2025-11-13T16:12:25-06:00 2024-12-31 991586619 Grant Thornton Advisors LLC 757 Third Ave 9th Fl New York NY 100172013 990 2024-01-01 204393253 Jack G Buncher Charitable Fund for the AJJDC JACK 2126876200 220 E 42nd St 400 New York NY 10017 Ophir Singal Director/Treasurer 2126876200 2025-11-13 1 0 Daniel Romano P00504182 2125990100 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Ophir Singal 220 E 42nd St 400 New York NY 10017 1333040 0 X N/A X 2006 PA To advance the mission and programs of the American Jewish Joint Distribution (cont on sch O) Committee, Inc., programs relating to: children in crises, elderly, young parents & other adults. 7 5 0 5 0 0 500000 500000 0 0 1007567 833040 0 0 1507567 1333040 1150000 1150000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1150000 1150000 357567 183040 15503520 15855467 0 0 15503520 15855467 X The Organization provides support to JDC to advance the mission and programs of the JDC for programs relating to: children in crisis - providing food, clothing, education, medical and winter relief; elderly - providing food, homecare, clothing, (cont. on sch. O) housing and heating; young parents and other adults - providing food, job training, rent subsidies and winter relief. 0 0 950000 950000 0 Reaching the Most Vulnerable Jews - Welfare in the FSU and Ukraine:Across the FSU, tens of thousands of elderly Jews face daily struggles with extreme poverty. Without savings, and often without any family to help them, they try to manage on meager government pensions that cannot cover even basic food, medication and utilities. The crisis in Ukraine has made the situation worse, sending prices soaring across the region. The Jack Buncher Charitable Fund's support goes towards JDC's humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, as well as ongoing welfare throughout the region. JDC cares for poor Jews in the region through its (see Sched. O) network of 62 welfare centers that reach clients in over 2,000 locations in 11 countries across the FSU. During 2024, JDC helped ensure lifesaving aid for over 70,600 impoverished elderly Jews - 66,776 elderly Jews received food support, including bank cards for purchasing groceries/medication, food packages, meals on wheels, hot lunches and holiday food packages; 22,014 elderly Jews received homecare services, the most fragile clients received a total of 22,770,970 hours of assistance with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, shopping, cooking and cleaning; 18,842 elderly Jews received medical care including medicines, medical services and loans of medical equipment; 42,094 elderly Jews received winter relief, warm clothing and blankets, subsidies to cover utility bills and wood and coal for heating. Aid for Struggling Jewish Families in Argentina:Since the early 2000s, when Argentina's economic crisis began ushering in an extended period of hyperinflation and unemployment, JDC has provided immediate relief and longerterm support to the country's most vulnerable Jews, in collaboration with local organizations.According to government statistics, inflation - which had remained in the double-digits for nearly ten years - hit more than 200% by the close of 2023. Basic necessities are unaffordable, jobs with decent wages are scarce, and more than 50% of the population lives under the poverty line. Lower middle-class families, who are not eligible for state welfare, have been hardest hit by the economic downturn.The economic reality has been especially challenging for Jews who live in small Jewish communities in the Argentinian provinces outside of Buenos Aires. With some communities located far from urban centers, employment opportunities are very limited, and poverty is extremely widespread.The aid provided by the Jack Buncher Charitable Fund has become a lifeline. In 2024, 839 people (346 families) received monthly food aid and 206 people (97 families) received monthly housing stipend.JDC is also working to strengthen the capacity of 14 of Argentina's small Jewish communities, toward achieving self-sufficiency and decreasing their reliance on outside support. This is carried out through a community development and leadership training program that helps Jewish professional and lay leaders build their skills and capabilities and share best practices.Global Jewish