AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE (EIN 13-5563393)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-08-08
IRS object ID: 201742209349300529
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-08-08T11:00:08-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	135565207	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KPMG LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	345 PARK AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	101540102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	135563393	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AMER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2127514000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	165 EAST 56TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100222709	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Richard Hyne	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-08-08	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DAVID M HIGHFILL	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01517891	PTIN
Phone	2127589700	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AJC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DAVID A HARRIS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	165 EAST 56TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100222709	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$78,390,912	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.AJC.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1906	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the jewish people and israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	27	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	26	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	313	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1272	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$47,969,581	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$67,120,436	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,306,874	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,236,647	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,770,216	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$945,153	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,143,070	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$527,260	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$54,189,741	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$69,829,496	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$515,445	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$693,911	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$28,943,992	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$30,731,288	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$470,372	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$477,269	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$7,970,439	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$18,666,374	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$20,346,108	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$48,596,183	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$52,248,576	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,593,558	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$17,580,920	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$152,719,181	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$175,770,190	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$32,363,216	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$31,807,609	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$120,355,965	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$143,962,581	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON AJC'S MISSION IS AVAILABLE IN AJC'S ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON AJC'S WEBSITE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$18,655,791	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$536,484	GrantAmt
Revenue	$581,224	RevenueAmt
Desc	GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: AJC IS A LEADING GLOBAL JEWISH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, WITH ACCESS TO DIPLOMATS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD. AJC'S UNIQUE GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE SPANS SIX CONTINENTS. AS A RESULT, AJC UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES IN DEPTH AND MAINTAINS RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY OF THE WORLD'S KEY DECISION-MAKERS, ENABLING IT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON POLICY DECISIONS. AJC MAINTAINS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTES THAT CARRY OUT ITS ADVOCACY WORK THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST. AJC HAS OFFICES OR REPRESENTATION IN BERLIN, BRUSSELS, JERUSALEM, PARIS, ROME, SAO PAULO, SINGAPORE, TOKYO, WARSAW, AND DELHI, AND HAS FORMAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH MORE THAN 30 JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. AJC'S WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COORDINATES THE ORGANIZATION'S INTERNATIONAL OFFICES AND INSTITUTES, AS WELL AS ITS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS. MUCH OF THIS WORK CONSISTS OF FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH MEETINGS WITH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND DIPLOMATS; MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFFS; ORGANIZATION OF ADVOCACY MISSIONS OVERSEAS AND PUBLIC EVENTS IN THE U.S. AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO ADVANCE ADVOCACY OBJECTIVES; PREPARATION OF BRIEFING MATERIALS AND MESSAGES FOR USE BY AJC MEMBERS AND STAFF ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD IN ADVOCACY SETTINGS; COMPOSING LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR CONCERN TO OFFICIALS OF THE U.S. AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS; CONTACT WITH LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS ON DOMESTIC AND, WHEN APPLICABLE, INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS; COALITION BUILDING WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS THAT SHARE AJC'S VALUES; COMMENTING ON PENDING LEGISLATION; POLICY RESEARCH EMPLOYED IN THE PREPARATION OF AMICUS BRIEFS, ONLINE PETITIONS, AND MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$13,098,531	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$45,395	GrantAmt
Revenue	$408,094	RevenueAmt
Desc	REGIONAL OFFICES: AJC MAINTAINS 22 REGIONAL OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. THESE OFFICES ESTABLISH AND BUILD KEY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. REGIONAL OFFICES FOSTER TIES WITH INTER-RELIGIOUS AND INTER-GROUP ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS CIVIL SOCIETY GENERALLY, IN ORDER TO BUILD COALITIONS AND MOBILIZE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE ON AJC'S PRIORITY ISSUES. IN 2016, THESE ISSUES INCLUDED: AFFIRMING ISRAEL'S PLACE IN THE WORLD, COUNTERING GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM, AND COMBATING THE RISE OF RADICALISM AND EXTREMISM. REGIONAL OFFICES PERIODICALLY ENGAGE IN NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF AJC PRIORITIES, SUCH AS THE MAYORS UNITED AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM INITIATIVE AND GOVERNORS UNITED AGAINST BDS (BOYCOTT/DIVESTMENT/SANCTIONS). REGIONAL OFFICES ALSO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR AJC.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$3,716,534	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$26,588	GrantAmt
Revenue	$111,298	RevenueAmt
Desc	COMMUNICATIONS: USING A RANGE OF TRADITIONAL AND NEW MEDIA TOOLS, AJC GENERATES AWARENESS AND PROVIDES EXPERT RESOURCES TO AMPLIFY OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS. AJC'S ANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVE ON POLICY MATTERS IS CONVEYED VIA PRESS RELEASES, OP-EDS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA, AND AJC STAFF EXPERTS' COMMENTARY CITED IN BY MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS. THROUGH ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, AND GERMAN, AJC INTERACTS FREQUENTLY WITH OUR FOLLOWERS, INCLUDING MANY DIPLOMATS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND MEDIA ELITES. THEY IN TURN SHARE AJC'S ADVOCACY MESSAGES WITH THEIR CONSTITUENCIES, ALLOWING AJC TO REACH AND ENGAGE MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$4,336,161	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$85,444	GrantAmt
Revenue	$136,031	RevenueAmt
Desc	AJC'S 2016 PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) INTERRELIGIOUS AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS: AJC BUILDS COALITIONS WITH LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS TO ADVANCE SHARED INTERESTS AND VALUES, AND TO FURTHER UNDERSTANDING. AJC CONVENED A MUSLIM-JEWISH ADVISORY COUNCIL AND A LATINO-JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORDER TO WORK TOGETHER ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN AND IMPORTANCE. TOGETHER, AJC AND ITS PARTNERS THIS INCLUDES ADVOCATING, TOGETHER WITH INTERESTED ITS PARTNERS, AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM AND EXTREMISM, AND FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL (E.G., COMBATING PROPOSALS TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL). (2) CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE: AJC STRIVES TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH CONTINUITY AND TO ENRICH THE RELATIONSHIP OF JEWS IN THE DIASPORA WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL. AJC TAKES PUBLIC POSITIONS AND HOLDS SYMPOSIA AND MISSIONS ADDRESSING THE MOST CRITICAL CURRENT ISSUES (E.G., THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF RABBINATE IN ISRAEL).	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$4,336,161	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$85,444	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$136,031	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$39,807,017	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	Yes (true)	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	111	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	313	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (true)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	BE	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	GM	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	IS	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	27	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	26	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DANIEL GOLDWATER CONTROLLER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2128911473	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	165 EAST 56TH STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100222709	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (48 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
STANLEY BERGMAN
PRESIDENT THROUGH JUNE 2016	20.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALAN MELAMED
CHAIR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH JUNE 2016	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROY J ZUCKERBERG
ASST CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES THROUGH JUNE 2016	3.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID HARRIS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (SEE SCHEDULE J)	60.0	0.1	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$677,008	$0	$42,443
JOHN M SHAPIRO
PRESIDENT	20.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HARRIET P SCHLEIFER
CHAIR, BOARD OF GOVERNORS	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MATTHEW BRONFMAN
CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MATTHEW J COEN
CHAIR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HENRY DUBINSKY
CHAIR, AUDIT COMMITTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUZANNE D JAFFE
TREASURER/SECRETARY	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
FRANK LINDE
ASSOCIATE TREASURER/BUDGET COMMITTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LINDA MIRELS
ASSOCIATE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT L NEWMARK
CHAIR, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL TICHNOR
CHAIR, REGIONAL OFFICES COMMITTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEVEN J WISCH
ASSOCIATE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEVEN L ZELKOWITZ
CHAIR, PROGRAM COORDINATING COMMITTEE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID W INLANDER
CHAIR, INTERRELIGIOUS AFFAIRS	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT E LAPIN
CHAIR, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KIM J PIMLEY
CHAIR, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALLAN J REICH
CHAIR, NATIONAL POLICY	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL GOULD
EC MEMBER THROUGH JUNE 2016	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CAROL GOWN
CHAIR, NATIONAL POLICY THROUGH JUNE 2016	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KENNETH R LEVINE
EC MEMBER THROUGH JUNE 2016	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOEL R MOGY
EC MEMBER THROUGH JUNE 2016	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOV S ZAKHEIM
CHAIR, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE THROUGH JUNE 2016	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RENE-PIERRE AZRIA
EC MEMBER	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERTA S BARUCH
EC MEMBER	2.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICHARD L BERKMAN
EC MEMBER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NED DUBILO
EC MEMBER	10.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARVIN ISRAELOW
EC MEMBER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARTIN KRALL
EC MEMBER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANTHONY E MEYER
EC MEMBER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BEN A PLOTKIN
EC MEMBER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DEBRA SMITH SAIDOFF
EC MEMBER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFFREY E STONE
EC MEMBER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VICTORIA SCHONFELD
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	50.0	0.1		Yes (X)	$275,734	$0	$10,960
RICHARD M HYNE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	45.0	0.1		Yes (X)	$278,512	$0	$37,323
MARC D STERN
GENERAL COUNSEL	45.0	0.1		Yes (X)	$217,675	$0	$34,630
JULIE SCHAIR
ASSOC. EXEC. DIR./MANAGING DIR. RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT	45.0	0.1			$275,349	$0	$46,474	Yes (X)
JASON ISAACSON
ASSISTANT EXEC DIR/DIR. OGIA	45.0	0.0			$252,185	$0	$44,650	Yes (X)
DANIEL ELBAUM
ASST EXECUTIVE DIR FOR REGIONAL OFFICES	45.0	0.0			$222,861	$0	$13,057	Yes (X)
STEVE BAYME
DIR, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE	40.0	0.0			$255,933	$0	$32,604	Yes (X)
JANET BECKER
DIR, STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION & HR	45.0	0.0			$264,647	$0	$38,211	Yes (X)
RABBI DAVID ROSEN
INTL. DIRECTOR OF INTERRELIGIOUS AFFAIRS	40.0	0.0			$249,519	$0	$61,621		Yes (X)
MICHAEL GILBERT
DIRECTOR REGIONAL OFFICE ADVANCEMENT	40.0	0.0			$207,055	$0	$38,746		Yes (X)
ROBERT LEIKIND
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, AJC BOSTON	40.0	0.0			$212,946	$0	$43,665		Yes (X)
ROBIN LEVENSTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROJECT INTERCHANGE	40.0	0.0			$215,518	$0	$21,438		Yes (X)
DEBRA RUBENSTEIN
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PLANNED GIVING	40.0	0.0			$204,135	$0	$20,317		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,809,077	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$486,139	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	76	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
AB DATA
PO BOX 170062	MILWAUKEE	WI	53217	MAIL FULFILLMENT	$812,053
MJV MECHANICAL
18 MEADOW STREET	LOCUST VALLEY	NY	11560	BUILDING ENGINEERS	$459,194
TRIPLE A STUDIOS
809 WEST 181ST STREET 262	NEW YORK	NY	10033	GLOBAL FORUM BRANDING	$401,640
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
11 TIMES SQUARE	NEW YORK	NY	10036	LEGAL SERVICES	$351,847
PERFECT BUILDING MAINTENANCE
360 LEXINGTON AVENUE 2ND FL	NEW YORK	NY	10017	BUILDING CLEANING SERVICES	$339,630

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	12	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$24,406	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$1,225,698	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$21,977,993	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$0	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$43,892,339	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$10,684,606	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$67,120,436	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
sales of publications	511190	$3,015	$3,015
REGISTRATION FEES	900099	$1,233,632	$1,233,632

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,236,647	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$857,986	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$857,986	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,229,726	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$111,745	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,117,981	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,117,981	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,117,981	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$6,549,400	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$6,462,233	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$87,167	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$87,167	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$87,167	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$1,396,717	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$21,977,993	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$1,987,438	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$590,721	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$590,721	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$69,829,496	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,236,647	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,472,413	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$188,687	TotalAmt
Program Services	$188,687	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,330	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,330	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$481,894	TotalAmt
