and Elaine Kellerman have a business relationship.Dan Trachtenberg and Joe Kornfeld have a business relationship.Sandy Weiner and Debra Cohen have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The 990 Form is reviewed by the Controller and CFO and made available to Board members on a "members only" section of the Federation's website prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts A Conflict of Interest Statement is distributed to Board members every year and several follow ups are made. If there are conflicts of interest, they are addressed with the President and CEO and the Chair of the Board. If appropriate, after discussion, the conflict is brought before the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Personnel Sub-Committee of the Board consisting of the Chairman of Board, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Chairman of the Personnel Committee is responsible for determining the compensation of the organization's President & CEO after a review of comparable data of non-profit sister agencies of similar size. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The Personnel Sub-Committee of the Board consisting of the Chairman of Board, Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Chairman of the Personnel Committee is responsible for determining the compensation of the organization's officers and key employees after a review of comparable data of non-profit sister agencies of similar size. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Upon request. 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