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Nonprofit · EIN 11-3533002

FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC

Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10016

Financials

$144.9M$145.8M2023$79M$41.9M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$78,998,344$41,907,446$37,090,898$90,646,990$5,752,976$84,894,014
December 31, 2023990$144,946,794$145,827,389-$880,595$96,829,376$49,788,138$47,041,238
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$74,820,883
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,228,050
Net gain from sales of assets
-$12,773
Net income from fundraising events
-$118,774
Other revenue
-$50,589

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$26,222,619
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,801,521
Other salaries and wages
$4,872,548
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$7,574,508
Professional fundraising fees
$486,203
Legal fees
$49,423
Accounting fees
$60,768
Occupancy
$300,191
Travel
$832,523
Depreciation
$5,286
Program services (functional)
$30,163,898
Management and general (functional)
$5,162,011
Fundraising (functional)
$6,581,537

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$96,829,376
Total assets, end of year
$90,646,990
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,752,976
Net assets, end of year
$84,894,014
Land, buildings and equipment
$6,811
Publicly traded securities
$10,707,039
Net assets without donor restrictions
$62,751,267
Net assets with donor restrictions
$22,142,747
Gross unrelated business income
$35,229
Gross receipts
$86,656,073
Employees
51
Volunteers
82
Year formed
2000
State of legal domicile
NY

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
ELIEZER YEHUDA BEERPRESIDENT
Officer
40$557,705$131,086
MICHAEL LITTENBERG-BROWNVICE PRESIDENT
Officer
40$499,008$13,743
DANIELLE DAVIDNATIONAL MAJOR GIFTS DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$297,838$25,337
JASON MICHAEL KATZDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$279,234$29,941
MIRIAM AHUVA BERGERCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$282,060$14,850
BRADLEY YELLENWest Coast Regional Director
Highest-paid employee
40$159,299$85,256
GREGORY MENKENVICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS (AS OF 01/2024)
Key employee
40$193,143$24,186
MICHAEL YUDIENMAJOR GIFTS DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$193,080$11,190
ALISON DANIELLE BROOKSSENIOR DIRECTOR OF EVENTS (THRU 11/2024)
Highest-paid employee
40$189,408$9,826
CATHERINE WEISSSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
DAN SOMMERBOARD MEMBER/TREASURER (AS OF 12/2024)
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
JOEL WIENERTREASURER/BOARD MEMBER (THRU 03/31/2024)
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARK GERSONCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ABBIE GREEN FRIEDMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ADAM WESTREICHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
76 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ADELE SANDBERGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ALAN TISCHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ALEX GOLDBERGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ALICIA YACOBYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ALLAN WEISSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
AMY KORENVAESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ASHER MILSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
AVI TOBIASBOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/01/2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
BARBARA SILBERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BARBARA WEICHSELBAUMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BASHEVA GOLDBERGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BERT COHENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BOB RAMSEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BORIS TIOMKINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BRAD SPIEGELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
CRAIG DELIGDISHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DANIEL KATZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DANIEL SCHWARTZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DAVID NAGELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DOV PERLYSKYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DR ARI CIMENTBOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/01/2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
ELON GOLDBOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/01/2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
ERIC REINERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
GEORGE WEISSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
HARLAN KORENVAESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
HON DAVID FRIEDMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
IRIS MAIDENBAUMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ISAAC G GINDIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JAY SCHOTTENSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JEFF AEDERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JEFF GOLDSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JEROME FALICBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JOANN ENGELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JOEL SANDBERGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JOSEPH KORNWASSERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
KARIN SPORNBOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/01/2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
KEITH ROSENBLOOMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LAURENCE AINOUZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LAWRENCE PLATTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LAZER MILSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LEON WAGNERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LINDA LAULICHTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LINDA SALAMONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LOIS EYALBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LYDIA WEISSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LYNN GOLBERSTEINBOARD MEMBER (THRU 11/14/2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
LYNN LEIGHTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MARGO COHENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MARIAN KLEIN-FELDTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MARK ENGELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MARK SCHURGINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MARK SILBERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MICHAEL NOVACKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MICHAEL SHABSELSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MICHAEL STAENBERGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MURRAY GOLDBERGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MURRAY LAULICHTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
NEIL BOOKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
NOAH ELBOGENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
PAUL KRUSSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
PAUL LEIGHTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
RABBI ERICA GERSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
RAYMOND GINDIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
RICHARD KATZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ROBERT DIENERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ROBERT HARTMANBOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/01/2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
RON DANIELSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
SAMUEL MEYERBOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/01/2024)
Trustee or director
2$0
SHALOM MAIDENBAUMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
SHARON STAMMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
STEVE HORNSTEINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
SUNNY SASSOONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
TAMMY FRIEDMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
TILA FALIC LEVIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
YARON CARNIBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
YORAM COHENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 83 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
BEER ELIEZER YEHUDAPRESIDENT
Officer
40$530,206$12,594
LITTENBERG BROWN MICHAELVICE PRESIDENT
Officer
40$461,818$15,078
DAVID DANIELLENATIONAL MAJOR GIFTS DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$268,094$25,530
KATZ JASON MICHAELDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$260,873$23,193
BERGER MIRIAM AHUVACHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$262,025$15,553
YELLEN BRADLEYWEST COAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$205,004$30,546
WEISS TRACYDIRECTOR OF FUNDRAISING OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$165,684$18,616
GERSON MARKCHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
WIENER JOELTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
WEISS CATHERINESECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
AEDER JEFFBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
AINOUZ LAURENCEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
BOOK NEILBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
CARNI YARONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
COHEN BERTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
COHEN MARGOBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
COHEN YORAMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DANIELS RONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DAVIDFRIEDMAN HONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DELIGDISH CRAIGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DIENER ROBERTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ELBOGEN NOAHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ENGEL JOANNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ENGEL MARKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
EYAL LOISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
FALIC JEROMEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
FALICLEVI TILABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
FRIEDMAN TAMMYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GERSON RABBI ERICABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GINDI ISAACBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GINDI RAYMONDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GOLBERSTEIN LYNNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GOLDBERG ALEXBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GOLDBERG BASHEVABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GOLDBERG MURRAYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GOLDSTEIN JEFFBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GREENFRIEDMAN ABBIEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
HORNSTEIN STEVEEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JOELSANDBERG DR JOELEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KATZ DANIELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KATZ RICHARDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KLEIN-FELDT MARIANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KORENVAES AMYEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KORENVAES HARLANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KORNWASSER JOSEPHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KRUSS PAULBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LAULICHT LINDABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LAULICHT MURRAYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LEIGHT LYNNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LEIGHT PAULBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MAIDENBAUM IRISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MAIDENBAUM SHALOMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MILSTEIN ASHERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MILSTEIN LAZERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
NAGEL DAVIDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
NOVACK MICHAELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
PERLYSKY DOVBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
PLATT LAWRENCEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
RAMSEY BOBBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
REINER ERICBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROSENBLOOM KEITHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SALAMON LINDABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SANDBERG ADELEEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SASSOON SUNNYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SCHOTTENSTEIN JAYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SCHURGIN MARKEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SCHWARTZ DANIELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SHABSELS MICHAELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SILBER BARBARABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SILBER MARKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SOMMER DANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SPIEGEL BRADBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
STAENBERG MICHAELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
STAMM SHARONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
TIOMKIN BORISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
TISCH ALANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WAGNER LEONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WEICHSELBAUM BARBARABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WEISS ALLANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WEISS GEORGEEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WEISS LYDIABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WESTREICH ADAMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0
YACOBY ALICIABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
244 MADISON AVENUE SUITE 194, NEW YORK, NY 10016-2817
In care of
% JULIUS KLEIN
Mailing address (990-N for 2007)
c/o Wercberger 1457 44th Street, Brooklyn NY 11219
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ELIEZER BEER, 244 MADISON AVENUE SUITE 194, NEW YORK, NY 10016
Principal officer (990-N for 2007)
Claudine Wercberger, 1457 44th Street, Brooklyn NY 11219
Signed the 990
ELIEZER BEER, PRESIDENT
Phone
(646) 833-7108
Return prepared by
BDO USA