Program Services	$481,894	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,020,258	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,740,222	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$672,047	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$607,989	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,507,057	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,375,480	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$822,524	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,309,053	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$445,271	TotalAmt
Program Services	$342,539	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,245	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$71,487	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,156,787	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,344,228	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$651,049	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,161,510	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,601,915	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,054,980	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$312,298	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$234,637	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$461,198	TotalAmt
Program Services	$300,010	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$119,008	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$42,180	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$278,046	TotalAmt
Program Services	$166,828	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$55,609	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$55,609	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,642	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,642	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$477,269	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$477,269	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$241,472	TotalAmt
Program Services	$219,740	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,732	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,200,190	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,119,202	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,569	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$59,419	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$478,093	TotalAmt
Program Services	$448,092	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,276	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,725	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,201,913	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,515,506	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$861,540	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$824,867	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$904,207	TotalAmt
Program Services	$594,283	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$171,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$138,424	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,368,844	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,906,480	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$142,741	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$319,623	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,651,892	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,497,895	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$62,214	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$91,783	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,911	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,911	ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,297,005	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,762,072	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$148,115	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$386,818	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$925,934	TotalAmt
Program Services	$481,486	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$305,558	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$138,890	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$284,761	TotalAmt
Program Services	$191,510	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$65,095	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,156	FundraisingAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,248,576	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,807,017	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,471,120	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,970,439	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$952,737	TotalAmt
Program Services	$561,604	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$391,133	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,412,256	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,060,111	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,817,523	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,953,081	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,922,856	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,714,940	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$909,283	BOYAmt
EOY	$933,226	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$29,238,867	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$22,262,643	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,287,162	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,976,224	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,035,497	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,875,294	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,733,454	BOYAmt
EOY	$58,257,314	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$601,150	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$152,719,181	BOYAmt
EOY	$175,770,190	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,347,887	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,282,010	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$736,677	BOYAmt
EOY	$912,478	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,278,652	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,613,121	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,363,216	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,807,609	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,123,850	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,788,839	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,326,300	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,652,468	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,905,815	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,521,274	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$120,355,965	BOYAmt
EOY	$143,962,581	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$152,719,181	BOYAmt
EOY	$175,770,190	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$17,580,920	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$5,185,962	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$839,734	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$44,364,867	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$51,994,897	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$48,355,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$47,969,581	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$67,120,436	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$259,805,361	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$44,364,867	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$51,994,897	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$48,355,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$47,969,581	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$67,120,436	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$259,805,361	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$18,075,251	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$241,730,110	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,677,559	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,374,954	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,893,473	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,939,512	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,087,712	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,973,210	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$546,679	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$546,679	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$269,325,250	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$18,316,737	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.8975	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.9417	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	DESCRIPTION - LEASE TERMINATION, COLUMN A - , COLUMN B - , COLUMN C - , COLUMN D - 545877.0, COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 545877.0; DESCRIPTION - OTHER INCOME, COLUMN A - , COLUMN B - , COLUMN C - , COLUMN D - 802.0, COLUMN E - , COLUMN F - 802.0;	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	Yes (true)	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	Yes (true)	MailingsMembersInd
Mailings Members	$14,642	MailingsMembersAmt
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$141,618	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	false	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$156,260	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LOBBYING ACTIVITY