Welfare:Around the world, tens of thousands of Jews live in a state of poverty. JDC - throughout its decades of existence, and to this very day - has committed to doing everything in its power to raise impoverished Jews out of their state of privation, restore their dignity, and give them hope.In eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the former Soviet Union, JDC delivers life-saving relief and social services to the neediest Jews living in dire conditions in places where nearly no other social services exist. JDC carries out this work in partnership with local Jewish communities, while building their capacity to support their own needy members in the long term. JDC leverages existing programs, knowledge, and relationships so these communities can become more self-sufficient. In the future, the hope is to see local communities more prepared and capable of taking increasing responsibility for this life-saving work by providing services autonomously and maximizing volunteer networks.Support from the Jack Buncher Charitable Fund gives JDC the agility and flexibility to meet ever changing and emerging needs, and apply welfare funds where they are needed most around the world. 200000 200000 0 Optimizing the JDC Archives:The JDC Archives is a treasured historical time capsule that documents for posterity the remarkable story of our organization's indelible impact on the global Jewish journey. Every year, the Archives serves as an authoritative historical resource for approximately 700 formal research requests - and tens of thousands more who explore the Archives online to discover their own family roots. JDC's collections include more than three miles of text documents, 150,000+ images, 6,000 books, 1,000 artifacts, 600 films, and 2,700 video/audio recordings. The digital materials cover 4 million pages of text documents, 70,000 photographs, and 200 films.More than these quantitative benchmarks, the Jewish (see Sched. O) people rely on JDC's archival collections for authentic snapshots of the global Jewish experience.JDC is working to optimize the Archives, to keep it thriving and accessible to modern audiences. The project will curate, unite and digitize JDC's two major archival collections, one in New York and one in Jerusalem, toward ensuring that millions of digital assets documents, photographs and films can be easily located. 1150000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X Teresa Simonait 2126876200 220 E 42nd St Ste 400 New York NY 10017 Annie Sandler Secretary 1.00 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Thomas J Balestrieri Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ophir Singal Treasurer 1.00 43.00 X X 0 516670 72640 Mark Sisisky President 1.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Ariel Zwang Vice Chair 1.00 43.00 X X 0 793245 104538 Joseph M Jackovic Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Howard M Reiger Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Asher Ostrin Former Vice President 0.00 0.00 X 0 311723 0 0 1621638 177178 0 1 1 0 0 X 500000 500000 742400 742400 90640 0 90640 90640 90640 1333040 0 0 833040 1150000 1150000 1150000 1150000 0 0 15503520 15855467 15503520 15855467 0 0 X 15503520 15855467 15503520 15855467 15503520 15855467 183040 168907 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X X X 1 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 131656634 7 1 1150000 0 1 1150000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 Investment in Buncher Company 13375440 F Interest in AJJDC's Pooled Investments 2480027 F 15855467 X Part X, Line 2: FIN 48 disclosure: This JDC-support organization is reported in the consolidated financial statements of its supported organization, The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. ("JDC"). The following FIN 48 footnote is from the JDC Consolidated financial statements. JDC follows guidance that clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, including issues relating to financial statement recognition and measurement. This guidance provides that the tax effects from an uncertain tax position can only be recognized in the financial statements if the position is "more-likely-than-not" to be sustained if the position were to be challenged by a taxing authority. The assessment of the tax position is based solely on the technical merits of the position, without regard to the likelihood that the tax position may be challenged. JDC has processes presently in place to ensure the maintenance of its tax-exempt status; to identify and report unrelated income; to determine its filing and tax obligations in jurisdictions for which it was nexus; and to identify and evaluate other matters that may be considered tax positions. JDC has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions that require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements for December 31, 2024. 