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Nonprofit · EIN 20-0359862

FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM

Tax-exempt (reinstated) · NEW YORK, NY 10022

Financials

$1.1M$613K2023$1.2M$694K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,155,704$694,051$461,653$27,523,629$24,500$27,499,129
December 31, 2023990$1,140,621$612,552$528,069$25,237,124$35,500$25,201,624
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,155,704
Net gain from sales of assets
$441,582
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$486,000
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$149,500
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$161,015
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$820
Accounting fees
$24,500
Program services (functional)
$592,775
Management and general (functional)
$101,276

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$25,237,124
Total assets, end of year
$27,523,629
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,500
Net assets, end of year
$27,499,129
Publicly traded securities
$24,718,979
Net assets without donor restrictions
$25,510,183
Net assets with donor restrictions
$1,988,946
Gross receipts
$7,252,289
Employees
1
Volunteers
9
Year formed
2003
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 / weekCompensation
PEGGY NICHOLSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
25$149,500
ELAINE JAHARISPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
GEORGE BEHRAKISVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
PETER VLACHOSCO-TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
ZOE VLACHOSCO-TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
JAMES MOSHOVITISBOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 12/24)
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL JOHNSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
P ROY VAGELOSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
PEGGY NICHOLSONEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
25$149,500
ELAINE JAHARISPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
GEORGE BEHRAKISVICE CHAIRMAN
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
PETER VLACHOSCO-TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
ZOE VLACHOSCO-TREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
JAMES MOSHOVITISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL JOHNSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0
PROY VAGELOSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
499 PARK AVENUE 23RD FL, NEW YORK, NY 10022-1875
In care of
% PETER A VLACHOS
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ELAINE JAHARIS, 499 PARK AVENUE 23 FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10022
Signed the 990
ELAINE JAHARIS, PRESIDENT
Phone
(212) 803-9328
Return prepared by
SAX LLP

Mission

FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY AND HELLENISM MISSION IS TO PROMOTE HELLENISM, SUPPORT THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH, AND CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVES TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HELLENISM AND THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH THROUGHOUT THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD. CHALLENGING YOUNG, TALENTED, AND INTELLIGENT GREEK AMERICANS TO ATTAIN (AND SUSTAIN) EXCELLENCE BY OFFERING A SERIES OF MERIT-BASED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE MOST PROMISING YOUNG LEADERS OF THE HELLENIC AND GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES. PARTNERING WITH TOP ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS (SUCH AS THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY, FULBRIGHT FOUNDATION OF GREECE, HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS PRESS, PATRIARCHAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI) TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF HELLENISM AND THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH AS WELL SCHOLARLY EXCHANGES AND DIALOGUES BETWEEN GREECE, THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HELLENISM AND THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH THROUGHOUT THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD.SUPPORTING YOUNG, TALENTED, AND INTELLIGENT GREEK AMERICANS TO ATTAIN (AND SUSTAIN) EXCELLENCE BY OFFERING A SERIES OF MERIT-BASED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE MOST PROMISING YOUNG LEADERS OF THE HELLENIC AND GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY.PARTNERING WITH TOP ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS (SUCH AS THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY, FULBRIGHT FOUNDATION OF GREECE, HELLENIC COLLEGE HOLY CROSS PRESS, PATRIARCHAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI) TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF HELLENISM AND THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH AS WELL SCHOLARLY EXCHANGES AND DIALOGUES BETWEEN GREECE, THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE.GRANTING SUPPORT FOR INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS THAT SHOWCASE THE LEGACY OF HELLENISM AND THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH WITH THE WORLD. FAITH HAS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED LEAD DONOR SUPPORT TO PROJECTS AND EVENTS SYMBOLIZING THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE REBUILDING OF THE ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AT GROUND ZERO, THE IMVROS SCHOOL, AND THE PATRIARCHAL INSTITUTE FOR PATRISTIC STUDIES.ENRICHING THE CLASSROOMS OF GREEK LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND PARISH SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE BY UNDERWRITING THE PRODUCTION OF MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEW TEXTBOOKS TO UPDATE AND ENHANCE THE CLASSROOMS FOR OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS.PROVIDING FINANCIAL AID GRANTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO GREECE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR HELLENIC HERITAGE AND GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH THROUGH IONIAN VILLAGE SUMMER CAMP. FOR OVER THE LAST DECADE, THE ENDOWMENT HAS UNDERWRITTEN PARTIAL AND FULL TRAVEL GRANTS TO YOUNG GREEK AMERICANS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND.
    Expenses $592,775 · grants $486,000

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Not required (religious organization). 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
20-0359862
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
2012
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Not required (religious organization)
Assets (IRS master file)
$27,523,629
Income (IRS master file)
$7,252,289

Revocation and reinstatement

Exemption revoked
May 15, 2011
Posted by the IRS
February 22, 2012
Reinstated
Effective March 15, 2012

From the IRS automatic revocation list: organizations that did not file a required return or e-Postcard for three consecutive years.

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,155,704$694,051$27,523,629XML
990December 2023$1,140,621$612,552$25,237,124XML
990December 2022$632,274$596,712$23,099,991IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––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 20-0359862).

Questions about FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM

What is the EIN of FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM?
The employer identification number (EIN) of FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM is 20-0359862.
Is FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS revoked its exemption on May 15, 2011 and reinstated it effective March 15, 2012.
Are donations to FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM file?
Form Not required (religious organization).
When is the next return of FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM 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 FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM 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 FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names ELAINE JAHARIS.
Who are the officers and directors of FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 8 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $149,500 (PEGGY NICHOLSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does FAITH AN ENDOWMENT FOR ORTHODOXY & HELLENISM have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,155,704, expenses of $694,051 and total assets of $27,523,629 at year end.

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