DURING 2016, AJC SOUGHT TO INFLUENCE STATE, FEDERAL, AND NATIONAL POLICY THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT WITH LEGISLATORS, THEIR STAFF, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. AJC STAFF AND LAY LEADERS HELD MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. IN CONTACTING FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS REGARDING EXISTING OR PENDING LEGISLATION, AJC'S ACTIVITIES FOCUSED PRINCIPALLY ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION (INCLUDING EXTENSION OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN AND SUPPORT FOR U.S.-ISRAEL COOPERATION); MEASURES DIRECTED AGAINST BOYCOTT OF, DIVESTMENT FROM, AND SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL; IMMIGRATION POLICY (INCLUDING SUPPORT OF COMPREHENSIVE REFORM); AND, INITIATIVES RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE LOBBYING ACTIVITY

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$71,657,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,982,610	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,018,535	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$413,428	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,702,171	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$141,207	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$81,401,339	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$79,561,265	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$95,237	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$3,910,869	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$447,813	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,539,262	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$101,558	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$71,657,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$80,436,448	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$484,827	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,923,814	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$405,072	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,765,854	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$112,898	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$79,561,265	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$72,205,956	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,329,561	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$10,552,814	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$305,024	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,242,551	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$104,308	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$80,436,448	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$67,488,681	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,279,459	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,556,809	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$806,693	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,209,110	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$103,190	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$72,205,956	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.0	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.8049	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.1951	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$430,126	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$430,126	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$17,164,145	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$12,623,018	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,541,127	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,232,878	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$777,788	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$455,090	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,411,718	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$8,861,837	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,549,881	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$6,976,224	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
long/short equities	$15,167,136	F
state of israel bonds	$91,352	F
multistrategy hedge funds	$13,771,834	F
debt securities	$1,487,000	F
investment funds	$25,071,796	F
equity funds	$2,668,196	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$58,257,314	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
accrued unfunded pension liability	$21,401,396
security deposits	$28,003
charitable gift annuities	$2,316,215
lease obligations	$7,223
other retirement benefits	$2,860,284

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$26,613,121	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part X, Line 1 Accrued unfunded pension liability	Accrued unfunded pension liability of $21,401,396 represents the excess of pension benefit obligation over the pension plan assets.
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Intended uses of endowment funds	INCOME FROM AJC'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF ONGOING SUPPORT FOR ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote	AJC HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AND THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (14 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Grantmaking	$233,194
Middle East and North Africa	0	Grantmaking	$193,000
Russia and Neighboring States	0	Grantmaking	$9,000
Sub-Saharan Africa	0	Grantmaking	$38,200
East Asia and the Pacific	0	Grantmaking	$7,500
South Asia	0	Grantmaking	$1,000
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	5	Program Services	$2,668,041	21	ADVOCACY
Middle East and North Africa	1	Program Services	$3,484,383	12	ADVOCACY
East Asia and the Pacific	0	Program Services	$37,653	2	ADVOCACY
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	0	Program Services	$41,193	0	ADVOCACY
Russia and Neighboring States	0	Program Services	$28,574	0	ADVOCACY
South Asia	0	Program Services	$107,961	1	ADVOCACY
South America	0	Program Services	$30,559	1	ADVOCACY
Central America and the Caribbean	0	Investments	$14,951,594	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	6	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	37	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	6	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	37	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$21,831,852	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$21,831,852	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (15 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Middle East and North Africa	Grant to support a joint Israeli Jewish-Israeli Arab high School choir project, designed to bring about inter-group understanding.	$95,000	CHECK
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant for Professor Freedman's travel subsidy	$7,500	WIRE TRANSFER
Middle East and North Africa	Grant to provide long term German shelter	$40,800	WIRE TRANSFER
Middle East and North Africa	Grant to support the program in its efforts to provide essential necessities to Yazidi refugees in Northern Iraq.	$20,000	WIRE TRANSFER
Middle East and North Africa	Grant to support Haiti following Hurricane Matthew	$22,200	WIRE TRANSFER
Middle East and North Africa	Grant to support the program in its efforts to provide humanitarian aid in the wake of the Fiji cyclone.	$15,000	WIRE TRANSFER
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant to cover expenses associated with 2016 Muslim Jewish Conference in Berlin	$10,000	WIRE TRANSFER
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant to support Freedom from Torture Advocacy project on torture in Iran.	$23,300	WIRE TRANSFER
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant to support the committee's European Refugees Project	$28,500	WIRE TRANSFER
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant to support the preparation of a policy report examining the impact of some of the earliest efforts by UN "special Procedures" to monitor human rights conditions in certain countries.	$25,000	WIRE TRANSFER
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant to support project, "Migrant Detention Centers: Advocating for Change across Europe through highlighting the Human Rights Situation on the Ground"	$23,450	WIRE TRANSFER
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant to support the restoration of Thessaloniki Synagogue	$100,000	WIRE TRANSFER
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grant to support project, "Migrant Detention Centers: Advocating for Change across Europe through highlighting the Human Rights Situation on the Ground"	$11,130	WIRE TRANSFER
East Asia and the Pacific	Grant to support the humanitarian aid for the Ecuador Earthquake.	$7,500	WIRE TRANSFER
Sub-Saharan Africa	Grant to support SAZF Marketing Campaign.	$38,200	WIRE TRANSFER

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	15	Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (true)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	Yes (true)	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds	AJC'S GRANT RECIPIENTS CERTIFY THAT THE GRANTS WILL BE USED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE UNITED STATES (US) LAWS, US AND INTERNATIONAL STATUTES, REGULATIONS, RULES AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS, INCLUDING ALL ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING AND ASSET CONTROL LAWS, STATUTES, REGULATIONS, RULES AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS. NO FUNDS WILL BE USED IN PARTISAN FASHION TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. IN MOST OF THE CASES AJC REQUIRES THE RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS.
Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 FOREIGN INVESTMENTS	AJC INVESTS IN SEVERAL ENTITIES THAT ARE LEGALLY DOMICILED IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS. THE 2016 END OF YEAR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS DOMICILED IN CENTRAL AMERICA/CARIBBEAN WAS $14,951,594
Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING USE OF GRANT FUNDS	AJC'S GRANT RECIPIENTS CERTIFY THAT THE GRANTS WILL BE USED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE UNITED STATES (US) LAWS, US AND INTERNATIONAL STATUTES, REGULATIONS, RULES AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS, INCLUDING ALL ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING AND ASSET CONTROL LAWS, STATUTES, REGULATIONS, RULES AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS. NO FUNDS WILL BE USED IN PARTISAN FASHION TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. IN MOST OF THE CASES AJC REQUIRES THE RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
AB DATA
P O BOX 170062	MILWAUKEE	WI	532178000	MAIL SOLICITATION & PROGRAM ADVOCACY	Yes (true)	$1,154,584	$874,092	$280,492
INTEGRATED MAIL INDUSTRIES
3450 W HOPKINS STREET	MILWAUKEE	WI	532161700	MAIL SOLICITATION	false	$0	$16,959	-$16,959
MARTS&LUNDY
1200 WALL STREET WEST	LYNDHURST	NJ	07071	FUNDRAISING CONSULTATION	false	$0	$86,137	-$86,137

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$1,154,584	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$977,188	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$177,396	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	DINNER EVENT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$2,326,650	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$2,196,150	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$130,500	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$183,070	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	DINNER EVENT	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$1,933,630	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$1,809,130	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$124,500	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$181,012	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	42	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$19,114,430	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$17,972,714	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$1,141,716	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$1,623,355	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$23,374,710	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$21,977,994	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$1,396,716	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$1,987,437	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$1,987,437	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$590,721	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule G, Part I, Line 2b(v) AB DATA	AMOUNTS IN COLUMN (V) REPRESENT PAYMENTS TO PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISERS FOR FUNDRAISING AND PROGRAMMATIC SERVICES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDRAISING EXPENSES, SUCH AS: PRINTING, PAPER, ENVELOPES, POSTAGE, ETC.
Schedule G, Part II, Line 9(b) Other direct fundraising event expenses	AJC REPORTS ALL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO ITS SPECIAL EVENT FUNCTIONS AS "OTHER DIRECT EXPENSES" ON SCHEDULE G, PART II, LINE 9. COSTS OF RUNNING THESE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE FREQUENTLY INVOICED AS ONE FEE BY THE VENDOR, SO THAT THE RENTAL, FOOD AND OTHER COSTS ARE BUNDLED AND FURTHER CATEGORIZATION ON SCHEDULE G, PART II IS NOT POSSIBLE. IT IS THEREFORE MORE ACCURATE TO COMBINE ALL THE EXPENSES.
Schedule G, Part I, Line 2b(iii) AB DATA	Checks are mailed directly to AB Data's PO Box in Milwaukee. On a daily basis, AB Data retrieves the checks from the PO Box and hand the checks to the personnel for data entry. The data entry personnel physically open up every single piece of mail and enter the donations into AB Data's record-keeping system. Once the donations are entered into the record-keeping system, they are then deposited directly into AJC's bank account. On a monthly basis, AJC's Accounting Department reconciles the bank account to a report provided by AB Data which lists all the donations.
Schedule G, Part I, Line 2b(v) MARTS&LUNDY	REPRESENT PAYMENTS TO FUNDRAISING CONSULTANTS FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (8 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
ATLANTA PURE WATER INC
1359 GRESHAM ROAD	MARIETTA	GA	30062	463817246	501(c)(3)	$25,000	FMV	Grant towards palau Sea Water Desalination System.
JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
3080 Broadway Box 62	NEW YORK	NY	10027	130887640	501(c)(3)	$37,013	FMV	Charitable / educational purposes consistent with Edward M Chase's will.
BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
2900 Bedford Avenue	Brooklyn	NY	11210	111904329	501(c)(3)	$23,000	FMV	Grant to support the project of the Human Rights in Iran Unit entitled, "Strengthening the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran".
FREEDOM NOW INC
PO Box 30155	BETHESDA	MD	20824	522362033	501(c)(3)	$19,850	FMV	Grant to Freedom Now to support project "Reform of the UNESCO Committee on NGO's".
US FRIENDS OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
777 UN PLAZA 12TH FLOOR	NEW YORK	NY	10017	134201538	501(c)(3)	$22,180	FMV	Grant to International Service for Human rights to support project "Beyond treaty Strengthening.
HIAS INC
333 7TH AVENUE 16TH FLOOR	NEW YORK	NY	100015004	135633307	501(c)(3)	$25,000	FMV	Grant to support project "strategic Litigation to advance Refugee Rights and Protection in Greece".
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT
40 RECTOR STREET 9TH FLOOR	NEW YORK	NY	10006	133442022	501(c)(3)	$14,000	FMV	Grant to support project "Access to Counsel in Refugee Status Determinations & UNHCR Interviews".
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HAND IN HAND
PO BOX 80102	PORTLAND	OR	97280	931269590	501(c)(3)	$6,438	FMV	Charitable contribution to support social inclusion and civic equality in Israel.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	8	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	Grant for humanitarian support	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	1	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$22,130	CashGrantAmt
Valuation Method Used	FMV	ValuationMethodUsedDesc

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds.	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	AJC'S GRANT RECIPIENTS CERTIFY THAT THE GRANTS WILL BE USED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE UNITED STATES LAWS, STATUTES, REGULATIONS, RULES AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS, INCLUDING ALL ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING AND ASSET CONTROL LAWS, STATUTES, REGULATIONS, RULES AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS. NO FUNDS WILL BE USED IN PARTISAN FASHION TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. IN MOST OF THE CASES AJC REQUIRES THE RECIPIENTS TO SUBMIT NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL REPORTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (true)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
DAVID HARRIS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (SEE SCHEDULE J)	$539,016	$0	$0	$0	$137,992	$0	$7,950	$0	$34,493	$0	$719,451	$0	$0	$0
VICTORIA SCHONFELD
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	$275,734	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,867	$0	$3,093	$0	$286,694	$0	$0	$0
RICHARD M HYNE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	$278,512	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,950	$0	$29,373	$0	$315,835	$0	$0	$0
MARC D STERN
GENERAL COUNSEL	$211,762	$0	$0	$0	$5,913	$0	$6,577	$0	$28,053	$0	$252,305	$0	$0	$0
JULIE SCHAIR
ASSOC. EXEC. DIR./MANAGING DIR. RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT	$274,413	$0	$0	$0	$936	$0	$7,950	$0	$38,524	$0	$321,823	$0	$0	$0
JASON ISAACSON
ASSISTANT EXEC DIR/DIR. OGIA	$248,527	$0	$0	$0	$3,658	$0	$7,672	$0	$36,978	$0	$296,835	$0	$0	$0
DANIEL ELBAUM
ASST EXECUTIVE DIR FOR REGIONAL OFFICES	$218,370	$0	$0	$0	$4,491	$0	$6,798	$0	$6,259	$0	$235,918	$0	$0	$0
STEVE BAYME
DIR, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE	$248,968	$0	$0	$0	$6,965	$0	$7,601	$0	$25,003	$0	$288,537	$0	$0	$0
JANET BECKER
DIR, STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION & HR	$257,271	$0	$0	$0	$7,376	$0	$7,950	$0	$30,261	$0	$302,858	$0	$0	$0
RABBI DAVID ROSEN
INTL. DIRECTOR OF INTERRELIGIOUS AFFAIRS	$249,519	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$61,621	$0	$311,140	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL GILBERT
DIRECTOR REGIONAL OFFICE ADVANCEMENT	$204,999	$0	$0	$0	$2,056	$0	$6,247	$0	$32,499	$0	$245,801	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT LEIKIND
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, AJC BOSTON	$209,795	$0	$0	$0	$3,151	$0	$6,425	$0	$37,240	$0	$256,611	$0	$0	$0
ROBIN LEVENSTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROJECT INTERCHANGE	$214,770	$0	$0	$0	$748	$0	$6,589	$0	$14,849	$0	$236,956	$0	$0	$0
DEBRA RUBENSTEIN
