2026-07-22T17:17:46-07:00 2025-09-30 473069962 ABRAHAMS & ASSOCIATES 785 WILLIAMS ST 422 LONGMEADOW MA 01106 990 2024-10-01 954785834 The Jester & Pharley Phund JEST 3105444733 PO Box 817 Palos Verdes Estates CA 90274 Barbara Saltzman President 3105444733 2025-11-18 true Deanna Abrahams P01245743 7149630773 2026-07-22 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Barbara Saltzman PO Box 817 Palos Verdes Estates CA 90274 284312 false X www.TheJester.org X 2000 CA The Jester & Pharley Phund is dedicated to providing educational experiences that give every child a sense of hope, a feeling of self-empowerment, a love of learning, the joy of laughter, and the desire to live up to The Jester & Pharleys motto: Its up to us to make a difference. Its up to us to care. 18 18 2 5 -13250 0 231668 268148 0 9112 8045 -22864 -13250 217916 262943 0 0 164596 161718 0 0 69084 75499 233680 237217 -15764 25726 550586 599824 6909 16162 543677 583662 The Jester & Pharley Phund is dedicated to engaging underserved and ill children through the joys of reading and laughter, empowering them with greater self-efficacy, resilience, compassion and hope for the future. Our programs are centered on the award-winning childrens book The Jester Has Lost His Jingle, written and illustrated by David Saltzman who died in 1990 at 22 from cancer. His story, now in its 30th year of publication, inspires children to live up to The Jester & Pharleys motto: Its up to us to make a difference. Its up to us to care. false false 64988 0 0 Our medical program - Smiles For Kids With Cancer - brings educational and emotional support to hospitalized children while providing health-care professionals with powerful tools to raise the spirits of ill children and their families with the original English Jester or our bilingual English/Spanish edition. To date, 82,010 Jester books have been donated to over 440 hospitals and medical-support organizations, including 5,053 books during this fiscal year. Support comes from foundations, businesses, civic groups and individuals. Jester books are distributed on an ongoing basis according to each hospitals needs. Expenses include the printing and personalizing of each bookplate acknowledging the donor(s) of each gift book and Jester & Pharley Doll as well as the cost of goods, communication, storage, packaging and shipping. Hospitals, cancer-support centers and recipient families have particularly appreciated the donation of Jester books in 2024-25 because The Jesters emotional support helps children cope with post-covid depression and sadness. Thank you for giving critically ill children and their families strength and hope for happier, healthier days, reported the Washington, D.C., Ronald McDonald House guest services manager. 154531 0 0 Our literacy programs increase elementary students interest in reading - opening the door to academic success. Motivating assemblies inspire students to join a Jester Read-A-Thon that generates the donation of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle books and Jester & Pharley Dolls to local hospitalized children. In the process, students get hooked on reading - raising grade-level reading, test scores, fluency and comprehension while developing growing empathy for others. During the last 24 years, students have read over 57 million pages to help ill children benefit from The Jesters messages of self-empowerment, perseverance and humor. Expenses include the printing and personalizing of each bookplate acknowledging the donor(s) of each gift book and doll as well as the cost of project development, assemblies, communication, goods, storage, packaging, transportation and shipping. A. Reading Makes A Difference (RMD) We bring this sponsor-supported program celebrating literacy to low-income schools. The program helps further educational equity among disenfranchised students coping with poverty, social isolation and learning loss. The school receives three Jester & Pharley Phund educator-developed Jester enrichment manuals for each classroom that complement state standards plus a copy of the hardcover bilingual English/Spanish Jester. A meaningful PowerPoint presentation with motivating assemblies expands student interest in reading - furthering academic achievement and compassion. Support comes from foundations, businesses, civic groups and individuals. A 12th grade college applicant who participated in our program as an elementary student, said that Reading can change your life in many ways. I always want to comfort people who are ill to help them out. This program inspired me. Educators have asked us to expand our focus on social emotional learning so that students and families can benefit even more from the late authors central messages of hope, resilience, perseverance, humor and optimism during this unsettling time. In fiscal year 2024-25, the 14 underserved schools enthusiastically participating in our RMD program read 1,362,210 pages, resulting in 448 Jester books and 349 Jester & Pharley Dolls donated to hospitals in their communities. B. Reading To Give (RTG) Students from middle-income elementary schools, inspired by The Jester, create a Jester Read-A-Thon to raise funds among family and friends to donate Jester books and Jester & Pharley Dolls to local pediatric patients. While the RTG program didnt take place in fiscal 2024-25, we anticipate schools joining this project again soon. Said one former participant about the impact of The Jester: Its one