1 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 220 E 42 St Ste 400 New York NY 10017 131656634 501(c)(3) 1150000 0 charitable welfare 1 0 Part I, Line 2: Procedure for monitoring use of grant funds in the U.S.: This JDC-support organization operates with the administrative support of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. ("JDC"). By virtue of this administrative support, the policies of the JDC apply to this JDC-support organization. This JDC-support organization gives grants only to JDC. JDC staff are responsible for ensuring the grants are used to accomplish various JDC programs. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ariel Zwang Vice Chair 0 703285 0 0 0 89960 0 46000 0 58538 0 897783 0 0 Ophir Singal Treasurer 0 428202 0 0 0 88468 0 18454 0 54186 0 589310 0 0 Asher Ostrin Former Vice President 0 0 0 0 0 311723 0 0 0 0 0 311723 0 0 Part I, Line 3 This organization operates with the administrative support of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ("JDC"). By virtue of this administrative support, the policies of the JDC apply to this organization. JDC's Human Resources Committee meets periodically to review and approve salaries and benefits of officers and key employees, as well as the overall annual compensation budget for the organization. Information is obtained from recent Form 990 filings of other comparable nonprofit organizations and shared with the committee. All members of the committee are independent directors/trustees of JDC for the purposes of performing compensation review. Part I, Line 4b Supplemental pension plan: Beginning in 2018, JDC provides additional benefits under the non-qualified supplemental pension plan ("SERP"). During 2024, Ophir Singal accrued benefits of $55,888 in the SERP. Deferred compensation: JDC offers its executive managers a non-matching deferred compensation plan. Participants can opt to defer a portion of their salary into an independently managed investment account owned by JDC. During 2024, the following individuals made the contributions below which has been reported as taxable compensation on Schedule J, Part II, Column B (iii): Ophir Singal: $30,000 Ariel Zwang: $86,000. Part II: In 2024, Asher Ostrin, former Director and Officer of the Organization, received $197,327 in deferred compensation and $114,396 in SERP distributions. The payments were related to services performed entirely outside of the U.S. for Buncher's related organization. The payments were not subject to U.S. tax withholding. Part V, line 2b: Buncher Charitable Fund ("Buncher") does not have its own employees; it shares employees with its parent organization, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. ("AJJDC"). All W-2s and required employment tax returns are filed by AJJDC. None of the compensation paid by AJJDC for the employees providing assistance to Buncher is allocated or reimbursed by Buncher. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Board officers and directors Ariel Zwang, Ophir Singal, Annie Sandler and Mark Sisisky are serving as Board members and/or officers of AJJDC, Buncher's parent organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 Organization's members: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ("AJJDC") is a sole member. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Power to appoint members of governing member: As a member, AJJDC may appoint directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b The Organization's governing body does not have committees. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Form 990 review process: The Form 990 is reviewed by an independent accounting firm. The organization's officers and directors are given a draft of the completed Form 990 for their review and comments. All comments are reviewed and incorporated into the final Form 990 prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Conflict of interest policy monitoring and enforcement: This JDC-support organization operates with the administrative support of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. ("JDC"). By virtue of this administrative support, the policies of the JDC apply to this JDC-support organization, including a whistleblower policy and the document retention and destruction policy. This JDC-support organization has adopted JDC's conflict of interest policy. All of the directors have confirmed that they have read and understood the conflict of interest policy and that to the best of their knowledge, they have no conflicts of interest with the JDC-support organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Documents available to the public: The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part VIII, Line 7d Realized gain: The realized gain is an allocation of pooled income from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (1)The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 220 E 42 St Ste 400 New York NY 10017 131656634 see part VII NY 501(c)(3) Line 7 N/A 0 (2)Swergold Family Foundation for Children 220 E 42 St Ste 400 New York NY 10017 264139621 see part VII DE 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I AJJDC 0 (3)The Thalheimer Family - JDC Support Fdn 220 E 42 St Ste 400 New York NY 10017 030391368 see part VII DE 501(c)(3) Line 12a, I AJJDC 0 (4)Charity Fund JDC 4th Roshinskiy Proezd 19 BUI Moscow RS see part VII RS AJJDC 0 (5)Intl Social Orgn AJJDC Inc Glibochitska St 17 Letter 1A Kyiv UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (6)Intl Public Organization United Joint Nizhinksaya St 77/79 Odesa UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (7)The American JJDC Inc Center Shalom-Aleihem St 4 Dnipro UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (8)Public Orn Joint in the NE Reg of Ukr Dzerzhinski District Tobolskaya Kharkiv UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (9)AJJDC Moldova Stradela 1 Aerodromului 5 Chisinau MD see part VII MD AJJDC 0 (10)Local Charity Fund Joint V Khoruzei St 22 App 3 Minsk BO see part VII BO AJJDC 0 (11)Joint Israel JDC Hill PO Box 3489 Jerusalem IS 91034 134203820 see part VII IS 501(c)(3) Line 7 AJJDC 0 (12)The Maurice & Vivienne Wohl Charitable Fdn PO Box 71 Road Town Craigmuir Chambers Tortol VQ see part VII VQ AJJDC 0 (13)Joint Bulgaria Association 50 Stambolijski Bvd Sofia BU 1303 see part VII BU AJJDC 0 (14)JDC Estonia Sihtausutus Ahtri 10B Tallinna Linn harju Maa Tallinn EN see part VII EN AJJDC 0 (15)Fundacja JDC Poland Twarda 6 Warsaw PL 00-105 see part VII PL AJJDC 0 (16)AJJDC - Europe Balmes 195 Barcelona SP 08006 see part VII SP AJJDC 0 (17)The AJJDC Deutschland EV Schlossgarten 2 Breisach GM 79206 see part VII GM AJJDC 0 (18)Public Organization Halom Kovpaka Str 17 Kyiv UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (19)The AJJDC (UK) Trust 20 Gloucester Place London UK W1U 8HA see part VII UK AJJDC 0 (20)Jewish Charity Foundation Beyteinu Sholudenko Str 1-B Kyiv UP see part VII UP Int'l Soc OR 0 (21)Leatid France 5 Avenue Matignon Paris FR 75008 see part VII FR AJJDC - Paris 0 (22)AJJDC Paris 5 Avenue Matignon Paris FR 75008 see part VII FR AJJDC 0 (23)Associata JDC-RO No 8-10 Maximilian Popper Str Bucharest RO 030863 see part VII RO AJJDC 0 (24)Indian Joint Trust DGRuparel Coll Bal Govind Matunga Mumbai IN 400 01 see part VII IN AJJDC 0 (25)JDC Switzerland Association 197A Route de Saint-Julien Geneva SZ see part VII SZ AJJDC 0 (26)Malben Institute JDC Hill PO Box 3489 Jerusalem IS 91304 see part VII IS AJJDC 0 (27)ELKA JDC Hill PO Box 3489 Jerusalem IS 91304 see part VII IS Joint Israel 0 (28)JDC Latin American Foundation Juncal 1392 Montevideo UY see part VII UY AJJDC 0 (29)AJJDC Europe Asia and Africa Ferenciek Tere 7-8 II LPH I/5 Budapest HU 1053 see part VII HU AJJDC 0 (30)JDC Hungary Foundation Ferenciek Tere 7-8 II LPH I/5 Budapest HU 1053 see part VII HU AJJDC 0 (31)Association Joint Distribution Committee 3 Rue Roget de LIsle Casablanca MO see part VII MO AJJDC 0 (32)Taub Center Haari St 15 PO Box 3489 Jerusalem IS 9103401 see part VII IS AJJDC 