2016-03-09T16:16:54-06:00 2015-07-31 232653765 ST CLAIR CPAS PC 101 W ELM STREET STE 500 CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428 990 2014-08-01 232081703 ALEPH ALLIANCE FOR JEWISH RENEWAL ALEP 2152479700 7000 LINCOLN DRIVE PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 DAVID BROWN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 2152479700 2016-03-08 1 ALAN B GUBERNICK CPA P00445286 6108621998 2014 2016-08-17 19:52:53Z DAVID BROWN 7000 LINCOLN DRIVE PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 1402712 0 X WWW.ALEPH.ORG X 1978 PA ALEPH FULLY EMBRACES A CONTEMPORARY EGALITARIAN JUDAISM AS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMER, REACHING BEYOND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES WORLDWIDE. ALEPH BRINGS SPIRITUAL VITALITY AND PASSION INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF JEWS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, BUILD COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES. 17 17 20 25 0 0 328391 358237 944558 1012622 1678 954 6617 20678 1281244 1392491 0 0 0 0 708644 799597 0 0 30167 671788 728150 1380432 1527747 -99188 -135256 958596 844834 201803 227509 756793 617325 X ALEPH FULLY EMBRACES A CONTEMPORARY EGALITARIAN JUDAISM AS A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMER, REACHING BEYOND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES WORLDWIDE. ALEPH BRINGS SPIRITUAL VITALITY AND PASSION INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF JEWS THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, BUILD COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE POWERFUL EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES. 0 0 631754 558530 RETREATS & TRAININIG PROGRAM THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEPENING JEWISH SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION FOR JEWISH EDUCATORS, TEACHERS AND TRAINERS. RETREATS, TRAININGS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE RUAACH HA'ARETS SUMMER RETREAT, KOL ZIMRA CHANT LEADER'S TRAINING, THE SAGE-ING MENTORSHIP TRAINING, EMBODY SPRIT, EN-SPIRITING BODY MOVEMENT TRAINING, WISDOM SCHOOL AND THE ORDINATION PROGRAM STUDY WEEK. NEARLY 400 INDIVIDUALS STUDIED IN THESE PROGRAMS IN THE CURRENT YEAR. ALEPH ALSO OFFERED GETTING IT TOGETHER, A MULTI-FAITH CONFERENCE. 366089 375489 ORDINATION PROGRAMTHE ALEPH ORDINATION PROGRAM OFFERS PROFESSIONAL, POST-GRADUATE TRAINING LEADING TO ORDINATION FOR RABBIS, CANTORS, AND RABBINIC PASTORS. THE PROGRAM ACCEPTED ONE OF OUR LARGER ENTERING CLASSES IN 2014, WELCOMING FOUR NEW RABBINICAL STUDENTS, FOUR NEW CANTORIAL STUDENTS, AND TWO NEW RABBINIC PASTOR STUDENTS. THE ALEPH HASHPA'AH TRAINING PROGRAM ENTERED COHORT IV WITH 18 NEW STUDENTS, BRINGING OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT UP TO 78 STUDENTS. 145060 25963 REB ZALMAN LEGACY PROJECT THE REB ZALMAN LEGACY PROJECT ENSURES THAT FOUNDER REB ZALMAN'S VISION, SO CRITICAL FOR THE VITALITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, IS SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HIS THINKING. RECENT PUBLICATIONS INCLUDED "PSALMS IN A TRANSLATION FOR PRAYING," SHABBATON GATHERINGS AT HAVURAH SHIR HADASH, MAKOM OHR SHALOM AND ISABELLA FREEDMAN RETREAT CENTER. 55810 63662 55810 63662 1198713 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 0 1 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X ALEPH OFFICE 2152479700 7000 LINCOLN DRIVE PHILADELPHIA PA 19119 JEREMY PARNES CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID EVAN MARKUS VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 1500 0 0 DAVID RAFSKY TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOAN COOKE SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JANICE RUBIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN RASKIN ABRAMS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID ABROMOWITZ BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R AURA AHUVIA BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R RACHEL BARENBLAT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R DANIEL GOLDBLATT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R MALKA DRUCKER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R DAVID INGBER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 R EVAN KRAME BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JADE NETANYA ULLMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 RP DAVID DANIEL KLIPPER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 4650 0 0 MARTIN PORTOP BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH DACK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 6150 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 358237 358237 PROGRAM EVENTS 900099 514860 514860 EDUCATION & PROGRAM RE 611710 440323 440323 COMMUNITY DUES 900099 57439 57439 1012622 494 494 247 247 213 0 213 213 213 21243 10221 11022 11022 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 9656 9656 9656 1392491 1023857 0 10397 X 702835 496384 185451 21000 55086 24782 30304 41676 24728 15650 1298 1000 1000 5000 5000 154362 142388 9656 2318 5138 