JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT Charity Report

Public IRS 990 nonprofit record

JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT

EIN 38-1359214 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations (T700)

What they do

THE JEWISH FEDERATION of DETROIT is THE CORNERSTONE of OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY. WE ARE COMMITTED to TAKING CARE of THE NEEDS of THE JEWISH PEOPLE and BUILDING A STRONG and VIBRANT JEWISH FUTURE, IN DETROIT, IN ISRAEL and AROUND THE WORLD.

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Look at where the money went

Of every $100 spent, about $91.80 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.

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Basic facts we verified

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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.

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They name their leaders100 people are listed in the latest report.

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Money made simple

95.43%of revenue went to mission work91.8% of expenses · Program services

3.96%of revenue went to fundraising3.8% of expenses

$103.94spent for every $100 of revenueSpending was higher than revenue this year.

4.55%of revenue went to management and office costs4.4% of expenses

$0.72in assets for every $1 spent this yearSome assets cannot be spent right away.

92.0%of its money came from giftsOther money may come from services or investments.

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Worth asking: Expenses exceeded revenue by $2,441,928 this year. Ask whether that was planned or caused by a one-time event.

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Money

Financial picture

Tax year 2024

A plain-language look at the latest Form 990 figures available. These numbers help you ask better questions; they do not, by themselves, rate whether a charity is good or bad.

$100revenue

How each $100 of revenue was used

The large number compares each expense with revenue. The smaller number shows its share of total expenses.

Total reported revenue$62,046,677

Mission workProgram services$59,208,21195.43% of revenue91.8% of expenses

ManagementOffice and general costs$2,822,6284.55% of revenue4.4% of expenses

FundraisingAsking for donations$2,457,7663.96% of revenue3.8% of expenses

Total expenses$64,488,605103.94% of revenue

Expenses were greater than revenue, so the colored ring fills the available $100 and the total above 100% is shown below.

Has the pattern changed?

Colored bars = expense mix: how each year’s expenses were divided. Total expenses vs. revenue shows whether the charity spent less or more than it received. The current filing is first.

YearExpense mixDetails

2024CurrentExpense mix: 91.8% mission · 4.4% management · 3.8% fundraisingTotal expenses: 103.94% of revenue

2023Expense mix: 94.1% mission · 3.1% management · 2.8% fundraisingTotal expenses: 91.76% of revenue

2022Expense mix: 92.3% mission · 4.1% management · 3.6% fundraisingTotal expenses: 92.84% of revenue

2021Expense mix: 91.8% mission · 4.9% management · 3.3% fundraisingTotal expenses: 94.76% of revenue

2020Expense mix: 86.9% mission · 9.6% management · 3.5% fundraisingTotal expenses: 96.00% of revenue

2019Expense mix: 81.5% mission · 13.5% management · 5.1% fundraisingTotal expenses: 79.44% of revenue

2018Expense mix: 82.8% mission · 11.6% management · 5.6% fundraisingTotal expenses: 99.20% of revenue

2017Expense mix: 90.4% mission · 4.9% management · 4.6% fundraisingTotal expenses: 85.58% of revenue

Money in and money out

Revenue$62,046,677

Expenses$64,488,605

Annual shortfall $2,441,928 Expenses were higher than revenue for this filing year.

Reported spending amounts

Mission work means the Form 990 category called program services. These are reported accounting categories—not an independent measurement of results.

Mission work (program services)$59,208,211 · 91.8% of expenses

Management and office costs$2,822,628 · 4.4% of expenses

Fundraising$2,457,766 · 3.8% of expenses

See all reported dollar amounts

Revenue$62,046,677

Expenses$64,488,605

Assets$46,508,558

Income$62,046,677

Contributions$57,112,115

Mission work (program services)$59,208,211

Fundraising$2,457,766

Grants given$332,202,605

Average grant$673,839

Management and general$2,822,628

Executive compensation (total)$1,266,706

Accounting fees$55,195

People

Leadership and board

Tax year 2024

Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.

People reported as paid

Person and titleCompensation

STEVEN INGBERCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER · 20 hrs/week $518,375Base $501,821 · Other $16,554

DOROTHY BENYASCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · 20 hrs/week $306,357Base $278,276 · Other $28,081

THEODORE COHENCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER · 20 hrs/week $273,149Base $243,197 · Other $29,952

MARGO PERNICKDIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH FUND · 1 hrs/week $270,949Base $244,270 · Other $26,679

STACEY DEWEESEDIRECTOR, JEWISH COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT - PARTIAL YEA · 20 hrs/week $233,335Base $216,463 · Other $16,872

SUSAN FELDMANDIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPIC & CORPORATE RELATIONS · 20 hrs/week $232,732Base $207,020 · Other $25,712

DANIEL GREENBERGDIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS · 20 hrs/week $213,561Base $189,329 · Other $24,232

CHARLENE ARMSENIOR DIRECTOR, TALENT & ORGANIZATION - PARTIAL Y · 20 hrs/week $207,068Base $189,748 · Other $17,320

Compensation alone does not tell whether pay is reasonable. Consider the charity’s size, work, location, and results.

