2024-05-15T15:09:41-05:00 2023-06-30 873231666 PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES ADVISORY LLC 500 MAMARONECK AVENUE SUITE 301 HARRISON NY 105281633 990 2022-07-01 132856699 WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC WEST 9143287001 925 WESTCHESTER AVENUE 200 WHITE PLAINS NY 10604 ELLIOT FORCHHEIMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 9143287001 2024-05-14 1 ELLIOT FORCHHEIMER XXX-XX-XXXX 1 GARRETT M HIGGINS P00543209 9143818900 2024-05-14 3 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ELLIOT FORCHHEIMER 925 WESTCHESTER AVENUE 200 WHITE PLAINS NY 10604 872360 0 X WWW.WJCOUNCIL.ORG X 1976 NY THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL, INC. IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY RELATIONS ORGANIZATION THAT VOICES THE UNITED CONCERNS OF THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY. THE COUNCIL MAINTAINS RELATIONS WITH OTHER ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND WORKS WITH THEM ON COMMUNAL ISSUES. THE COUNCIL IS ALSO COMMITTED TO CREATING STRONGER TIES AMONG ITS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL JEWISH RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY. 63 63 6 80 0 0 748603 777033 1384 13936 2032 12391 -18221 -22859 733798 780501 0 0 0 0 427717 456777 0 0 0 188687 164783 616404 621560 117394 158941 863182 1028732 200 0 862982 1028732 X TO FACILITATE JEWISH CITIZENS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND THEIR AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS TO ACT IN CONCERT IN ALL MATTERS AND ISSUES AFFECTING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND TO CONDUCT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, AND TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF ITS CONSTITUENT MEMBERS, DESIGNED TO ADVANCE AND ENHANCE JEWISH LIVING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AND CONDUCT SUCH ACTIVITIES WITHIN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AS WOULD SUPPORT AND ADVANCE THE GROWTH, PROSPERITY, PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND TO SHARE WITH IT. 0 0 568090 0 13936 THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL HELD ITS BIENNIAL AN AFTERNOON OF MUSIC AND JOY ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2022 AT 4 P.M. THERE WAS AN IN-PERSON AND A VIRTUAL OPTION, SO IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE HOW MANY ATTENDED. TWENTY CANTORS FROM DIFFERENT SYNAGOGUES PERFORMED AT THE CONCERT. THE CONCERT CONSISTED OF BROADWAY, POPULAR, AND JEWISH CULTURAL MUSIC. TICKETS WERE $20 PER PERSON UNTIL NOVEMBER 4 AND $25 AFTERWARDS INCLUDING PURCHASING AT THE DOOR.THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL HELD ITS 47TH ANNIVERSARY GALA ON FEBRUARY 4, 2023. THE GALA THIS YEAR WAS IN PERSON. PAM AND BRUCE WEXLER, AND STEVEN L. YOUNG WERE OUR HONOREES. OUR CORPORATE HONOREE WAS ALAN WEISSMAN, PRINCIPAL OF ALFRED WEISSMAN REAL ESTATE, LLC. THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE EVENING WERE TWO PERFORMERS SINGING BROADWAY SONGS ACCOMPANIED BY A PIANO PLAYER. APPROXIMATELY 400 PEOPLE ATTENDED. THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL'S JULIAN Y. BERNSTEIN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD WAS HELD ON MAY 9, 2023. MR. BERNSTEIN (OF BLESSED MEMORY) WAS A WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL BOARD MEMBER, WHO BELIEVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND APPRECIATED VOLUNTEERS. TWENTY-ONE VOLUNTEERS FROM SYNAGOGUE/MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS WERE HONORED. A PROGRAM WAS PUBLISHED WITH JOURNAL ADS HONORING THE VOLUNTEERS. APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED. 568090 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X X X ELLIOT FORCHHEIMER 9143287001 925 WESTCHESTER AVENUE 200 WHITE PLAINS NY 10604 WILLIAM SCHRAG PRESIDENT 15.00 X X 0 0 0 BETSY BERNSTEIN VICE PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFFREY KOHN VICE PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID EPPINGER VICE PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 MARC KLEE VICE PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 JACK ZINN TREASURER 10.00 X X 0 0 0 HAROLD ASPIS AUDIT CHAIR 10.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL MITTELMAN SECRETARY 10.00 X X 0 0 0 ARLENE KLEINBERG ASSOCIATE SECRETARY 10.00 X X 0 0 0 AARON FLEISHAKER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ALLISON FINE DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ANDRIENNE TANNER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ARNOLD LINHARDT DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ASAF COHEN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 AUDREY SAMERS DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 BETSY MILLER LANDIS DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 BONNIE HAGEN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 BETTY BERENSON DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE WEXLER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 DAN REINGOLD DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 DANNY SCHULTZ DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 DEBRA ABRAHAMS WEINER IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 5.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH LAMPERT DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN REINHEIMER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN SALANT DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 EVAN KINGSLEY DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 GISELLE WEISSMAN DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 GABRIEL LOMAS DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 HARRIETT ZELLER DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 HAROLD TREIBER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 HOLLY ROSEN FINK DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 HON JEFFREY A COHEN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JAMIE SCHAEFER - WILSON DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY KAPELUS DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER POVMAN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JEREMY A ABRAMSON DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JOAN POULIN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN FLAXER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JOYCE CLAAR DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 JULIE ROCKOWITZ DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN EVERETT DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN ROSENFELD DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 KEITH REICH DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 LARRY BAHR DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 LAWRENCE ENGLE DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 LISA GINSBERG DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 LISA ROBERTS IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 5.00 X 0 0 0 LORI SLOANE DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MAJ L WICKSTROM DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MARTI MICHAEL DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 MARTIN ROGOWSKY DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA BAER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL A SCHEFFLER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL KANE DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELE GREGSON DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 MITCHELL OSTROVE DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY ZARO DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD SPITZ DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT FISCHER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 SAMUEL BERGER DIRECTOR THRU JUNE 2023 5.