YIDDISH ARTS AND ACADEMICS OF N AMERICA INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $41K · expenses $43K · assets $181K

EIN
85-2064877
Address
5160 MIDDLETON RD, SAN DIEGO, CA 92109-1520
Website
www.yiddishlandcalifornia.org
NTEE code
A23 Cultural, Ethnic Awareness (Arts, Culture and Humanities) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2021 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Joanna Mazurkiewicz (its 2020 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2020 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Our non-profit organization Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) is registered in the State of California. People of all ages and backgrounds are invited to attend our programs, held in person and virtually. Yiddishland California's mission is to preserve and advance Yiddish language and culture within the US and worldwide. Our events and offerings include concerts, performances, language and art classes, lectures, exhibits, and much more.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 15 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

15 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Yale Strom Board Member - Artistic Consultant2021-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Joanna Mazurkiewicz Founder & President2021-2025 40 $0 reported 1
Kathryn Gainor Secretary2024-2025 20 $0 reported 1
Elizabeth Schwartz Board Member - Artistic consultant2021-2025 10 $0 reported 1
Tanya Yakovleva Vice-president2022-2025 20 $0 reported 1
Lea Wolinetz Board Member - community relations2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
German Alonso Obando Treasurer2023-2025 20 $0 reported 1
Karen Bohrer Board Member - community outreach2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Edward Meisarosh Board Member - Legal consultant2021-2025 20 $0 reported 1
Marc Caplan Board Member - Academic consultant2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Amelia Glaser Board Member - Academic consultant2021-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Josh Wortman (former) Treasurer2021-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Philip Graubart (former) Secretary2021-2022 5 $0 reported 1
German Alonso (former) Board Member - technical consultant2021-2022 20 $0 reported 1
Tanya Yakovleva - vice-president (former) vice president2021 20 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Yale Strom Board Member - Artistic Consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Joanna Mazurkiewicz Founder & President40 $0-$0 $01
Kathryn Gainor Secretary20 $0-$0 $01
Elizabeth Schwartz Board Member - Artistic consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Tanya Yakovleva Vice-president20 $0-$0 $01
Lea Wolinetz Board Member - community relations1 $0-$0 $01
Edward Meisarosh Board Member - Legal consultant20 $0-$0 $01
German Alonso Obando Treasurer20 $0-$0 $01
Karen Bohrer Board Member - community outreach1 $0-$0 $01
Marc Caplan Board Member - Academic consultant1 $0-$0 $01
Amelia Glaser Board Member - Academic consultant5 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Yale Strom Board Member - Artistic Consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Joanna Mazurkiewicz Founder & President40 $0-$0 $01
Kathryn Gainor Secretary20 $0-$0 $01
Elizabeth Schwartz Board Member - Artistic consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Tanya Yakovleva Vice-president20 $0-$0 $01
Lea Wolinetz Board Member - community relations specialist1 $0-$0 $01
German Alonso Obando Treasurer20 $0-$0 $01
Karen Bohrer Board Member - community outreach advisor1 $0-$0 $01
Edward Meisarosh Board Member - Legal consultant20 $0-$0 $01
Marc Caplan Board Member - Academic consultant1 $0-$0 $01
Amelia Glaser Board Member - Academic consultant5 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Yale Strom board member - artistic director10 $0-- $01
Elizabeth Schwartz Board Member - artistic consultant10 $0-- $01
Joanna Mazurkiewicz President40 $0-- $01
Josh Wortman Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Tanya Yakovleva Vice-president20 $0-- $01
German Alonso Obando Board Member - technical consultant20 $0-- $01
Lea Wolinetz Board Member - community relations specialist1 $0-- $01
Karen Bohrer Board Member - community outreach advisor1 $0-- $01
Marc Caplan Board Member - academic consultant1 $0-- $01
Edward Meisarosh Board Member - operations consultant20 $0-- $01
Amelia Glaser Board Member - academic consultant5 $0-- $01
2022 · 12 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Yale Strom Board Member - artistic consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Elizabeth Schwartz Board Member - artistic consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Joanna Mazurkiewicz President40 $0-$0 $01
Tanya Yakovleva Vice-president20 $0-$0 $01
Philip Graubart Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
Josh Wortman Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
German Alonso Board Member - technical consultant20 $0-$0 $01
Edward Meisarosh Board Member - operations consultant15 $0-$0 $01
Marc Caplan Board Member - academic consultant1 $0-$0 $01
Amelia Glaser Board Member - academic consultant5 $0-$0 $01
Karen Bohrer Board Member - community outreach advisor1 $0-$0 $01
Lea Wolinetz Board Member - community relations specialist2 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 12 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Joanna Mazurkiewicz president40 $0-$0 $01
Tanya Yakovleva - vice-president vice president20 $0-$0 $01
Philip Graubart secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Josh Wortman treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Lea Wolinetz community relations specialist2 $0-$0 $01
Edward Meisarosh operations consultant10 $0-$0 $01
Yale Strom artistic consultant1 $0-$0 $01
Elizabeth Schwartz artistic consultant1 $0-$0 $01
Amelia Glaser academic consultant1 $0-$0 $01
Marc Caplan academic consultant1 $0-$0 $01
German Alonso technical consultant20 $0-$0 $01
Karen Bohrer community outreach advisor1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$40,502$42,967 $181,301$181,152 $21,555$18,947 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$95,463$26,774 $185,901$183,617 $75,121$20,133 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$59,872$55,268 $114,928$114,928 $27,720$31,009 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$67,698$72,388 $110,324$110,324 $23,980$42,406 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$78,349$52,600 $9,852$35,601 $16,956$60,279 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · amended · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$78,349$52,600 $115,014$115,014 $16,956$60,279 ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $63,332 in all, tax years 2023 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$45,650 2023$45,650
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PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2023-2024 2$17,682 2024$12,015
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CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF SALINASCAA23 $52,429$18,971 TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code A23, revenue within 2x, same state
LUKE MADRIGAL INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING NON PROFITCAA23 $42,989$66,801 President$0 Same NTEE code A23, revenue within 2x, same state
PORTUGUESE HISTORICAL CENTERCAA23 $46,358$31,767 President$0 Same NTEE code A23, revenue within 2x, same state
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $42,967 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $29,030 67.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $13,851 32.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $70 0.2%
Printing, publications, postage $16 0.0%
Total$42,967100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $26,774 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $9,762 36.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $9,363 35.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $7,505 28.0%
Printing, publications, postage $144 0.5%
Total$26,774100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $55,268 spent · pay $0 · grants $403 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $35,002 63.3%
Fees to independent contractors $16,343 29.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,233 5.8%
Grants and similar amounts paid $403 0.7%
Printing, publications, postage $287 0.5%
Total$55,268100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $72,388 spent · pay $0 · grants $195 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $37,970 52.5%
Fees to independent contractors $24,054 33.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $10,014 13.8%
Grants and similar amounts paid $195 0.3%
Printing, publications, postage $155 0.2%
Total$72,388100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $52,600 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $25,211 47.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $21,788 41.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,013 5.7%
Printing, publications, postage $2,588 4.9%
Total$52,600100%

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