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PLANNED GIVING	$201,974	$0	$0	$0	$2,161	$0	$6,178	$0	$14,139	$0	$224,452	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part II, Column (B)(iii) SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN	IN 2016, PER DAVID HARRIS' CONTRACT, AJC ESTABLISHED A SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN. AS A PORTION OF THE PLAN IS TAXABLE TO DAVID HARRIS EACH YEAR, AJC HAS REMITTED THE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES DUE ON HIS BEHALF, AS IS COMMON PRACTICE, WHICH WILL BE OFFSET AGAINST ANY FUTURE PAYMENTS OF THE PLAN. ACCORDINGLY, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B INCLUDES THE 2016 CALENDAR YEAR'S TAXABLE BENEFITS OF $107,144.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a First-class or charter travel	FIRST CLASS AIRLINE TICKETS ARE TYPICALLY BOOKED FOR DAVID HARRIS. AJC PAYS FOR ALL THE TRAVEL COSTS OF HIS WIFE WHO ACCOMPANIES DAVID HARRIS ON CERTAIN AJC TRIPS UP TO A TOTAL $25,000 A YEAR. AJC PURCHASED A TERM LIFE INSURANCE POLICY IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS ON THE LIFE OF DAVID HARRIS PAYABLE UPON HIS DEATH TO HIS BENEFICIARIES. ADDITIONALLY, DAVID HARRIS HAS ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY INCOME POLICIES THAT ARE PAID FOR BY AJC. THE ANNUAL AMOUNTS OF ALL THESE COSTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIRST CLASS AIRLINE TRAVEL FOR DAVID HARRIS, ARE INCLUDED IN HIS FORM W-2 AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions	see responses to line 1A above.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Tax indemnification and gross-up payments	IN 2016, PER DAVID HARRIS' CONTRACT, AJC ESTABLISHED A SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN. AS A PORTION OF THE PLAN IS TAXABLE TO DAVID HARRIS EACH YEAR, AJC HAS REMITTED THE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES DUE ON HIS BEHALF, AS IS COMMON PRACTICE, WHICH WILL BE OFFSET AGAINST ANY FUTURE PAYMENTS OF THE PLAN. ACCORDINGLY, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B INCLUDES THE 2016 CALENDAR YEAR'S TAXABLE BENEFITS OF $107,144.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan	IN 2016, PER DAVID HARRIS' CONTRACT, AJC ESTABLISHED A SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN. AS A PORTION OF THE PLAN IS TAXABLE TO DAVID HARRIS EACH YEAR, AJC HAS REMITTED THE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES DUE ON HIS BEHALF, AS IS COMMON PRACTICE, WHICH WILL BE OFFSET AGAINST ANY FUTURE PAYMENTS OF THE PLAN. ACCORDINGLY, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B INCLUDES THE 2016 CALENDAR YEAR'S TAXABLE BENEFITS OF $107,144.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	271	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$10,684,606	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule M, Part I EXPLANATIONS OF REPORTING METHOD FOR NUMBERS OF CONTRIBUTIONS	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED 271 SEPARATE GIFTS OF PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (15 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part I, Line 10 Investment Income	Unrealized gains of $5,185,962 and unrealized losses of ($7,671,700) in 2016 and 2015, respectively were incurred, but are not required to be included in this line item for Form 990 purposes.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services	(Expenses $ 4,336,161 including grants of $ 85,444)(Revenue $ 136,031) AJC'S 2016 PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) INTERRELIGIOUS AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS: AJC BUILDS COALITIONS WITH LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS TO ADVANCE SHARED INTERESTS AND VALUES, AND TO FURTHER UNDERSTANDING. AJC CONVENED A MUSLIM-JEWISH ADVISORY COUNCIL AND A LATINO-JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORDER TO WORK TOGETHER ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN AND IMPORTANCE. TOGETHER, AJC AND ITS PARTNERS THIS INCLUDES ADVOCATING, TOGETHER WITH INTERESTED ITS PARTNERS, AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM AND EXTREMISM, AND FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL (E.G., COMBATING PROPOSALS TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL). (2) CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE: AJC STRIVES TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH CONTINUITY AND TO ENRICH THE RELATIONSHIP OF JEWS IN THE DIASPORA WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL. AJC TAKES PUBLIC POSITIONS AND HOLDS SYMPOSIA AND MISSIONS ADDRESSING THE MOST CRITICAL CURRENT ISSUES (E.G., THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF RABBINATE IN ISRAEL).
