AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC

Financials

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.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

220 E 42ND ST RM 400, NEW YORK, NY 10017-5833

In care of

% ALIYAH KOZIROVSKY-RATSEN

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

Ariel Zwang, 220 E 42nd Street 400, New York, NY 10017

Signed the 990

Ophir Singal, CFO

Phone

(212) 687-6200

Website

www.jdc.org

Return prepared by

Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

Mission

Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has acted on behalf of North America's Jewish communities and others to fulfill the principle that "kol Yisrael arevim zeh l'zeh" - all Jews are responsible for one another. JDC is dedicated (cont. on sched. O)

Program accomplishments

• Saving Jewish Lives: Relief and social welfare programs provide human services and support to Jews in need in countries around the world. Services are provided to those individuals that meet criteria relevant to the local environment, such as poverty and income levels, the existence or lack of available social services within a country, and consideration for physical mobility, disabilities, and unique circumstances. Programs include: 1)food and nutritional support; 2)development of social services; 3)homecare; 4)medical services, equipment, and medicines; 5)emergency grants.Ukraine CrisisIn 2024, JDC continued its historic and (cont. on Sched. O) wide-ranging response to the conflict in Ukraine, which required increased emergency humanitarian support work in the country, in numerous European border countries hosting refugees, and other post-Soviet nations impacted by the crisis and global inflation.JDC continued to leverage its preexisting infrastructure in Ukraine (including its social service center network, JCCs, thousands of JDC staff, social service center professionals, homecare workers, and JDC-trained Jewish community volunteers) and partnerships with local Jewish communities in Europe to use them for emergency response, in which they worked on multiple fronts: In Ukraine, JDC provided ongoing care and essential aid to over 36,300 vulnerable Jewish elderly, children, "new poor" clients, and the displaced; 2,300 community members of all ages received psychological support from eight JDC Trauma Support Centers; and 29,000 received winter survival assistance. Together with local European Jewish communities, JDC provided support to 9,000 Ukrainian Jewish refugees, including long term integration support from housing to education, employment and trauma care, and Jewish community participation. To date, JDC delivered more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid including food, medicine, and other crucial supplies to Jews in Ukraine and Moldova. Beyond Ukraine In addition to Ukraine, JDC continued to work across the former Soviet Union addressing the humanitarian needs of tens of thousands of vulnerable Jews and building Jewish life. For more than three decades, JDC has done this nonpolitical work across 2,000 locations in 11 countries, from Moldova to Russia, Georgia to Belarus, and nations across the Caucuses and Central Asia. Assistance was delivered through our network of 62 Hesed social service centers, supplemented by a corps of nearly 6,600 volunteers, trained and deployed through JDC-supported Volunteer Centers across the FSU. In 2024, JDC provided 66,115 of the most vulnerable Jewish elderly in the former Soviet Union (FSU) with much-needed relief and welfare services. We provided 19,521 needy elderly in the former Soviet Union with approximately more than 23 million hours of homecare. Africa & AsiaIn 2024, JDC served as a crucial connection for Jewish communities that are feeling isolated after October 7th, providing emergency grants for security needs in Turkey, and psychological support for children in Morocco. Global NeedsJDC's continuing work with Jewish communities around the world focused on vulnerable populations, including support for thousands of needy Jews in Venezuela, Cuba, and in Argentina, where an ongoing recession plunged growing numbers of households into poverty. After massive flooding in Poland, JDC provided essential humanitarian aid to dozens of the most impacted Jewish families.
  Expenses $201,104,304 · grants $167,458,791
• Innovative social services in Israel: JDC assists vulnerable Jews throughout the world. This mission is crucial in Israel, where JDC provides aid to Israel's most vulnerable citizens, including unemployed Israelis, children at risk, elderly and Israelis with disabilities. JDC uses a unique model, which maximizes our impact. JDC promotes innovation, running pilot programs to develop and test more promising ways to deliver social services. If a new idea succeeds, the Israeli government takes over the program and implements it throughout the nation. JDC uses the acronym "DNA" to describe this approach, since our involvement with a pilot has three stages: 1) design (i.e., coming up with a new idea); 2) nurture (i.e., testing the new (cont. on Sched. O) program); and 3) accelerate (i.e., if it works, scaling it up and handing it off to be replicated). Before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and subsequent war, one million Israelis every week were touched by social services created by JDC. JDC leveraged its 100+ year presence in Israel to immediately respond to the October 7th attacks and ongoing war. In 2024, JDC's ongoing emergency response helped over 550,000 Israelis in need, including those suffering from mental distress, physically injured in combat, displaced from their homes, and many other vulnerable and disadvantaged populations.JDC focused on rebuilding northern and southern communities, working with local, regional, and the national government to get systems back into full operation to pave a path to recovery. JDC's Northern emergency operation alone assisted 18 at-risk locations across the country, directly aiding over 150,000 people, and JDC's flagship Mashiv Haruach operated in 4 frontline cities assisting over 84,000 residents and was set to expand to more northern communities, promoting resilience, healing, and economic and personal recovery.Led by JDC's disaster relief and international development unit, the organization also delivered 600,000+ pieces of medical equipment and supplies, as well as emergency response training, to 85 frontline municipalities in Israel's south & north, hospitals, and facilities housing evacuees with disabilities.
