2025-12-17T07:37:11-08:00 2025-06-30 621317955 Cooper Travis & Company PLC 3008 Poston Ave Nashville TN 37203 990 2024-07-01 621649210 The Tennessee Holocaust Commission Inc TENN 6155278114 PO Box 59252 Nashville TN 37205 Mark Schiftan Chairman 2025-12-17 true true Philip T Travis CPA P00031688 6153294500 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Rabbi Mark Schiftan PO Box 59252 Nashville TN 37205 2841891 false X N/A X 1996 TN Promotes remembrance of the Holocaust to fight prejudice and encourage tolerance (see Sch. O) 15 14 4 0 2820356 0 21535 0 2841891 4749 0 309705 0 0 354022 668476 2173415 1148674 3331786 1043 3749 1147631 3328037 X Educate about the history of the Holocaust, seeking to remind citizens that prejudice, hatred, and violence, as manifested in the Holocaust and other genocides, leads to the destruction of a humane society. false false 235718 Exhibitions - The Commission manages several exhibits. The most ambitious project for the state of Tennessee, entitled Living On: Portraits of Tennessee survivors and liberators, recorded stories and portraits of Holocaust survivors, refugees, and US Army personnel who liberated survivors or experienced the events of the Holocaust firsthand. What began as an intention to record biographical accounts for historical purposes became a rich, multifacted artistic and education model that has drawn audiences from across the state. Living on Now includes a museum exhibition, public programs, a teacher seminar and a variety of printed materials supplied to every venue, including teacher materials. The Commission also manages two other exhibits/ An exhibit entitled Perpetrators portrays the people who made Hitler possible and is designed to educate and provoke study and discussion. The Nelly Toll exhibit is a series of watercolor paintings based on the childhood memories of Nelly Toll who was 6 years old when the Nazis occupied Poland in September 1939. 95716 Community Events - The Commission plans and hosts a variety of community events around the state and virtually. These include Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) events, Survivor speakers, Library programming, and various educational webinars that are open to the public. These programs are either requested by an outside entity or created by staff and put on in locations and manners to provide Holocaust education to the community at large. 64639 Education Outreach Programs - These programs serve teachers and students in public, private, home-school, and parochial settings throughout the state. These programs include annual conferences in the three grand divisions of the state. These conferences are designed to introduce teachers and students to in-depth study on research focused topics regarding the Holocaust. Conferences include sessions with survivors who were eyewitnesses to this crisis in history or their children as well as training from staff historian or other experts in the field. These programs typically are requested by an outside educational entity. During 2025, the program supported 25 educators on an educational 8 day tour of Poland that included visiting Auschwitz, Treblinka and both Warsaw and Krakow Ghettos. 62818 Teacher Resources and Lending Library - This education program provides classrooms with multimedia tools, including books, first-person testimonies, videos, maps, lesson plans, student activities, and reference materials about the Holocaust to public school systems as well as private schools and colleges in Tennessee. Upon request from the schools, resources and materials are loaned and shipped to the schools at no expense to the schools. 14183 24000 Belz-Lipman Award - This is an annual award presented to teacher participants in each of the three grand divisions of the state for excellence in teaching about the Holocaust. 77001 24000 473074 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 6 0 false 4 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 15 14 true false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true true false TN X Mark Schiftan 6155278114 PO Box 59252 Nashville TN 37205 Alyssa Trachtman Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 84000 0 0 Billy Orgel Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jack Belz Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Lewis Reich Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Adam Exelbird Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jan Groveman Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Katherine High Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Adler Thorp Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alison Lebovitz Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Josh Lipman Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frederica Saharovici Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rabbi Mark Schiftan Chairman 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds Comm of Ed 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rep Mark White TN Rep 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 E Thomas Wood Commissioner 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 84000 0 false false false 0 685000 2135356 2820356 0 21535 21535 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2841891 21535 0 4749 4749 0 0 84000 50400 33600 0 225705 135424 90281 0 0 0 0 0 32222 32222 0 0 725 725 0 4932 4932 851 851 14764 14764 0 7762 7762 33971 33053 918 0 21636 18810 2826 0 0 0 2360 2360 Program Outreach 221520 218684 2836 Grants and awards 6760 6760 Supplies 5194 5194 Dues and Subscriptions 1325 1325 0 668476 473074 195402 0 50355 2259425 328081 286170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16403 16403 0 698024 710380 72213 75811 0 0 1 0 1148674 3331786 1043 3749 1043 3749 X 722412 3250267 425219 77770 1147631 3328037 1148674 3331786 2173415 6991 X false true X true false X 543331 454865 625246 447989 2820296 4891727 0 0 543331 454865 625246 447989 2820296 4891727 2100563 2791164 4560 1292 4212 27035 43031 80130 0 0 4971857 0.56140 0.96480 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 72212 7903 3668 636 75811 68994 6868 3438 212 72212 67086 5324 3416 68994 80171 -9094 3991 67086 67770 15901 3500 80171 true false false 16403 16403 X 2841891 2841891 2841891 668476 668476 668476 Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. The Organization's Endowment Funds are used to pay out funds from the endowment to the Commission, or a beneficiary the Commission designates. Part X : FIN48 Footnote Below is an excerpt from Footnote 2 of the audited financial statements for Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Inc.The Commission has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a not-for-profit corporation, as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and is exempt from federal income taxes on related income pursuant to Section 501(a) of the IRC. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements.The Commission accounts for uncertainty in income tax positions by applying a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has analyzed the tax positions taken and has concluded that as of June 30, 2021, there are no tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Commission is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions. As of June 30, 2025, the Commission did not record any penalties or interest associated with uncertain tax positions. The Commissions prior three tax years are open and subject to examination by taxing authorities. There are currently no examinations pending or in progress. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.