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders	AJC IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION UNDER APPLICABLE NEW YORK NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW, AND THE MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF GOVERNORS CONSTITUTES ITS CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP. IN 2010, AJC AMENDED ITS BY-LAWS; PRIOR TO THAT AMENDMENT, AJC'S NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL CONSTITUTED ITS CORPORATE VOTING MEMBERSHIP. THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (EXECUTIVE COUNCIL) AND APPROVES AJC POLICY AND THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body	SEE ABOVE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b Decisions requiring approval by members or stockholders	SEE ABOVE.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	THE RETURN WAS PREPARED BY AJC'S STAFF AND REVIEWED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY AJC & IN CONSULTATION WITH AJC'S STAFF. THE DRAFT WAS THEN REVIEWED BY AJC'S AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED TO AJC'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. PURSUANT TO AJC'S BYLAWS, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CONSTITUTES AJC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS THAT TERM IS USED IN THE NEW YORK NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	AJC HAS WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES COVERING ALL MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES STIPULATING THAT NO INDIVIDUAL MAY PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION OR DECISION ON ANY MATTER IN WHICH HE OR SHE HAS A MATERIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST, AND HE OR SHE MUST DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. ALL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SIGNING AUTHORITY, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND TO INDICATE WHETHER THE ORGANIZATION DOES BUSINESS WITH AN ENTITY IN WHICH THEY HAVE A MATERIAL FINANCIAL INTEREST. RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON PERSONS WITH A CONFLICT INCLUDE REFRAINING FROM PARTICIPATING IN DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, AS WELL AS ANY DECISION, RELATING TO THE ALLEGED CONFLICT.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official	IN 2016, AJC CONDUCTED A SALARY REVIEW OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION, REVIEWING FAIR MARKET COMPARABLES FOR POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. A REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS BY A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AS IS AN AGENCY WIDE SALARY REVIEW BY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT WHICH WILL ALSO REVIEW COMPENSATION OF KEY AND HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS RECORDS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION SETTING PROCESS. COMPENSATION OF OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN TIED TO THE SALARY INCREASES NEGOTIATED WITH AJC'S LABOR UNIONS, EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED PROMOTIONS AND/OR INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees	In 2016, salaries for senior managers and key employees were reviewed by the Executive Compensation Committee. AJC retained a professional compensation firm in 2015 and performed a complete a review of relevant salaries and adopted a multi-year plan for adjusting salaries of relevant senior management.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	AJC CURRENTLY DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. AJC CURRENTLY MAKES ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE. THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990 ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AND FORM 990T IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE IRS DOES NOT REQUIRE THE PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF AJC'S IRS FORM 1023 BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION WAS INITIALLY RECOGNIZED AS TAX EXEMPT IN 1929 AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY IS NOT REQUIRED WHERE THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT HAVE A COPY OF ITS EXEMPTION APPLICATION ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE REQUIREMENT IN JULY 1987.
Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a, Column (D) SECTION A, LINE 1 COLUMN D	IN 2016, PER DAVID HARRIS' CONTRACT, AJC ESTABLISHED A SUPPLEMENTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN. AS A PORTION OF THE PLAN IS TAXABLE TO DAVID HARRIS EACH YEAR, AJC HAS REMITTED THE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES DUE ON HIS BEHALF, AS IS COMMON PRACTICE, WHICH WILL BE OFFSET AGAINST ANY FUTURE PAYMENTS OF THE PLAN. ACCORDINGLY, SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B INCLUDES THE 2016 CALENDAR YEAR'S TAXABLE BENEFITS OF $107,144.
Form 990, Part VII, Section A SECTION A	AJC'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ("EC") SERVES AS ITS FIDUCIARY BOARD.
Form 990, Part X, Line 3 B	DURING 2016, AJC WAS IN THE MIDST OF A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN THROUGH WHICH SEVERAL LARGE MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES WERE RECEIVED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE RECEIVABLES INCREASING BY NEARLY $12 MILLION. THE INCREASE IS NOT RELATED TO ANY COLLECTABILITY ISSUES.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances	PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT CHANGES OTHER THAN NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COSTS REPRESENTS THE NON-CASH CHARGE TAKEN PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE DISCOUNT RATE USED IN CALCULATING THE BENEFIT OBLIGATION - 840211; CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT-INTEREST AGREEMENT - -477;
Schedule R, Part II Part II	FOR EACH OF AJC'S FOREIGN AFFILIATES, AJC HAS CONTRACTED WITH LOCAL ACCOUNTING FIRMS TO COMPILE FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND PREPARE LOCAL REGULATORY FILINGS. ALL RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED IN THE UNITED STATES. ADDITIONALLY, ONCE PER YEAR, AJC STAFF IN THE FINANCE, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS VISIT THE FOREIGN OFFICES TO REVIEW INTERNAL CONTROLS AND MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL REGULATIONS.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd	Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityForeignAddress/CityNm	CountryForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd	Legal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryCd
INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS
165 EAST 56TH STREET	NEW YORK	NY	10022	237389215	FUNDRAISING	NY	501(c)(3	AJC	Yes (true)
TRANS-ATLANTIC INSTITUTE
					ADVOCACY			AJC	Yes (true)	RUE DES DEUX EGLISES 37-39	BRUXELLES	BE	1000	BE
AJC BERLIN
					ADVOCACY			AJC	Yes (true)	LEIPZIGER PLATZ 15	BERLIN	GM	10117	GM
FUNDACJA AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE CENTRAL EUROPE
					ADVOCACY			AJC	Yes (true)	MYSIA STREET 5	WARSZAWA	PL	00496	PL

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (2)
6 RED GROUND ROAD	OLD WESTBURY	NY	11568	INVESTMENT	NY	AJC	Yes (true)
CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST
7586 GLENDEVON LANE	DELRAY BEACH	FL	33446	INVESTMENT	FL	AJC	Yes (true)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	Yes (true)	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	Yes (true)	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (5 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
TRANS-ATLANTIC INSTITUTE
Q	$771,563	FMV
TRANS-ATLANTIC INSTITUTE
R	$1,022,465	FMV
AJC BERLIN
R	$1,456,692	FMV
AJC BERLIN
Q	$1,082,254	FMV
FUNDAJCA AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE CENTRAL EUROPE
Q	$81,384	FMV