2026-04-22T13:30:17-07:00 2025-06-30 203918302 Steven Pollack CPA 40 Huckleberry Way Turnersville NJ 08012 990 2024-07-01 232014120 FOLKSHULN OF PHILADELPHIA INC FOLK 2152481550 PO BOX 573 Lafayette Hill PA 19444 ADRIENNE JOHNSON TREASURER 2152481550 2025-10-20 true true Steven Pollack P00552561 2677670692 2026-04-22 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JEWISH CHILDREN'S FOLKSHUL ADRIENNE JOHNSON 1004 THOMAS RD PLYMOUTH MEETING PA 19462 204516 false X WWW.FOLKSHUL.ORG X 1970 PA THE ORGANIZATION IS A SECULAR HUMANIST PRIVATE SUNDAY SCHOOL, WHICH TEACHES JEWISH HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TO APPROXIMATELY 125 CHILDREN. 6 6 22 0 0 0 44144 32183 141105 155867 12658 15256 2649 1210 200556 204516 0 0 92175 88914 0 2870 86314 97551 178489 186465 22067 18051 190711 209822 6256 7316 184455 202506 THE ORGANIZATION IS A SECULAR HUMANIST PRIVATE SUNDAY SCHOOL, WHICH TEACHES JEWISH HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TO APPROXIMATELY 70 CHILDREN. false false 29247 14122 120869 Youth Education Program: At the core of Folkshul is its youth education program, serving K-9th grade students with weekly instruction by certified teachers on Sunday mornings. The Folkshul curriculum is centered on fostering an identity through learning about the ideas, values, ethics, activities, traditions and celebrations of secular humanistic Jews and providing opportunities for students to practice what they learn. After completion of the 9th grade, our students are given the opportunity to become working assistants in our classrooms and community until their graduation from High School. Over 75% of rising 10th graders become Folkshul Assistants each year. 4972 0 8380 Breit Mitzvah Program: Folkshul offers Bar and Bat Mitzvah in a manner unique to secular humanistic Jews. Working with a mentor, the child will spend several months researching and developing a presentation for their family, friends, classmates, and the Folkshul community. Together with the Lifecycle Coordinator, the family prepares a ceremony which reflects their love for, and ties to one another as well as their connection to their Jewish past and future. Our community is diverse, and the process of becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in our community allows significant room for the students and their families to express their own feelings and orientations towards their Jewishness, integrating his/her personal interests with his/her Jewish values and knowledge. Topics of recent Breit Mitzvah include: Jewish Immigration; HIAS and Todays Immigration; Jewish Food; Mythology; Anti- Jewish Propaganda in Nazi Germany; Klezmer Music; African American and Jewish Relations; History of the Bar Mitzvah and Rites of Passage in other Cultures; The Plight of Argentinean Jews; The Use of Wine in Jewish Tradition; and Art Created by Concentration Camp Victims. 58540 0 0 ALL OTHER MEMBER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 92759 true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 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 true 0 0 true 22 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false true true true true true false false true false false false false true false PA X ADRIENNE JOHNSON TRESURER 2152481550 1004 THOMAS RD PLYMOUTH MEETING PA 19462 X RICHARD FRANKEL INTERIM PRESIDENT 2.00 X 0 0 0 ADRIENNE JOHNSON TREASURER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROB WEXLER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MEG MILLENSKY BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY LEVINE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MILLER GENTRY-SHARP SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 32183 32183 TUITION 900099 120869 0 0 MEMBERSHIP FEES 900099 34998 0 0 155867 15256 0 0 1210 0 0 1210 0 1210 204516 171123 0 1210 82591 29067 53524 0 6323 2244 4079 0 14820 0 14820 0 242 242 0 0 14124 9278 4846 0 2398 0 0 2398 1681 808 804 69 22482 22482 0 0 9329 0 9329 0 SCHOLARSHIP EXPENSE 15829 15829 0 0 PROGRAM EXPENSES 8850 8661 185 4 FUNDRAISING COSTS 1098 1093 0 5 BAD DEBT 2805 2805 0 0 3893 250 3249 394 186465 92759 90836 2870 24595 18747 56067 77539 2590 186 155 107023 113131 250 250 190711 209822 2576 2361 3680 4955 6256 7316 X 77432 89375 107023 113131 184455 202506 190711 209822 18051 X true X false true false X 0 0 0 0 0 0 F BENEFICIAL INTEREST COMM. FDN. 113131 F 113131 X Pt X, Line 2 The Organization is a non-profit organization that is exempt from income taxes under the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) (3), and is exempt from state income taxes under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. The Organization has adopted current accounting principles for uncertain income tax positions that require evaluation of tax positions taken on its income tax returns and recognizing a tax assets or liability if the position would not be sustained under audit. The Organizations policy is to record interest and penalties from tax examinations as income taxes. For federal income tax purposes, the returns remain open for possible examination three years after they are filed. true true true true true true true false false false false false false false false false false true Line 3 RACIAL NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY IS PUBLISHED IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER IN PAST YEARS. THE ORGANIZATION MAKES IT KNOWN IN INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND ANY PLANNED EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS THAT IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. RACIAL NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY IS PUBLISHED IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER. Pt VI, Line 7a THE BOARD ELECTS THE GOVERNING BODY. Pt VI, Line 7b THE ORGANIZATIONS BUDGET IS SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL. Pt VI, Line 11b MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE 990 PRIOR TO FILING AND HAVE TIME TO COMENT BEFORE IT IS FILED. Pt VI, Line 15b SALARIES OF TEACHERS EMPLOYED BY THE ORGANIZATION ARE DETERMINED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR, BASED ON LOCAL COMPARABLE SALARY DATA. SALARIES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AT THE TIME THE BUDGET IS APPROVED. Pt VI, Line 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND OTHER INFORNMATION ARE PROVIDED TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UPON REQUEST. Pt VI, Line 6 THE ORGANIZATION IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION.