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2013-10-04T10:11:33-05:00 2012-12-31 522041603 SQUIRE LEMKIN COMPANY LLP 111 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 475 ROCKVILLE MD 20850 990 2012-01-01 526064549 JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER WASHINGTON JEWI 2027890900 701 4TH STREET NW NO 200 WASHINGTON DC 20001 SIDNEY J SILVER CPA 2027890900 2013-09-17 1 NANCY JOHNSON P01593478 3014246800 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z SIDNEY J SILVER 701 4TH STREET NW NO 200 WASHINGTON DC 20001 1177504 0 X WWW.JHSGW.ORG X 1960 DC FOUNDED BY VOLUNTEERS IN 1960, THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER WASHINGTON WAS INCORPORATED IN 1965 AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO INTERPRETING JEWISH HISTORY IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON AREA. IN 1969, GALVANIZED BY THE PENDING DEMOLITION OF THE OLDEST SYNAGOGUE BUILDING IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL, SOCIETY MEMBERS ARRANGED FOR THE HISTORIC BUILDING TO BE MOVED THREE CITY BLOCKS TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESTORATION, THE SYNAGOGUE WAS REDEDICATED AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AS THE LILLIAN & ALBERT SMALL JEWISH MUSEUM IN 1975.THE SOCIETY HAS PURCHASED AND MOVED INTO A BUILDING TO SERVE AS ITS FIRST PERMANENT HOME. THE 8,000-SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, LOCATED AT 701 4TH STREET, NW, IS LOCATED JUST STEPS FROM THE HISTORIC 1876 SYNAGOGUE. THE NEW BUILDING HOUSES GALLERY SPACE FOR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES. 63 63 9 0 -34431 -26527 577886 531475 30973 26065 39647 52402 -43168 -33565 605338 576377 0 0 0 0 336408 343656 0 0 56135 401601 329103 738009 672759 -132671 -96382 4841375 4790306 1787386 1681714 3053989 3108592 THE SOCIETY GATHERS, PRESERVES, INTERPRETS, AND PRESENTS HISTORIC MATERIALS DEALING WITH THE JEWISH PRESENCE IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON AREA. THE SOCIETY MAINTAINS THE LILLIAN AND ALBERT SMALL JEWISH MUSEUM, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 0 0 502467 26065 EDUCATING THE PUBLIC THROUGH EXHIBITS, LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS AND TOURS. 502467 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 9 1 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 63 63 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 DC MD VA X X THE ORGANIZATION 2027890900 701 4TH STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20001 SIDNEY SILVER PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SHARON BURKA VICE-PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RUSSELL SMITH TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 TRACEY GALLAGHER SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ALBERT H SMALL JR AT-LARGE 2.00 X X 0 0 0 GWEN ZUARES AT-LARGE 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW AMMERMAN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LES BERGEN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SALLY BERK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE BLACHER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SAMUEL BRYLAWSKI DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DOROTHY CANTER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARGERY ELSBERG DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL GREENBERG DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA HERMAN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 CATHERINE JOYCE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 WILMA PROBST LEVY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARK LIVINGSTON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ERNIE MARCUS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 HOWARD MORSE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BILL RICE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ADAM RUBINSON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ALEX STEIN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN TOLLERIS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DIANE WATTENBERG DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOEL WIND DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JANE ABRAHAM HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN S ALPER HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 FLORA ATKIN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 STUART L BINDEMAN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 FLORENCE BRODY HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RYNA COHEN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SHELDON S COHEN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 S ROBERT COHEN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY COLODNY HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LOIS ENGLAND HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARYANN FRIEDMAN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARGOT HECKMAN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEPH HERSON HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JACK KAY HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL MANN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BRENDA PASCAL HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RABBI STANLEY RABINOWITZ HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 BARBARA REIN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 HUBERT SCHLOSBERG HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SHOLOM SHEFFERMAN HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW SIMON HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 HADASSAH THURSZ HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHEN JOEL TRACHTENBERG HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MENDELLE TOUROVER WOODLEY HONORARY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LEONARD ABEL PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD ALPER PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 HENRY BRYLAWSKI PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID BURKA PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 SAM FLAX PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK GILBERT PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 BERNARD S GLASSMAN PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES GOLDBERG PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 PAULA GOLDMAN PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 DR MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 PEGGY PEARLSTEIN PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD WOLPE PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 STUART ZUCKERMAN PAST PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA COHEN-APELBAUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 80925 0 14052 80925 0 14052 0 0 0 0 0 319213 21514 190748 28734 531475 TOURS, LECTURES, AND E 900099 26065 26065 26065 43496 43496 114944 162009 -47065 -47065 -34431 -12634 448024 439118 8906 8906 8906 RECOVERY OF ALLOWNACE 900099 13500 13500 13500 576377 26065 -34431 53268 X 94977 47489 23744 23744 207388 204801 6995 -4408 17331 16005 1422 -96 23960 20073 2447 1440 37231 37231 39995 35020 4455 520 1116 916 200 6566 6566 2313 2181 60 72 34427 25805 3097 5525 31237 12708 15963 2566 8009 6003 721 1285 MAINTENANCE 37670 34470 2003 1197 PRINTING AND COPYING 24691 20285 1531 2875 SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT 22185 18826 1355 2004 REFRESHMENTS 16643 456 651 15536 67020 50863 12282 3875 672759 502467 114157 56135 350161 310811 761701 387374 110743 107289 3506 5228 2765978 434741 2405585 2331237 1204679 1638867 5000 9500 4841375 4790306 115417 54513 1668969 1624201 3000 3000 1787386 1681714 X 790439 987190 1555112 1412964 708438 708438 3053989 3108592 4841375 4790306 -96382 150985 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 820618 607498 781474 577886 531475 3318951 37484 42266 16725 30873 26065 153413 858102 649764 798199 608759 557540 3472364 276104 345530 544047 214980 129736 1510397 0 276104 345530 544047 214980 129736 1510397 1961967 68982 27407 36067 39647 43496 215599 68982 27407 36067 39647 43496 215599 -43750 -48163 -40060 -36278 -34431 -202682 219066 7745 13500 240311 883334 629008 1013272 619873 580105 3725592 0.52660 0.53630 0.05790 0.05340 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 0 867452 0 162859 -32522 997789 902644 20000 -13713 -41479 867452 826257 24700 92695 -41008 902644 673513 40550 112194 826257 960656 19250 -261618 -44775 673513 0.29000 0.71000 0 0 624715 624715 1731990 245643 1486347 325637 119522 206115 83636 69576 14060 2331237 TENANT DEPOSITS 3000 3000 X 889371 150985 150985 738386 -162009 -162009 576377 834768 162009 162009 672759 0 672759 PART III, LINE 1A: ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS - AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS CONSISTED OF PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS. IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRACTICE FOLLOWED BY MANY MUSEUMS, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS PURCHASED AND DONATED ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BALANCE SHEET. PART III, LINE 4: ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS CONSISTED OF PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SOCIETY IS TO GATHER, PRESERVE, INTERPRET AND PRESENT HISTORIC MATERIALS DEALING WITH THE JEWISH PRESENCE IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON AREA. DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS: PART V, LINE 4: THE EARNINGS FROM THE ENDOWMENTS ARE INTENDED TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE COST OF OPERATIONS. IT IS THE POLICY OF THE SOCIETY TO TRANSFER ANNUALLY TO OPERATIONS FIVE PERCENT OF THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE OF THE VALUE OF THE PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS AND THEIR EARNINGS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT INVESTMENT EARNINGS, ON AVERAGE, WILL EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF THE TRANSFER. DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X, LINE 2: THE SOCIETY, AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. HOWEVER, INCOME FROM ANY ACTIVITIES NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SOCIETY'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION AS UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: RENTAL EXPENSES INCLUDED IN REVENUE PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: RENT EXPENSES INCLUDED IN REVENUE SECTION ON 990 PT. XII - EXPENSES ALLOCATED DEBT-FINANCED RENTAL INCOME NETTED AGAINST REVENUE INCLUDED IN REVENUE SECTION ON 990-T. PT. XIII - EXPENSES ALLOCABLE TO DEBT-FINANCED RENTAL INCOME CHARGED AGAINST REVENUE THAT WERE INCLUDED IN REVENUE ON THE FORM 990T. X 32 SEE PART II X 7 28734 QUOTED FAIR VALUE PRICE 0 0 0 0 METHOD FOR DETERMINING NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS: PART I, COLUMN (B): HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE PAPERS AND VALUE CAN NOT BE DETERMINED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS: SAM BRYLAWSKI (DIRECTOR) IS THE SON OF HENRY BRYLAWSKI (PAST PRESIDENT); ALBERT H. SMALL, JR.(DIRECTOR) IS THE SON OF ALBERT H. SMALL (HONORARY DIRECTOR); AND LAURA COHEN APELBAUM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)IS THE DAUGHTER OF SHELDON COHEN(HONORARY DIRECTOR). JACK KAY (HONORARY DIRECTOR) WAS (HE PASSED AWAY IN 2013) THE COUSIN OF BARBARA REIN (DIRECTOR) AND UNCLE OF PAUL GREENBERG (DIRECTOR). THERE WERE FIVE INSTANCES OF BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS: LAURA APELBAUM AND CATHERINE JOYCE, SHELDON COHEN AND CATHERINE JOYCE, MARGERY ELSBERG AND SIDNEY SILVER. THE SOCIETY AND MARTHA BINDEMAN, WIFE OF HONROARY DIRECTOR, STUART BINDEMAN. THE SOCIETY AND CATHERINE JOYCE THROUGH HER FIRM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE SOCIETY HAS ONE CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP AND THEIR VOTING RIGHTS ALLOW THEM TO VOTE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS, APPROVE BYLAWS AND TO CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE SOCIETY MEMBERS VOTE AND ELECT THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 A COPY OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 AT THE REQUEST OF THE PUBLIC, A PDF VERSION CAN BE SENT VIA EMAIL.