Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | 11,457,508 | 15,811,081 | 13,004,814 | 11,784,957 | 10,729,134 | 62,787,494 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 11,457,508 | 15,811,081 | 13,004,814 | 11,784,957 | 10,729,134 | 62,787,494 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 4,457,896 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 58,329,598 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 11,457,508 | 15,811,081 | 13,004,814 | 11,784,957 | 10,729,134 | 62,787,494 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 415,086 | 218,110 | 325,431 | 656,042 | 414,916 | 2,029,585 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 40,307 | 40,307 | ||||
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | 65,070,912 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e | Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): | |||||
| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Check here if the current year is the organization's first as a non-functionally-integrated Type III supporting organization (see instructions) | |||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2014 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2014 |
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1
Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2014 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2014: | ||||
| a From 2009.......X | ||||
| b From 2010.......X | ||||
| c From 2011.......X | ||||
| d From 2012.......X | ||||
| e From 2013....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2009 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2014 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2014, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2014. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2015. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a From 2010.......X | ||||
| b From 2011.......X | ||||
| c From 2012.......X | ||||
| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4B | Israel Engagement provides educational programming about Israel to schools and institutions in the community. IPC programs cover a range of topics and information about Israel to thousands of local residents. The Center coordinates Jewish Federation's signature Israel Culture and Film festival. IPC also manages adult Ulpan courses, beginner to advanced, which help hundreds of people improve their Hebrew language skills, whether to smooth the way to making Aliyah or for conversational purposes. IPC oversees Federation's Partnership2Gether initiative, bringing members of northern New Jersey's Jewish community together with residents of Federation's sister city in northwestern Israel, Nahanya. the northern New Jersey-Nahanya relationship has built a strong connection between the two communities. There have been many wonderful exchanges between different segments of the communities including between first responders, artists, prosecutors, physicians and teachers. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4C | SYNAGOGUE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE ("SLI") - IS FUNDED BY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERATION AND THE HENRY AND MARILYN TAUB FOUNDATION. IT ADDRESSES SHARED CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ITS MANY INITATIVES AND WORKS WITH SYNAGOGUE LEADERS (LAY AND PROFESSIONAL) TO TRANSFORM SYNAGOGUES, BUILD COMMUNITIES AND TO CREATE A DYNAMIC JEWISH FUTURE. SLI PROGRAMS INCLUDE SHALOM BABY, WHICH REACHES OUT TO YOUNG JEWISH FAMILIES, HELPING TO SOCIALIZE WITH OTHER YOUNG JEWISH FAMILIES AND BRING THEM CLOSER TO THE ORGANIZED JEWISH COMMUNITY; SYNAGOGUE NEXT AND ATID (ADDRESSING TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION DESIGN) IN JEWISH EDUCATION; AND OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. FOR 2015, SLI FOCUSES ON THE AREAS OF MEMBERSHIP, FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION AND CHANGE, AND LEADERSHIP. |
| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d, Program descriptions | Jewish Community Relations council ("JCRC") serves as the Federation's public policy and advocacy arm. It provides a forum for discussion and action on issues of concern to the Jewish community with elected officials at all governmental levels. JCRC involves members of the Jewish community in social action initiatives and promotes mutual understanding and harmonious relations among northern New Jersey's diverse racial, religious, civic and ethnic groups. It strengthens Israel-Diaspora relations and engages in advocacy and education relating to Israel and world affairs, legislative priorities, coalition building, anti-Semitism, genocide, intra-Jewish dialogue and separation of religion and state. Council on Older Adults - JFNNJ operates services for older adults by which the Federation directly supports local programs, including Cafa@Europa (a socialization program for Holocaust survivors), care and case management at Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and North Hudson and Jewish Family Service of North Jersey, congregate meal sites at Bergen County Y, a JCC, Daughters of Miriam Apartments and the Kaplan JCC on the Palisades supports home-delivery, through Kosher Meals-on-Wheels, which is coordinated by the two Jewish family services. In 2015 47,935, Kosher meals were served to community senior adults. JEWISH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ("JES") IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING AND ENHANCING JEWISH EDUCATION IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. AS PART OF FEDERATION'S SYNAGOGUE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE, JES ACTS AS A CATALYST FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND JEWISH CONTINUITY. HILLEL - JFNNJ SUPPORTS THE HILLEL ORGANIZATION AT FOUR LOCAL COLLEGE CAMPUSES, RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY/METROPOLITAN CAMPUS, WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY AND BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HILLEL FOSTERS JEWISH IDENTITY, PROVIDES SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS ISRAEL TRIP OPTIONS, COUNSELING SERVICES AND A LENDING LIBRARY FOR THE MORE THAN 2,000 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SCHOOL AT THESE FOUR CAMPUSES. KEHILLAH COOPERATIVE - IS A GROUP PURCHASING INITIATIVE THAT LOWERS COSTS, ALLOWING ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS - DAY SCHOOLS, SYNAGOGUES, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NURSING HOMES - TO SPEND LESS ON OVERHEAD AND MORE ON MISSION. AS OF JUNE 2015 - 100 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE REALIZED A SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $2.8MILLION SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM IN FEBRUARY 2010. THE COOPERATIVE OFFERS SAVINGS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS SUPPLY, SHIPPING, OFFICE SUPPLIES, CREDIT CARD PROCESSING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, JANITORIAL SUPPLIES, WASTE REMOVAL AND A TAX EXEMPT BOND PROGRAM. CURRENTLY MEMBERSHIP IN THE COOPERATIVE IS AVAILABLE TO AGENCIES THAT SERVE THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY. IN THE FUTURE, ALL NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AREA NON-PROFITS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE COOPERATIVE. CHAPLAINCY AND PASTORAL CARE - PROVIDES CHAPLAINCY SERVICES TO BERGEN COUNTY JAIL. One Happy Camper - IN COOPERATION WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPS' ONE HAPPY CAMPER PROGRAM, FEDERATION PROVIDES INCENTIVE STIPENDS TO FIRST-TIME CAMPERS AT JEWISH NON-PROFIT OVERNIGHT CAMPS. FEDERATION'S JEWISH CAMP INITIATIVE ALSO PROVIDES CAMP CONCIERGE SERVICE, HELPING FAMILIES FIND THE RIGHT CAMP MATCH FOR THEIR CHILDREN. |
| FORM 990, pART vI sECTION A LINE 2 | fRED AND mERLE FISH, DANIEL SILNA AND TRACY ZUR HAVE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. WILL RUKIN AND JULIE EISEN HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B | Form 990 and all of the schedules are prepared by an outside Certfied public accounting firm, which annually audits the financial statements of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. The draft Form 990 is then reviewed by the finance staff at JFNNJ and then is forwarded to members of the audit committee and board of trustees for their review. Schedule B was not provided for their review in order to respect the privacy of our major donors. After the comments and suggestions of the committee and board are addressed, the return is submitted to the IRS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C | Conflict of interest questionnaires are distributed to all members of the board of trustees, officers, board committee members, key employees and those employees in a position of management. the questionnaires are reviewed for issues of conflict and presented to the officers group of the board for determination whether there is a conflict and resolution. all new trustees or personnel complete a questionnaire upon assuming a new position. questionnaires are updated at the beginning of each new term or upon situational changes to board members or personnel. board positions are generally two years in length, bi-annual updates and reviews of board members have been appropriate. |
| From 990, part VI, Section B, Line 15 | Under the auspices of the JFNNJ Board of trustees, the personnel committee, which is made up of volunteers and assisted by people with expertise in the area of executive compensation, reviews surveys and studies all pertinent information from other federations as a benchmark for the salary and benefits of all key employees. compensation changes are reviewed and authorized by the personnel committee. All changes are then approved by the JFNNJ board of trustees. See schedule J for additional information regarding the organization's review and approval process for key employees. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | Information is made available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part XI, Reconciliation of net assets, line 9, other changes | Included as other changes in net assets are the changes in value of the charitable gift annuities of $316,325 and bad debt expense of $396,923. |
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