5138 3046 1347 1699 11411 3400 8011 29633 12968 16665 6037 4132 1905 PROGRAM EXPENSES 449493 449493 MERCHANT FEES/BANK CHAR 26890 17842 9048 COMPUTER EXPENSE 16901 8749 7186 966 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 4585 4585 14654 7362 7292 1527747 1198713 298867 30167 381047 339291 448902 368684 18000 9000 66672 40341 42164 22761 0 63257 1811 1500 958596 844834 44449 140091 157354 87418 201803 227509 X 684472 569704 72321 47621 756793 617325 958596 844834 -135256 -4212 0 X 0 0 0 X 251614 402495 380857 415706 1450672 683983 1362618 892093 976426 3915120 935597 1765113 1272950 1392132 5365792 0 0 0 5365792 5852 4341 2407 431 13031 5852 4341 2407 431 13031 647 3344 42524 46515 942096 1772798 1317881 1392563 5425338 0.98900 0.98610 0.00240 0.00450 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 67557 -3945 0 355 63257 1.00000 1 0 0 ENDOWMENTS 63257 F 63257 UNEARNED REVENUE 55115 ACCRUED LIABILITIES 26608 CREDIT CARD PAYABLE 4086 OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES 1609 87418 PART V, LINE 4: THE FUND SHALL BE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVIDING TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS. 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 3 POLICIES ARE DISCUSSED IN ORGANIZATIONAL LITERATURE. SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 4 THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT TRACK THIS DATA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD BEFORE IT IS SIGNED AND FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALEPH POLICY ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: BEFORE ANY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AN AGENDA WILL BE CIRCULATED TO EACH DIRECTOR AND STAFF MEMBER, WITH AGENDA ITEMS DESCRIBED IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CAN INCLUDE: *ECONOMIC CONFLICTS, IN WHICH A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY STANDS TO GAIN FINANCIALLY FROM A DECISION OF THE BOARD, NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE POTENTIAL GAIN; *EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS, WHICH MIGHT PRESENT DIVIDED LOYALTIES FOR A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WHEN THE INTERESTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN ALEPH MAY CONFLICT WITH ALEPH'S OWN INTERESTS OR PLANS; AND* WHEN IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT A DISINTERESTED PARTY COULD PERCEIVE THE APPEARANCE OF A DUAL INTEREST FOR ANY DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY (FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER IS COMPENSATED FOR SERVICES OR PROPERTY TO ALEPH, EVEN IF THEY ARE OFFERED AT OR BELOW MARKET VALUE). A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WILL DECLARE IT TO THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM IN QUESTION. THE DISCLOSURE WILL EXPLAIN: *THE FACT THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST MAY EXIST *IN THE CASE OF AN ECONOMIC CONFLICT, THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE INTEREST AND *THE NATURE AND AMOUNT OF THE POTENTIAL DIRECT OR INDIRECT BENEFIT TO THE DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER OR SOMEONE WITH WHOM A DIRECTOR OR STAFF MEMBER HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. THE PARTICIPANTS OF ANY SUCH DISCLOSURE ARE NOTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. THE STAFF MEMBER OR DIRECTOR WHO HAS DISCLOSED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING AN AGENDA ITEM WILL REFRAIN FROM PARTICIPATING IN DISCUSSIONS AND VOTING ON THE ITEM, AND WILL LEAVE THE MEETING WHEN THE BOARD REACHES THAT AGENDA ITEM. THE DIRECTOR'S DEPARTURE FROM THE MEETING ROOM OR TELECONFERENCE WILL BE NOTED IN THE MINUTES. AFTER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD OF THAT AGENDA ITEM, THE DIRECTOR WILL RETURN, AND THE RETURN SHALL BE NOTED IN THE MINUTES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 WHEN HIRING THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AND THE RECENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ALEPH BOARD LOOKED AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL DATA ON WHAT PEOPLE IN COMPARABLE POSITIONS WERE PAID BY NONPROFITS OF A SIMILAR ANNUAL BUDGET. GIVEN OUR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO OFFER AT THE TOP OF THOSE CATEGORIES, BUT TRIED TO SETTLE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G SUBCONTRACTORS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 102,957. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 102,957. COMPUTER/WEB CONSULTANT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 11,591. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 9,273. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 2,318. TOTAL EXPENSES 23,182. GRAPHIC DESIGN: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 3,330. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 383. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,713. OTHER: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 24,510. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 24,510.