2014-05-14T14:48:43-05:00 2013-12-31 WithumSmithBrown PC 1 SPRING STREET NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08901 990 2013-01-01 363722029 COVENANT FOUNDATION % RALIA WAGNER COVE 2122453500 1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS Suite 304 NEW YORK NY 10020 HARLENE WINNICK APPELMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2122453500 2014-03-31 true James Mulroy 7328281614 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z Harlene Winnick Appelman 1270 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10020 3715081 false X WWW.COVENANTFN.ORG X 1990 NY THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO BUILD ON EXISTING STRENGTH WITHIN ON EXISTING STRENGTH WITHIN THE FIELD OF JEWISH EDUCATION IN NORTH AMERICA. 12 11 9 11 0 3747200 3715000 0 0 86 81 0 0 3747286 3715081 1900764 1634416 0 0 644496 720423 0 0 0 1199413 1357362 3744673 3712201 2613 2880 2662666 2598617 2633250 2566321 29416 32296 THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO BUILD ON EXISTING STRENGTH WITHIN THE FIELD OF JEWISH EDUCATION IN NORTH AMERICA. 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The Foundation files tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, New York and Illinois. The Foundation has no open years prior to 2010. The Foundation has no income tax related penalties or interest for the periods. true AWARDS TO EDUCATOR North America 1 15000 false false false false false false Part I, Line 2 Twice a year grantees are required to submit both a narrative progress report and a current budget for the grant. Twice a year grant allocations are released dependent upon receipt and approval of narrative and budget reports. During the year there are random site visits and the project directors are gathered annually. true EDGE GRANTS LEVERAGING SUCCESS 501(C)(3) 80000 See Part IV EDAH (fiscal sponsor Community Initiatives) 354 Pine St San Francisco CA 94104 943255070 501(C)(3) 50000 See Part IV HEBREW AT THE CENTER 1320 CENTRE ST SUITE 206 NEWTON MA 02459 392076615 501(C)(3) 50000 See Part IV BINAH SCHOOL (fiscal sponsor FJC) 520 EIGTH AVE 20TH FL New York NY 10018 133848582 501(C)(3) 46886 See Part IV NATIONAL JEWISH EDUCATION INNOVATION NETWORK 7607 OLD YORK ROAD MELROSE PARK PA 19027 232473518 501(C)(3) 50000 See Part IV MOED A JEWISH AFTERSCHOOL COMMUNITY 8300 MEADOWBROOK LANE CHEVY CHASE MD 20815 455428563 501(C)(3) 120000 See Part IV G-DCAST 131 STEUART ST STE 205 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105 454230275 501(C)(3) 50000 See Part IV CAMP RAMAH IN WISCONSIN 65 E WACKER PL STE 1200 CHICAGO IL 60601 366009250 501(C)(3) 28000 SEE PART IV CONGREGATION BETH ELOHIM 274 GARFIELD PLACE BROOKLYN NY 11215 111672755 501(C)(3) 125000 SEE PART IV CONVERJENT (FISCAL SPONSOR CLAL- THE NATIONAL JEW 440 PARK AVE S 4TH FL NEW YORK NY 10016 237390358 501(C)(3) 33000 SEE PART IV THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY 135 W 29TH ST STE 1103 NEW YORK NY 10001 364531559 501(C)(3) 50000 SEE PART IV KAVOD V'NICHUM 8112 SEA WATER PATH COLUMBIA MD 21045 010604103 501(C)(3) 102500 SEE PART IV MOVING TRADITIONS 261 OLD YORK RD STE734 JENKINTOWN PA 19046 342015014 501(C)(3) 47300 SEE PART IV NITZAN NETWORK (FISCAL SPONSOR COMMUNITY INITIATI 354 PINE ST STE 700 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 943255070 501(C)(3) 100000 SEE PART IV THE PARADIGM PROJECT (FISCAL SPONSOR CENTER FOR T 4200 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI FL 33137 590624373 501(C)(3) 59000 SEE PART IV RAVSAK THE JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL NETWORK 254 WEST 54TH ST 11TH FL NEW YORK NY 10019 911894659 501(C)(3) 157500 SEE PART IV STEPHEN WISE FREE SYNAGOGUE 30 WEST 68TH ST NEW YORK NY 10023 131628215 501(C)(3) 150000 SEE PART IV YESHIVA DARCHEI TORAH 257 BEACH 17TH ST FAR ROCKAWAY NY 11691 112545173 501(C)(3) 30000 SEE PART IV CENTRAL AGENCY FOR JEWISH EDUCATION (ST LOUIS) 12 MILLSTONE CAMPUS DR ST LOUIS MO 63146 237123583 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV CONGREGATION SHEARITH ISRAEL 9401 DOUGLAS AVE DALLAS TX 75225 750976060 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV GRADUATE CENTER AT AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY 15600 MULHOLLAND DRIVE BEL AIR CA 90077 951684064 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 3080 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10027 130887640 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV THE SHEFA SCHOOL (FISCAL SPONSOR JEWISH COMMUNAL 575 MADISON AVE STE 703 NEW YORK NY 10022 237174183 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV SOLOMON SCHECTER DAY SCHOOL OF BERGAN COUNTY 275 MCKINLEY AVE NEW MILFOR NJ 07646 237370024 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV TEMPLE BETH SHALOM 760 ROUTE 6 MAHOPAC NY 10541 141405203 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV TIFERES BNOS (FISCAL SPONSOR CONGREGATION AHAVAS 199 LEE AVE 196 BROOKLYN NY 11211 470878099 501(C)(3) 20000 SEE PART IV GIRLS IN TROUBLE (FISCAL SPONSOR NY FOUNDATION OF 20 JAY STREET 7TH FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11201 237129564 501(C)(3) 50000 SEE PART IV KEHILLAT ISRAEL 2014 FOREST ROAD LANSING MI 48910 381918632 501(C)(3) 8000 SEE PART IV JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND 2030 S TAYLOR RD CLEVELAND HEIGHT OH 44118 340714554 501(C)(3) 55280 SEE PART IV 29 0 