0 (33)Solomonica JCC Dnepropetrovsk Shalom-Aleihem St 4 App 26 Dnipro UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (34)Jewish Cultural Center Solomonika Shalom-Aleihem St 4 App 26 Dnipro UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (35)Wohl BVI Limited PO Box 71 Road Town Craigmuir Chambers Tortol VQ see part VII VQ AJJDC 0 (36)Jewish Cultural Center Kedem E Doga St 5 Chisinau MD see part VII MD AJJDC 0 (37)Jewish Distribution Committee in Georgia Vakhtang VI St 30 Tbilisi GG see part VII GG AJJDC 0 (38)Community Jewish Cultural Center Beith Ross Tobolskaya 46 Kharkiv UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (39)International Public Organization Jewish Joint Center for Development) Nizhinksaya St 77/79 Odesa UP see part VII UP AJJDC 0 (40)JDC International Ltd 19 Hartom St Jerusalem IS 91304 see part VII IS AJJDC 0 (1)AJJDC Real Estate Company Limited 20 Spyrou Kyprianou Ave 3rd Fl Nicosia CY 1075 Property Mgt CY N/A C 0 (2)Charitable Gift Annuity Trust (44) Gift Annuity NY N/A T 0 (3)Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust (3) Annuity Trust NY N/A T 0 (4)Menora LLC Nizhinskaya St 77/79 Odesa UP see part VII UP N/A C 0 (5)Solomonica LLC PO Box 71 Road Town Dnipro UP see part VII UP N/A C 0 (6)Beith Dan LLC Tobolskaya 46 Kharkiv UP see part VII UP N/A C 0 (7)Dekel LLC Bolshaya Nikitskaya St 47 Moscow RS see part VII RS N/A C 0 (8)AREC Moldova 5 E Doga Str Chisinau MD see part VII MD N/A C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee B 1150000 FMV Schedule R, Parts II and IV, Column (B) Primary activity of related organization: The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. - sponsor programs of relief, rescue, and reconstruction to meet Jewish needs. The Thalheimer Family - to sponsor and support the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's international programs of relief, rescue, and reconstruction for Jewish people throughout the world. Swergold Family Foundation for Children in Crisis - supports JDC mission and programs aiding children in crisis. Joint Israel - to help Israel's most disadvantaged population: children, youth at risk, immigrants, the elderly, and people with disabilities. The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Charitable Foundation - special trust established primarily to aid needy Jews in former Soviet Union. The AJJDC (U.K. Trust) - to advance the charitable and educational purpose of JDC. Charity Fund JDC; Int'l Social Organization AJJDC, Inc. Center; Int'l Public Organization United Joint; the American AJJDC Inc. Center; Public Orn. Joint in the NE Reg. of Ukr.; AJJDC in Moldova; Local Charity Fund Joint; Menora LLC; Solominka LLC; Beith Dan LLC; Dekel LLC; Joint Bulgaria Association; JDC Estonia Sihtasutus; Fundacja JDC Poland; AJJDC - Europe; Indian Joint Trust; JDC Switzerland Association; The AJJDC, Deutschland E.V.; Public Organization Halom; Jewish Charity Foundation Beyteinu; Leatid France; AJJDC Paris; Asociatia JDC-RO; Malben Institute; ELKA; AREC Moldova; JDC International LTD; JDC Latin America; AJJDC Europe, Asia, and Africa Foundation; JDC Hungary Foundation; Association JDC; Taub Center; Solomonica JCC Dnepropetrovsk; Jewish Cultural Center Solomonika; Wohl BVI Limited; Community Cultural Center Beith Ross; AJJDC - Georgia; International Public Organization "Jewish Joint Center for Development", Jewish Cultural Center Kedem: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ("JDC") is a worldwide organization that operates in 12 of the 15 Former Soviet Union republics ("FSU") as well as Eastern Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. JDC entities in these regions focus on the following programmatic initiatives: Providing food, medicine, home care, and winter relief for Holocaust survivors and elderly Jews; delivering nutritional assistance, healthcare, financial support, and child-development services to the neediest children and their families. Renewal and support of Jewish life by developing and maintaining community infrastructure, leadership, and educational resources. Developing tomorrow's Jewish leaders by training volunteers and professionals to lay the foundation for communal Jewish life and nurturing emerging visionaries to create Jewish learning initiatives and experiences for children and youth.