Nonprofit · EIN 26-0593832
ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10003
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,780,630 | $3,017,268 | -$236,638 | $2,287,349 | $115,098 | $2,172,251 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,913,889 | $1,734,016 | $179,873 | $2,481,433 | $108,935 | $2,372,498 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,714,676
- Program service revenue
- $15,895
- Investment income
- $35,706
- Other revenue
- $14,353
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $524,481
- Other salaries and wages
- $418,187
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,146,546
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $35,327
- Travel
- $887,394
- Program services (functional)
- $2,481,948
- Management and general (functional)
- $182,729
- Fundraising (functional)
- $352,591
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,481,433
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,287,349
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $115,098
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,172,251
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,273,785
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,682,809
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $489,442
- Gross receipts
- $2,780,630
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 2007
- 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 August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YONA SHEM-TOV | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Officer | 40 | $210,292 | $6,878 |
| DANIEL LANGE | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $172,218 | $6,572 |
| SAMANTHA POHL | CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $141,971 | $19,331 |
| TILLY SHEMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ISAAC YITZ LANDES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBRA PELL | DIRECTOR (LEFT IN 2025) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN RUSKAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SARI RAPKIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN LOPATIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JON A LEVISOHN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEYER KOPLOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARTIN BRESLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID KARNOVSKY | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SALLY GOTTESMAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHYLLIS TEICHER GOLDMAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOANNE MOORE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| EVAN TRAYLOR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YONA SHEM-TOV | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Officer | 40 | $200,662 | $9,485 |
| DANIEL LANGE | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $163,350 | $8,418 |
| TILLY SHEMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ISAAC YITZ LANDES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBRA PELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ILANA HOROWITZ RATNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN RUSKAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SARI RAPKIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN LOPATIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JON A LEVISOHN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEYER KOPLOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARTIN BRESLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID KARNOVSKY | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SALLY GOTTESMAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHYLLIS TEICHER GOLDMAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOANNE MOORE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EVAN TRAYLOR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 228 PARK AVENUE S 127236, NEW YORK, NY 10003-0103
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- YONA SHEM-TOV, 228 PARK AVENUE S 127236, NEW YORK, NY 10003
- Signed the 990
- YONA SHEM-TOV, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Phone
- (929) 356-9294
- Return prepared by
- CERINI & ASSOCIATES LLP
Mission
ENCOUNTER IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION WORKING TOWARD INFORMED, COURAGEOUS, AND RESILIANT AMERICAN AND ISRAELI JEWISH COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN REALITY.
Program accomplishments
- ENCOUNTER OFFERS A RANGE OF IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE WEST BANK FOR JEWISH LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS. FOR SENIOR JEWISH LEADERS, WE OFFER OUR EXECUTIVE LEVEL INTENSIVE LEADERSHIP SEMINARS, WHICH INCLUDE PRE- AND POST-TRAVEL PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS A FOUR-DAY TRAVEL COMPONENT IN BETHLEHEM AND SURROUNDING AREAS, EAST JERUSALEM AND RAMALLAH.Expenses $1,664,772
- THROUGH OUR NORTH AMERICA BASED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ENCOUNTER CONVENES OPEN, HONEST AND UNCENSORED DISCUSSION ON ISSUES AT THE HEART OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN REALITY. OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMMING OFFERS JEWISH LEADERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONGOING LEARNING THROUGH ENCOUNTERS WITH PALESTINIANS AND THROUGH LEADERS ON THE REALITY. TAILORED PROGRAMMING FOR PAST PARTICIPANTS PROVIDES A PLATFORM TO LEVERAGE THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN ENCOUNTER'S WIDER COMMUNITY, ACCESSING A NETWORK OF THOUGHTFUL PEERS TO SERVE AS PARTNERS AND EXCHANGING BEST PRACTICES WITH COLLEAGUES.Expenses $817,176
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 August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-0593832
- 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
- 2010
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,287,349
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,780,630
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2023 | $2,364,437 | $2,667,798 | $2,283,219 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2022 | $2,774,528 | $2,484,984 | $2,498,057 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.
Questions about ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED
- What is the EIN of ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED is 26-0593832.
- Is ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.
- Are donations to ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED 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 ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names YONA SHEM-TOV.
- Who are the officers and directors of ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $210,292 (YONA SHEM-TOV, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).
- How much revenue does ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS INCORPORATED have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,780,630, expenses of $3,017,268 and total assets of $2,287,349 at year end.
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