See everyone listed on the board or leadership roster (100)

STEVEN INGBERCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

DOROTHY BENYASCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

THEODORE COHENCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

MARGO PERNICKDIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH FUND

STACEY DEWEESEDIRECTOR, JEWISH COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT - PARTIAL YEA

SUSAN FELDMANDIRECTOR, PHILANTHROPIC & CORPORATE RELATIONS

DANIEL GREENBERGDIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

CHARLENE ARMSENIOR DIRECTOR, TALENT & ORGANIZATION - PARTIAL Y

RALPH GERSONVICE PRESIDENT

MARCY FIKANYDIRECTOR

MARGOT HALPERINDIRECTOR

MARJORIE KRASNICKDIRECTOR

MARK BAKSTDIRECTOR

MARK BERNSTEINAT LARGE

MARK DAVIDOFFDIRECTOR

MARK HAUSERDIRECTOR

MARK KOWALSKYDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

MARK SCHLUSSELDIRECTOR

MARK ZAUSMERAT LARGE

MARLA KAFTANDIRECTOR

MARTA ROSENTHALDIRECTOR

MATT RANDIRECTOR

MATTHEW LESTERDIRECTOR

MAX BERLINAT LARGE

MICHAEL BERGERDIRECTOR

MICHAEL BERKEDIRECTOR

MICHAEL COOPERDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

MICHAEL HOROWITZDIRECTOR

MICHAEL MADDINDIRECTOR

MICHAEL RUBYANDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

MICHELLE SEGALDIRECTOR

MIRIAM STARKMANDIRECTOR

NANCY FARBERDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

NANCY GLENDIRECTOR

NANCY GRANDDIRECTOR

NANCY GROSFELDDIRECTOR

NANCY HEINRICHDIRECTOR

NANCY TELLEMDIRECTOR

NANCY WELBER BARRDIRECTOR

NATE FORBESDIRECTOR

NATHAN GONIKDIRECTOR

NEIL SATOVSKYDIRECTOR

NORA BARRONDIRECTOR

NORM PAPPASDIRECTOR

ORA SINGERDIRECTOR

OSCAR FELDMANDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

PATRICE PHILLIPSDIRECTOR

PAUL BLATTDIRECTOR

PAUL BORMANDIRECTOR

PAULA GLAZIERDIRECTOR

PENNY BLUMENSTEINDIRECTOR

PERRY OHRENDIRECTOR

PETER ALTERDIRECTOR

PHILLIP NEUMANDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

RABBI ASHER LOPATINDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

RABBI AZARYAH COHENDIRECTOR

RABBI JENNIFER LADERDIRECTOR

RABBI JOEY KRAKOFFDIRECTOR

SETH KORELITZDIRECTOR

ZACHARY LISSDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

WENDY HANDLERDIRECTOR

WENDY EISENSHTADTDIRECTOR

VADIM AVSHALUMOVDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

TZVI JACOBSONDIRECTOR

TODD FINKDIRECTOR

TERRI CHAPMANDIRECTOR

TERRAN LEEMISDIRECTOR

SUZANNE FELLOWSDIRECTOR

SUZAN CURHANDIRECTOR

SUSIE PAPPASDIRECTOR

SUSAN CITRINDIRECTOR

SUE ELLEN KAUFMANDIRECTOR

STEWART WEINERDIRECTOR

STEVEN MIGLIOREDIRECTOR

STANELY FRANKELDIRECTOR

STACY DOCTOROFFDIRECTOR

SPENCER LUCKERDIRECTOR

SHERRIE SINGERDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

SHERRI KETAIVICE PRESIDENT

SHELLY RUBENFIREDIRECTOR

SHELDON STERNDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

SHAYNA LEVINEDIRECTOR

SHARON LIPTONDIRECTOR

SHARON HARTDIRECTOR

ROBERT ORLEYDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

RABBI ROBERT GAMERDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

RABBI SHRAGIE MYERSDIRECTOR

RABBI YEHUDA AMSELDIRECTOR

LYNDA GILESDIRECTOR

REGINA COLTONDIRECTOR

RICHARD BRODERAT LARGE

RICHARD KRUGELDIRECTOR

RICHARD NOEDELDIRECTOR

RICK WEINERDIRECTOR

ROBBIE SHERMANDIRECTOR

ROBERT KLEIMANDIRECTOR

ROBERT NAFTALYDIRECTOR - DECEASED

SANDY SOIFERDIRECTOR - PARTIAL YEAR

RYAN MOLLENDIRECTOR

SALLY KRUGELDIRECTOR - DECEASED

About this charity

Recognized since: January 1969
Location: 6735 TELEGRAPH RD, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48301-3141
County: Oakland
In care of: DOROTHY BENYAS
Primary officer: DOROTHY BENYAS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

How to reach them

WebsiteVisit the charity’s website Phone(248) 642-4260

Filing and classification

Latest tax year: 2024
Tax period began: June 1, 2024
Return type: 990
Tax preparer: PLANTE & MORAN PLLC
NTEE classification: Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations (T700)
IRS tax category: Other Grantmaking and Giving Services
Grant-giving organization: Yes