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT ROTHSTEIN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE BALKIN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN BERKOWITZ DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN SMITH DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN YOUNG DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 STU SELTZER DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 STUART KOLBERT DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 SUE PEARSON DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN ZEITLIN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 TRACY BILSKI DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 YAEL SCHULMAN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ZEV SKOLNICK DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ELLIOT FORCHHEIMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 35.00 X 200196 0 20000 200196 0 20000 1 0 1 0 0 288000 65783 386508 36742 777033 PROGRAM INCOME 900099 13936 13936 13936 12391 12391 68800 386508 91859 -23059 -23059 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 200 200 200 780501 13936 0 -10468 213690 203005 10685 212866 202223 10643 30221 28710 1511 13500 13500 2103 527 1576 3308 3308 10521 4086 6435 20625 19594 1031 2400 2280 120 969 921 48 18564 18564 2819 2819 8623 8192 431 PROGRAM EXPENSE 79988 79988 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 1363 1363 621560 568090 53470 0 292403 34201 234081 29573 14475 46225 5969 13640 11444 9035 5228 2409 236026 827684 75000 75000 863182 1028732 200 0 200 0 X 833556 871442 29426 157290 862982 1028732 863182 1028732 158941 6809 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 537950 507556 641011 748603 777033 3212153 537950 507556 641011 748603 777033 3212153 3212153 2591 7000 2367 2032 12391 26381 2885 200 3085 3241619 205349 0.99090 0.99460 X 11444 9035 2409 2409 ISRAEL BONDS 75000 C 75000 X 889219 6809 10050 91859 108718 780501 0 780501 723469 10050 91859 101909 621560 0 621560 PART X, LINE 2: THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE EFFECT OF INCOME TAX POSITIONS ONLY WHEN THEY ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO BE SUSTAINED. MANAGEMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE FURTHER FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE. THE COUNCIL IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE APPLICABLE TAXING JURISDICTIONS FOR PERIODS PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 2019. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 8B 91,859. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES REPORTED ON PART VIII, LINE 8B 91,859. GALA 455308 386508 68800 58514 33345 455308 386508 68800 58514 33345 91859 -23059 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ELLIOT FORCHHEIMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 188196 0 12000 0 0 0 20000 0 0 0 220196 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 ELLIOT FORCHHHEIMER, CEO, RECEIVED A BOARD APPROVED PERFORMANCE BONUS WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN HIS REPORTABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE 2022 CALENDER YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE COUNCIL HAS ITS FORM 990 PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING FIRM AND HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION REPORTED IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. WHEN THE FORM 990 HAS BEEN PREPARED, IT IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER, CEO, PRESIDENT, AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. FOLLOWING THEIR REVIEW AND ONCE THE FORM 990 IS READY TO BE FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, IT IS ELECTRONICALLY SENT TO THE FULL BOARD OF THE COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS ARE THEN SUMMARIZED AND PROVIDED TO THE OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS. ONCE THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, THE FULL BOARD VOTES ON THE FORM 990, AND FOLLOWING APPROVAL, IT IS FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY IS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL'S DECISION MAKING PROCESS, TO ENABLE OUR CONSTITUENCIES TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR INTEGRITY, AND TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION OF VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF. IN THE COURSE OF MEETINGS OR ACTIVITIES, BOARD MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF WILL DISCLOSE ANY INTERESTS IN A DECISION WHERE THEY, THEIR FAMILIES OR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, EMPLOYER, OR CLOSE ASSOCIATES WILL RECEIVE A BENEFIT OR GAIN. AFTER DISCLOSURE, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING FOR THE DISCUSSION AND WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION. THIS POLICY IS MEANT TO BE SUPPLEMENTAL TO GOOD JUDGMENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF ARE ASKED TO RESPECT ITS SPIRIT AS WELL AS ITS WORDING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ANNUALLY SURVEYS OTHER COMPARABLE LOCAL JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION TO THE OFFICERS FOR SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD CONSULTS THE INFORMATION FROM THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND DATA FROM THE NON-PROFIT COORDINATING COUNCIL'S ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY TO REVIEW THE CEO'S COMPENSATION. THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD REVIEW SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE JUNE OFFICER'S MEETING AND PREPARE THE BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL. THE BUDGET IS VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD EACH YEAR. ONCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, THE APPROVAL IS DOCUMENTED IN THE BOARD MINUTES. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST CONDUCTED IN APRIL 2023. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE COUNCIL MAKES ITS FORM 990 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 6104 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE RETURN IS POSTED ON GUIDESTAR.ORG AND OTHER SIMILAR TYPES OF WEBSITES. ADDITIONALLY, THE COUNCIL MAKES ITS FORM 990, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND BYLAWS AVAILABLE ON ITS OWN WEBSITE. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, AND BY-LAWS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST OR BY CALLING THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE COUNCIL HAS AN AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT. THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.