Nonprofit · EIN 13-3970940
FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10022
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | 990 | $54,900,512 | $54,491,663 | $408,849 | $65,608,569 | $162,838 | $65,445,731 |
| July 31, 2024 | 990 | $50,808,389 | $58,133,700 | -$7,325,311 | $62,716,061 | $0 | $62,716,061 |
| July 31, 2023 | 990 | $61,739,464 | $61,530,166 | $209,298 | $67,327,833 | $148,800 | $67,179,033 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $51,722,973
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $3,177,539
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $879,534
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $52,300,024
- Other salaries and wages
- $713,408
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $929,911
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $4,435
- Accounting fees
- $142,164
- Travel
- $227,852
- Depreciation
- $22,500
- Program services (functional)
- $53,475,678
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,015,985
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $62,716,061
- Total assets, end of year
- $65,608,569
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $162,838
- Net assets, end of year
- $65,445,731
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $577,500
- Publicly traded securities
- $54,963,029
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $60,509,482
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,936,249
- Gross receipts
- $102,777,116
- Employees
- 32
- Volunteers
- 4
- Year formed
- 1997
- 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 July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID MONDSHINE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $0 |
| SHLOMO PELES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $0 |
| BEREL LAZAR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| YOSEF BRICKMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2024: 4 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID MONDSHINE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $0 |
| SHLOMO PELES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $0 |
| BEREL LAZAR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| YOSEF BRICKMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2023: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEREL LAZAR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHLOMO PELES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID MONDSHINE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 445 PARK AVE 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022-8606
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAVID MONDSHINE, 445 PARK AVENUE FL 9, NEW YORK, NY 10022
- Signed the 990
- DAVID MONDSHINE, DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (212) 262-3688
- Website
- WWW.FJC-FSU.ORG
- Return prepared by
- ROTH & COMPANY LLP
Mission
TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID AND JEWISH EDUCATION, ORGANIZE AND PROVIDE CULTURAL EVENTS AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES, AND HELP DEVELOP JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND REBUILD JEWISH INSTITUTIONS, IN RUSSIA, THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, AND ELSEWHERE. DELIVERING ON THAT MISSION, THE FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES PROMOTES THE REBIRTH OF JEWISH CULTURE BY SPONSORING PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTIONS IN 15 COUNTRIES, CREATING AN INCUBATOR FOR THE FIRST POST-SOVIET GENERATION OF JEWISH ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, COMPOSERS, AND WRITERS. THIS CULTURAL ARCHIPELAGO INCLUDES LIBRARIES, COMPUTER CENTERS, MUSEUMS, CHESS TOURNAMENTS, ATHLETICS, ART EXHIBITIONS, POETRY READINGS, CONCERTS, THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, DANCE GROUPS, ADULT EDUCATION, AND HOBBY CLUBS.
Program accomplishments
- CULTURE & COMMUNITY CENTERS - CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OFTEN TAKE PLACE AT FEDERATION-SPONSORED JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS. A SUCCESSFUL JCC IS A SECOND HOME, WHERE JEWS OF ALL AFFILIATIONS AND AGES JOIN EDUCATIONAL AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES IN A NURTURING COMMUNAL SETTING. JCCS HOST WOMEN'S CLUBS, SPORTS CLUBS, BOOK CLUBS, CHESS CLUBS, SINGLES' CLUBS, FAMILY CLUBS, BUSINESS CLUBS, AND YIDDISH CLUBS. THEY OFFER HEBREW CLASSES AND DISCUSSION GROUPS ON JEWISH TOPICS, SUCH AS TALMUD, KABBALAH, MEDICAL ETHICS, AND FAMILY LAW. THE JCCS ALSO SERVE AS INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CENTERS, INCLUDING ARRANGING HOLIDAY EVENTS AND LIFE CYCLE CEREMONIES. IN MANY COMMUNITIES THEY ARE THE SOLE SUPPLIER OF JUDAICA. THE FEDERATION CURRENTLY SUPPORTS MORE THAN 100 COMMUNITY CENTERS ACROSS THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. ITS GOAL IS TO OPEN A JCC IN EVERY CITY AND TOWN WITH A SUBSTANTIAL JEWISH POPULATION, EACH WITH ITS OWN FITNESS CENTER, MULTI-FUNCTION HALLS AND CLASSROOMS, THEATER, LIBRARY, SOUP KITCHEN, AND EVEN MEDICAL FACILITIES. THE FEDERATION ALSO HELPS REBUILD SYNAGOGUES AND MIKVAS, REFURBISHES CEMETERIES AND ASSISTS THE NEEDY. THROUGH A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH CHABAD LUBAVITCH, THE FEDERATION SUPPORTS MORE THAN 200 PERMANENT RABBIS SERVING OVER 90 COMMUNITIES IN 15 COUNTRIES. MANY RABBIS SERVE IN REMOTE LOCATIONS AND INHOSPITABLE CLIMATES. IN ADDITION TO LEADING PRAYER SERVICES AND PERFORMING WEDDINGS, BAR AND BAT MITZVAHS AND FUNERALS, THEY PARTNER WITH LOCAL JEWISH LEADERS IN REBUILDING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEADING THE REMARKABLE REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE THROUGHOUT THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.Expenses $30,209,439 · grants $29,545,290
- RELIGIOUS & EDUCATIONAL SERVICES - FOR MILLIONS OF JEWS WHO WERE UNFAILINGLY EDUCATED IN THE STATE DOCTRINE OF ATHEISM, FORCED TO GROW UP WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR RELIGION, CULTURE OR HERITAGE, JEWISH EDUCATION IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXPERIENCE OF SPIRITUAL REBIRTH. TO PROMOTE THIS REBIRTH, THE FEDERATION SUPPORTS MORE THAN 100 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING JEWISH KINDERGARTENS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, WITH AN AGGREGATE ENROLLMENT OF MORE THAN 7,000 STUDENTS.Expenses $14,065,736 · grants $13,756,503
- HUMANITARIAN AID - MORE THAN ONE MILLION JEWS STILL LIVE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. MORE THAN A THIRD OF THEM ARE POOR, SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES, ELDERLY, DISABLED, OR SICK. MANY LACK THE MOST BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING AND MEDICINE. THE FEDERATION SUPPORTS SOUP KITCHENS AND THE DELIVERY OF THOUSANDS OF MEALS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, CHILDREN, AND NEEDY FAMILIES. IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF CLOTHES AND MEDICATIONS, MEDICAL CLINICS, ORPHANAGES, SAFE HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING, AND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTERS FOR JEWS THROUGHOUT THE FSU.Expenses $9,200,503 · grants $8,998,232
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 July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | July 31, 2026 | December 15, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | July 31, 2025 | December 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | July 31, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-3970940
- 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
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- July
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T31J)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $65,608,569
- Income (IRS master file)
- $102,777,116
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | July 2025 | $54,900,512 | $54,491,663 | $65,608,569 | XML |
| 990 | July 2024 | $50,808,389 | $58,133,700 | $62,716,061 | XML |
| 990 | July 2023 | $61,739,464 | $61,530,166 | $67,327,833 | XML |
| 990 | July 2022 | $77,345,811 | $53,967,781 | $66,130,975 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 13-3970940).
Questions about FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC
- What is the EIN of FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC is 13-3970940.
- Is FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S 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 FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names DAVID MONDSHINE.
- Who are the officers and directors of FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 4 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE C I S INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $54,900,512, expenses of $54,491,663 and total assets of $65,608,569 at year end.
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