EIN 13-3100063

Jewish Currents

Name: Jewish Currents financials for 2023
Creator: Cause IQ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

IRS 501(c) type

501(c)(3)

Num. employees

City

Brooklyn

State

New York

Year formed

1982

Most recent tax filings

2023-12-01

NTEE code, primary

X30: Jewish

Description

Jewish Currents conducts, sponsors and encourages research and inquiry into various facets of Jewish culture and ethnic survival in the United States and abroad, while also understanding, improving and promoting communication and good relations among all ethnic groups in the US. They publish daily online and quarterly in print. Jewish Currents covers issues such as the uses and misuses of antisemitism, the impact and role of Jewish communities, and more. In addition to their publication, they offer a podcast and series of online events.

Also known as...

Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism

Total revenues

$641,057

2024

Total expenses

$452,471

2024

Total assets

$1,361,608

2024

Num. employees

2024

Program areas at Jewish Currents

Jewish Currents publishes daily online and quarterly in print. Jewish Currents also includes a podcast and series of online events. Among the issues that Jewish Currents covers are the uses and misuses of antisemitism, the impact and role of Jewish communal organizations, israel/palestine politics on the ground and internationally, race and racialization, strategies and horizons of american left movements, the global rise of the far right, diasporic cultural expression, labor,

Who funds Jewish Currents

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits

Grantmaker	Grantmaker tax period	Description	Amount
The Nathan Cummings Foundation	2022-12	General Support	$100,000
Henry Luce Foundation	2022-12	Chevruta: Progressive Jewish Thought for A Time of Democratic Crisis	$100,000
National Philanthropic Trust	2023-06	Religion	$80,000
...and 19 more grants received totalling $781,844

Personnel at Jewish Currents

Name	Title	Compensation	Date of data
Daniel May	Chief Executive Officer	$0	2024-11-08
Arielle Angel	Editor in Chief		2024-11-06
Cynthia Friedman	Managing Director	$0	2024-11-06
Solomon Brager	Director of Community Engagement		2024-11-06
Diana Varenik	Director of Circulation		2024-11-06
...and 11 more key personnel

Financials for Jewish Currents

Revenues	FYE 12/2023	FYE 09/2023	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$571,977	$1,437,905	-60.2%
Program services	$51,555	$154,767	-66.7%
Investment income and dividends	$7,717	$29,557	-73.9%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0	-
Royalty revenue	$0	$0	-
Net rental income	$0	$0	-
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$196	$-14,748	101.3%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0	-
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0	-
Net income from sales of inventory	$9,335	$36,585	-74.5%
Miscellaneous revenues	$277	$1,250	-77.8%
Total revenues	$641,057	$1,645,316	-61%

Form 990s for Jewish Currents

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2023-12	2024-11-08	990	View PDF
2023-09	2024-08-15	990	View PDF
2022-09	2023-12-11	990	View PDF
2022-09	2023-08-11	990	View PDF
2021-09	2022-08-10	990	View PDF
...and 12 more Form 990s

Organizations like Jewish Currents

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The Detroit Jewish News Foundation	501(c)(3)	Farmington Hills, MI	$1,518,703
St Louis Jewish Light	501(c)(3)	St Louis, MO	$1,002,394
North Shore Jewish Press	501(c)(3)	Salem, MA	$769,711
Commentary	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$2,724,197
Jewish News of Northern California	501(c)(3)	San Francisco, CA	$2,474,912
The Jewish Jounal of Los Angeles	501(c)(3)	Los Angeles, CA	$2,822,157
MESSIANIC JEWISH PUBLISHERS and Resources	501(c)(3)	Clarksville, MD	$190,389
Los Angeles Review of Books	501(c)(3)	Los Angeles, CA	$976,597
ACE ARTS Culture AND EDUCATION	501(c)(3)	Boulder, CO	$329,430
Ayin Press Limited	501(c)(3)	Brooklyn, NY	$401,904

Data update history

December 28, 2024

Updated personnel

Identified 1 new personnel

November 25, 2024

Received grants

Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $2,034 from Wolfson Family Foundation

November 6, 2024

Updated personnel

Identified 2 new personnel

September 24, 2024

Posted financials

Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023

September 22, 2024

Used new vendors

Identified 1 new vendor, including

Nonprofit Types

Media and communications organizationsCharities

Issues

Arts, cultural, and humanitiesReligion

Characteristics

ReligiousJewishMembershipsEndowed supportTax deductible donationsNo full-time employees

General information

Address: PO Box 130049; Brooklyn, NY 11213
Metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County: Kings County, NY
Phone: (845) 626-2427

IRS details

EIN: 13-3100063
Fiscal year end: September
Taxreturn type: Form 990
Year formed: 1982
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78): Yes

Categorization

NTEE code, primary: X30: Jewish
NAICS code, primary: 5111: Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
Parent/child status: Independent

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