  Expenses $111,396,929 · grants $50,527,363
• Building Jewish life: JDC strengthens Jewish communities in three ways. First, JDC helps build Jewish identity and engagement among Jews with a variety of levels of Jewish affiliation through inclusive, pluralistic programs focused on Jewish culture and traditions. Second, JDC nurtures institutions and trains leaders so communities are efficient, transparent, representative, and self-reliant. Third, JDC urges communities to care for their most vulnerable members. As a result, there are synergies between our community development and care missions: Individuals are more likely to receive care and JDC has less need to provide it if vibrant local communities take on this responsibility. Programs focus on capacity-building through efforts to support the creation and maintenance of Jewish (cont. on Sched. O) communities, to strengthen communities by building communal participation, and to improve community life. Programs include: Leadership Initiatives & Training Developing Volunteerism Camping and Retreats Informal Jewish Education (clubs and other activities) Jewish Tradition/Religion/Holiday Celebrations Jewish Community Centers Formal Jewish Education (schools) Educational Activities & Materials (publications, curricula, e-learning, web-resources, libraries, etc.)In 2024, JDC continued to aid Jews, Jewish communities, and ex-pat Israelis facing rising antisemitism around the world. This work included: safe accommodation for Israelis soccer fans brutally attacked in Amsterdam; addressing post-October 7 security needs in Turkey; trauma support for local Jewish community members following the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in Dubai; and the Stronger Together conference gathering 60+ European Jewish community leaders from 26 countries in Israel for crisis preparedness.In 2024, JDC also kept Jewish life thriving through hundreds of Jewish cultural and educational initiatives, volunteer and youth programs, and holiday celebration across the former Soviet Union. This included maintaining wide-ranging programming for tens of thousands of Jews in conflict-ravaged Ukraine and maintaining JDC's robust volunteer network there, which numbers almost 3,000 volunteers across 26 cities, as well as over 1,300 members of Active Jewish Teens (AJT) and AJT Junior. JDC continued to keep Jewish life thriving in Africa and Asia, supporting programs such as the Evelyn Peters Jewish Community Center (JCC) in India, day camps in Morocco and Turkey, and Jewish girls' education in Tunisia.
  Expenses $11,225,257 · grants $9,347,229 · revenue $1,257,142
• Global Response & Innovative Development (GRID) Program: This program responds to humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and development challenges through emergency response and recovery work and development programs for vulnerable populations. JDC also convenes and coordinates the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Response, an alliance of 40+ Jewish agencies that respond to major global crises and disasters. In 2024, JDC responded to devastating floods in Kenya. Similar flood-relief efforts in Brazil were coordinated in partnership with the local Jewish community. JDC and the Ruderman Family Foundations launched ImpactWell, which leverages Israeli med tech and brings lifesaving healthcare to remote corners of Africa. The ImpactWell pilot in Ghana aided more than 16,000 patients and trained more than 1,200 medical professionals. In Ethiopia, JDC's TOV agricultural development program grew significantly and brought Israeli Ag tech to over 4,000 farmers, helping them escape poverty. Research and Development: These programs include JDC's research institutes, other types of research studies and JDC's investment in development of technologies and information systems. Entwine: a one-of-a-kind JDC movement for young Jewish leaders, influencers, and advocates who seek to make a meaningful impact on global Jewish needs and international humanitarian issues through education, leadership development, and volunteer service. Entwine's dynamic programming reached nearly 1,000 young Jewish adults through 40 events across major cities in 2024, fostering meaningful connections to Jewish communities worldwide. Entwine's KAHAL Global Campus program created transformative multi-day immersive experiences, connecting Jewish college students with diverse global communities. In addition, through a brand-new partnership with JDC's unit dedicated to people with disabilities in Israel, Entwine pioneered its first-ever affinity trip designed specifically for neurodivergent young adults to Hungary, breaking new ground in accessible global Jewish experiences.
  Expenses $14,732,086 · grants $4,828,225 · revenue $1,092,619

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.

IRS record

EIN

13-1656634

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

1933

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

International, foreign affairs and national security (Q330)

Assets (IRS master file)

$858,403,460

Income (IRS master file)

$475,768,048

Filing history

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 13-1656634).

Questions about AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC

What is the EIN of AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC is 13-1656634.

Is AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1933.

Are donations to AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE 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 AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE 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 AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE 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 AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Ariel Zwang.

Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 162 people; 12 received compensation from the organization, the highest $793,245 (Ariel Zwang, Chief Executive Officer).

How much revenue does AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $412,907,647, expenses of $376,439,654 and total assets of $858,403,460 at year end.

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