of my personal favorites with a beautiful message of hope and joy. I hope that it helps more children find joy during these difficult days. 219519 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false 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 false false true 0 0 true 2 true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 18 18 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X Barbara Saltzman 3105444733 PO Box 817 Palos Verdes Estates CA 90274 X Barbara Saltzman President 20.00 X X 0 0 0 Allan Jones Vice President 15.00 X X 0 0 0 Joe Saltzman Vice President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Amy Forte Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Liz Mitchell Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Ernie Arboles Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Craig Fox Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mandaar Gokhale MD Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mauricio Heilbron Jr MD Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Belma Johnson Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Divya Joshi MD Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Beth Kleid Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brittany Kravat Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Zachary Kravat Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Saltzman Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Saltzman Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mark Wiedenmann Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Deborah Zwelling Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 268148 268148 8045 0 8045 8119 21369 -13250 -13250 262943 0 -13250 8045 129720 123234 6486 0 21465 20392 1073 0 10533 10006 527 0 1000 0 1000 0 3140 2983 157 0 1673 1506 167 0 5747 5172 575 0 1200 1140 60 0 1226 1103 123 0 1435 0 1435 0 11463 10317 1146 0 Storage 5315 5315 0 0 Auto Expense 7065 6712 353 0 Education Program Expense 2891 2891 0 0 Taxes and Licenses 1466 0 1466 0 31878 28748 3130 0 237217 219519 17698 0 59485 46171 145377 177002 13181 4370 64280 91806 18996 18996 1435 0 266828 280475 550586 599824 3156 12203 0 0 3753 3959 6909 16162 X 543677 583662 543677 583662 550586 599824 25726 14259 X false false false X 0 222601 384978 179913 231668 268148 1287308 0 0 222601 384978 179913 231668 268148 1287308 773115 514193 4134 3865 6402 9112 8045 31558 0 0 1318866 0.38990 0.40470 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 18996 18996 0 0 Other current liabilities 3959 3959 Pt VI, Line 2 The following board memebers have a family relationship with other board members: Barbara Saltzman and Joe Saltzman are married. Michael Saltzman is Barbara and Joes son and he is married to Jennifer Saltzman Pt VI, Line 12c Board members are required annually to review and sign a Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement Pt VI, Line 15a Other than the Executive Director, the organization currently does not have any top management officials or other key employees that are compensated. The President, who serves without compensation, compiles available comparability data in the determination of salaries for the Executive Director and any other top management officials or key employees. The data and recommendation of salary based on studying the comparables is presented to the Board of Governors and the suggested salary is discussed and voted upon. Pt VI, Line 19 The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public on its website and upon request. Pt VI, Line 11b The form 990 will be sent to the President, Treasurer and Executive Director for review and approval and circulated to all members of the governing body prior to filing Pt VI, Line 15b Other than the Executive Director, the organization currently does not have any top management officials or other key employees that are compensated. The President, who serves without compensation, compiles available comparability data in the determination of salaries for the Executive Director and any other top management officials or key employees. The data and recommendation of salary based on studying the comparables is presented to the Board of Governors and the suggested salary is discussed and voted upon. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Bank fees 115. 0. 115. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Payroll fees 1372. 0. 1372. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Payment Processing fees 1025. 513. 512. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Comp Maintenance 1511. 1360. 151. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Design & Graphics 913. 913. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Dues & Subscriptions 412. 412. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Outside Services 464. 394. 70. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Shipping expense 8019. 7618. 401. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Postage expense 1278. 1214. 64. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Printing 752. 714. 38. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Saltzman Fundraiser 8313. 8313. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Telephone 1676. 1592. 84. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Training/Seminars 444. 400. 44. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Website Development 988. 939. 49. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Workers Compensation 4596. 4366. 230. 0.