Mission

FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH, INC .(FOUH) RAISES AND PROVIDES FUNDING TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE MEDICAL AND TRAUMA-RELATED FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WORLD. FOUH FOCUSES THE MAJORITY OF ITS SUPPORT ON UNITED HATZALAH OF ISRAEL (UH) AND ITS CORE OF VOLUNTEERS. UH IS ISRAEL'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE THAT SERVES ANYONE IN NEED OF CARE, ENTIRELY FOR FREE. UH'S MISSION IS TO SAVE LIVES IN ISRAEL, AND AT TIMES AROUND THE WORLD, BY RESPONDING TO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES WITHIN THE FIRST CRITICAL MINUTES OF A MEDICAL CRISIS. THEIR 8,000+ VOLUNTEERS - INCLUDING EMTS, PARAMEDICS, DOCTORS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS - PROVIDE LIFESAVING MEDICAL CARE ON THE SCENE, PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF AN AMBULANCE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH, INC. (FOUH) RAISES AND PROVIDES FUNDING TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE MEDICAL AND TRAUMA-RELATED FIRST RESPONDER SERVICES IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WORLD. FOUH FOCUSES THE MAJORITY OF ITS SUPPORT ON UNITED HATZALAH OF ISRAEL (UH) AND ITS CORE OF VOLUNTEERS. UH IS ISRAEL'S LARGEST INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE THAT SERVES ANYONE IN NEED OF CARE, ENTIRELY FOR FREE. FOUH FUNDS A PROGRAM SUPPORTING UH VOLUNTEERS IN ISRAEL. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TRAINING, RECOGNITION, AND SOCIAL EVENTS FOR UH VOLUNTEERS.
    Expenses $30,163,898 · grants $26,222,619

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
11-3533002
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2001
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$90,646,990
Income (IRS master file)
$86,656,073

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$78,998,344$41,907,446$90,646,990IRS
990-TDecember 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$144,946,794$145,827,389$96,829,376XML
990-TDecember 2023–––IRS
990December 2022$48,606,164$36,299,092$51,754,765IRS
990-TDecember 2022–––IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990-TDecember 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS
990-N for 2007
Officer: Claudine Wercberger
December 31, 2007≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 11-3533002).

Questions about FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC

What is the EIN of FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC is 11-3533002.
Is FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.
Are donations to FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ELIEZER BEER.
Who are the officers and directors of FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 91 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $557,705 (ELIEZER YEHUDA BEER, PRESIDENT).
How much revenue does FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $78,998,344, expenses of $41,907,446 and total assets of $90,646,990 at year end.

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