AWARDS TO EDUCATORS 10 183000 Part I, Line 2 Twice a year grantees are required to submit both a narrative progress report and a current budget for the grant. Twice a year grant allocations are released dependent upon receipt and approval of narrative and budget reports. During the year there are random site visits and the project directors are gathered annually. Part II (h) 1. Edge Grant: Leveraging Success - Expansion of The Edge Project Initiative to include digital assessment, games based learning and digital capacity building 2. EDAH (fiscal sponsor - Community Initiatives) - To refine, scale-up and disseminate EDAH: A Community of Jewish Living and Learning: A premier out-of-school program for high quality complimentary Jewish education in the San Francisco East Bay with the potential to serve as an innovative national model. 3. HEBREW AT THE CENTER - To develop Opening the Gates: Leveraging Today's Technology to Professionalize Hebrew Language Educators, in order to deliver HATC programming to a much larger population of potential Hebrew educators in Los Angeles. 4. BINAH SCHOOL (fiscal sponsor - FJC) - To develop and implement The Creative Collaborators Project: An Arts and Social Justice Program, which features the creation of a Community Arts and Social Justice Program, deepens and develops digital badging and pilots arts-integration for Orthodox girls. 5. NATIONAL JEWISH EDUCATION INNOVATION NETWORK (fiscal sponsor: Jewish Learning Venture) - To develop and nurture innovation in part-time Jewish Youth Education, through the creation of a network of innovators, a virtual platform connecting people with people and information, and an annual conference to bring together innovators, shed light on models and experiments, develop best practices and success indicators, and advance the field. 6. MoEd: A Jewish Afterschool Community - A Jewish Afterschool Community. To support the continued development of curricula for a daily, afterschool program for elementary school-aged children that emphasizes Hebrew language and Jewish engagement in a cross-denominational setting, and to create a summer camp which will add to the organization's "out-of-school" offerings of community-based Jewish learning in the Washington, D.C. area. 7. G-DCAST Fellow - The grant will support a Fellow who will create new interactive content, as well as a structure, curriculum, and pipeline to develop a cohort of 'educator techies,' and a stronger, more centralized Jewish new media organization. The grant will also support the Fellow's product development. 8. Camp Ramah in Wisconsin - Strategic Plan for Performing Arts. To focus on three innovative and intensive components of Ramah Wisconsins theater arts program in order to map out future directions for leveraging Jewish cultural content through the performing arts. 9. Congregation Beth Elohim - New Voices, New Choices. To expand the capacity, enrollment, and community engagement of Congregation Beth Elohim's Hebrew language immersion/Israeli culture based afterschool program, and create an adaptable model for its participants, as well as for those within the broader Jewish community. 10. ConverJent (Fiscal Sponsor: Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning & Leadership Inc.) - Jewish Games Initiative 2.0: Jewish Mobile Phone GPS Game/Situated Documentary. To support two educator cohorts attending training days on location in New York City, the development of curriculum for the game/simulation, and integration of field research on learners into the game/simulation. 11. The Institute for Jewish Spirituality - Growing into Wisdom: A National Train-the-Trainer Project. To support the dissemination of the "Wise Aging: A Leader's Jewish Resource Guide," for facilitators of Wise Aging groups, and the training of facilitators throughout the country to use it. 12. Kavod V'Nichum - The Gamliel Institute: To support the development and completion of the Institutes' fifth and final course of study about the diversity of communal customs, liturgy, and rituals surrounding Jewish end-of-life practices 13. Moving Traditions Shevet Achim Fellows: Training and Coaching Adult Men to Mentor Jewish Teen Boys. To support the training and coaching of Shevet Achim group leaders to mentor Jewish teen boys by creating the "Shevet Achim Fellows." 14. Nitzan Network (Fiscal Sponsor: Community Initiatives) - Nitzan: To support the continued growth and development of Nitzan - A Network for Renewing Jewish Learning After School. 15. The Paradigm Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education, Miami) - Nurturing and Networking the Seeds of Excellence: A Flexible, Cost-Effective, Blended-Learning Approach to Systemic Change in Jewish Early Childhood Education. To support the expansion of The Paradigm Project's network of Fellowships (formally Communities of Practice) in Jewish Early Childhood Education. 16. RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network - Jewish Court of All Time: To support the growth of JCAT through the RAVSAK network of schools by developing a new program management infrastructure. 17. Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Jewish Arts and Music (JAM). - To support the creation of a comprehensive, unique, and adaptable Jewish arts education program and curriculum. 18. Yeshiva Darchei Torah - Textbooks-to-Tablets. To support a planning year to create a pilot program model for a blended learning curriculum that will enable opportunities for differentiated and enhanced learning for Jewish youth. 19. Central Agency for Jewish Education (St. Louis) - Families Without Borders. To support planning, researching, and designing a Jewish online community for 2nd to 4th graders and their families. 20. Congregation Shearith Israel - To implement and expand the educational arm of Makom - an innovative project to engage, educate, and build community among Jewish emerging adults in the Dallas Metroplex. 21. Graduate Center at American Jewish University - Coloring Outside the Lines: Creating New Roles for Artists in Jewish Education. To develop and implement a creative, new concept in Jewish education that is intended to engage Jewish artists interested in carving out professional roles in the field. 22. The Jewish Theological Seminary - The Multi Media Resource Guide for Pastoral Training. To support the creation of an introductory-level Multi-Media Resource Guide for pastoral care and counseling, which will serve as the first in a series of blended learning modules covering introductory through advanced pastoral training. 23. The Shefa School (Fiscal Sponsor: Jewish Communal Fund) - Developing Excellence in a Jewish Special Education Setting through the Arts. To support the development of an arts-enriched curriculum that will ensure a high-quality Jewish values-based education for a special needs population within New York City. 24. Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Using Digital Storytelling to Document Jewish Heritage. To write a curriculum and launch a documentary film production program for middle school students, providing them with first-hand experience in researching and learning about the Holocaust and other significant Jewish historical events through first-person testimony. 25. Temple Beth Shalom - A Synagogue in the Woods: Bringing Nature into Our 21st Century Synagogue and Bringing Our 21st Century Synagogue into Nature. To kick-start Jewish environmental education opportunities for individuals of all ages and stages. 26. Tiferes Bnos (Fiscal Sponsor: Congregation Ahavas Shulem D'Nadverne) - Higher Student Achievement Through Teacher Training. To support the efforts to codify a unique teacher training and professional development program. 27. Girls in Trouble (fiscal sponsor: NY Foundation of the Arts) - The Complicated Lives of Biblical Women: An Arts-Based Curriculum. To develop, pilot, and electronically distribute The Complicated Lives of Biblical Women, an innovative, arts-based curriculum about the women of Torah for teens and adults structured around "Girls in Trouble," an indie-folk song cycle about women of the Torah. 28. Kehillat Israel - To provide support for the development of a curriculum for a new school program 29. JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND (JECC) - To develop and implement the Thinking Together: Developing Communities of Philosophical Inquiry around Parshat Hashavua, a curriculum that engages children in philosophical inquiry related to text study, and encourages active commitment to their Jewish future. Part II (d) Grants paid: 1,622,194 Less: reallocated funds (185,778) ----------- Total grants paid: 1,436,416 X false false false false false false false false false HARLENE WINNICK APPELMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 164000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17739 0 181739 0 0 0 JONI-SUE LEVINE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 128750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24696 0 153446 0 0 0 Part VI, section b, line 11b o Audit Committee of the Board reviews the first draft of the Federal Form 990 during an Audit Committee meeting o Edits and suggestions are communicated to management and auditors o Management works with auditors to review suggested edits o Final version is sent to Audit Committee of the Board before final submission o Audit committee has been granted authority to review and approve the tax filing on behalf of the Board. Part VI, section b, line 12c o All Board members are given a copy of our conflict of interest policy annually. o Along with that is a form that they fill out revealing any relationships that might present a conflict of interest. o These forms are signed by each board member and kept on file. Part VI, Section C, Line 19 For any person(s) who wish(es) to review the governing documents and financial statements, this information will be provided to them, at the organization's office, upon request. Part VI, Section B, Line 15A & 15B o Performance review was conducted by an Executive Compensation Committee that consists of the Chair of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee. o They conduct a performance review and recommend a salary adjustment o Recommendations for salary adjustment is part of the annual budget process which is reviewed by the full board prior to approval Part VI, Line 4 During 2013 Jesna submitted it's resignation as a member of the Foundation and the Foundation terminated its status as a supporting organization of Jesna. The Foundation became a supporting organization of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (the Federation), an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, in June 2013. 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