Nonprofit · EIN 54-1201968
GESHER SCHOOL INC
Tax-exempt · FAIRFAX, VA 22030
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $5,072,051 | $5,993,254 | -$921,203 | $8,999,786 | $5,024,180 | $3,975,606 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $5,268,607 | $6,178,771 | -$910,164 | $10,089,725 | $5,203,300 | $4,886,425 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $6,262,088 | $6,018,335 | $243,753 | $11,179,760 | $5,352,920 | $5,826,840 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $670,503
- Program service revenue
- $4,259,355
- Investment income
- $39,531
- Net rental income
- $109,591
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $5,339
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$6,929
- Other revenue
- $102,662
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,031,776
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $175,900
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,437,823
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,051,262
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $107,489
- Travel
- $306,982
- Depreciation
- $393,526
- Program services (functional)
- $4,823,288
- Management and general (functional)
- $978,743
- Fundraising (functional)
- $191,223
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $10,089,725
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,999,786
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,024,180
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,975,606
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $8,349,940
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,552,717
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $422,889
- Gross receipts
- $5,243,168
- Employees
- 65
- Volunteers
- 30
- Year formed
- 1982
- State of legal domicile
- VA
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviva Walls | Head of School Officer | 40 | $163,033 | $8,899 |
| Shiri Rozenberg | Director of Advancement Highest-paid employee | 40 | $109,788 | $1,995 |
| Colleen Richardson | Director of Finance and HR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,000 | $749 |
| Melanie Eisen | Director of Teaching and Learning Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,000 | $623 |
| Heidi Freeman | HOSSEC Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Hewson | HOSSEC Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Josh Kraushaar | Development Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Kulawy | Facilities & Security Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lina Landsman | Budget & Finance Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Lummer | Facilities & Security - started 9/1/2024 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Novick | Development Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lili O'Connell | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Skigen | Budget Chair/Budget & Finance Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Allan Sloan | Audit Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jonathan Stahl | Development Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Tureck | Trustees / Facilities & Security Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Bianchi Suarez | HOSSEC Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ilana Rothberg | VP, Strategic Planning/ Chair, Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Strouse | Board Chair/ Finance, Trustees Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Gregory Smolen | Treasurer/ Budget & Finance Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Jason Levy | Past President/ Chair, HOSSEC, Audit Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Eitan Bernstein | Secretary/ Chair, Facilities & Security Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Anne Continetti | VP Development/ Chair, Development Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aviva Walls | Head of School Key employee | 8 | $155,600 |
| Eitan Bernstein | Secretary/ Chair, Facilities & Security Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Anne Continetti | VP Development/ Chair, Development Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Heidi Freeman | HOSSEC Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Hewson | HOSSEC Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Hannah Kraushaar | Trustees Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Josh Kraushaar | Development Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Adam Kulawy | Facilities & Security Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lina Landsman | Budget & Finance Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Levy | Past President/ Chair, HOSSEC, Audit Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Lummer | Facilities & Security Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Novick | Development Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lili O'Connell | Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ilana Rothberg | VP, Strategic Planning/ Chair, Trustees Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Skigen | Budget Chair/Budget & Finance Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Allan Sloan | Audit Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Gregory Smolen | Treasurer/ Budget & Finance Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Jonathan Stahl | Development Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Strouse | Board Chair/ Finance, Trustees Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Bianchi Suarez | HOSSEC Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Tureck | Trustees / Facilities & Security Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Justin Weissbrod | Non-voting NextGen member, Facilities & Security Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVIVA WALLS | HEAD OF SCHOOL Officer | 40 | $149,022 | $6,927 |
| MICHELLE NEWMAN-LOMASKY | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (UNTIL 4/2023) Officer | 40 | $86,063 | $169 |
| PHILIP BLUMENTHAL | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JASON LEVY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| ILANA ROTHBERG | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN STAHL | VP STRATEGIC PLANNING Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL STROUSE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE WALLICK | VP DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANNY ACKERMAN | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EITAN BERNSTEIN | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANNE CONTINETTI | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SETH FELDMAN | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEIDI FREEMAN | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSH KRAUSHAAR | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KERI KWIATEK | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL NOVICK | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID OFFIT | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN OSTAR | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM ROZENBERG | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALLAN SLOAN | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BIANCHI SUAREZ | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF TURECK | AT LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| COLLEEN RICHARDSON | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (FROM 6/2023) Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4800 MATTIE MOORE CT, FAIRFAX, VA 22030-5568
- In care of
- % EUNICE OYUNGU
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Aviva Walls, 4800 Mattie Moore Court, Fairfax, VA 22030
- Signed the 990
- Aviva Walls, Head of School
- Phone
- (703) 978-9789
- Website
- www.gesher-jds.org
- Return prepared by
- Hozik & Company PLC
Mission
At Gesher Jewish Day School we inspire our students to be passionate about learning, practice justice, kindness and respect, aspire to a life guided by Jewish values, torah and community.
Program accomplishments
- Geshers curriculum is designed to educate pre-k, elementary, and middle school students in both general and Jewish studies. The general studies curriculum stresses reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The Jewish studies curriculum includes Hebrew language, torah, prayer, customs and ceremonies, rabbinic literature, Jewish history and ethics. One hundred and fourty six students enrolled (in 2024-2025).Expenses $4,823,288 · grants $1,031,776 · revenue $4,259,355
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 54-1201968
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- School
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1983
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B24Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $8,999,786
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,243,168
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $5,072,051 | $5,993,254 | $8,999,786 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $5,268,607 | $6,178,771 | $10,089,725 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $6,262,088 | $6,018,335 | $11,179,760 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $5,416,309 | $5,494,451 | $11,424,992 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 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 54-1201968).
Questions about GESHER SCHOOL INC
- What is the EIN of GESHER SCHOOL INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GESHER SCHOOL INC is 54-1201968.
- Is GESHER SCHOOL INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1983.
- Are donations to GESHER SCHOOL INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GESHER SCHOOL 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 GESHER SCHOOL INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GESHER SCHOOL INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GESHER SCHOOL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Aviva Walls.
- Who are the officers and directors of GESHER SCHOOL INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 23 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $163,033 (Aviva Walls, Head of School).
- How much revenue does GESHER SCHOOL INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,072,051, expenses of $5,993,254 and total assets of $8,999,786 at year end.
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