2026-01-20T08:13:48-07:00 2025-06-30 990 2024-07-01 340714554 JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND JEWI 2163710446 2030 South Taylor Road Cleveland Hts OH 44118 Marlyn Jaffe Executive Director 2163710446 2026-01-20 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Marlyn Bloch Jaffe 2030 South Taylor Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 13241976 0 X www.JECC.org X 1943 OH The mission is to inspire transformative Jewish educational experiences that add meaning to the lives of Jewish children and their families in Cleveland. The vision of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland is to instill a lifelong love of Jewish learning to further Jewish continuity in Cleveland. The agency provides services for advancing professional growth of educators, enhancing organizational effectiveness through consulting, curricular work and enrichment programming. Expanding Jewish experiences through Hebrew language, interfaith engagement, special education and support Israel engagement. 46 46 45 46 0 0 7542262 12297011 770550 789794 135048 152515 0 0 8447860 13239320 3235366 3531143 0 0 3927873 4080369 0 0 0 1170510 1410397 8333749 9021909 114111 4217411 13668179 19344965 1847463 1935830 11820716 17409135 The mission is to inspire transformative Jewish educational experiences that add meaning to the lives of Jewish children and their families in Cleveland. The vision of the agency is to instill a lifelong love of Jewish learning to further Jewish continuity in Cleveland. 0 0 1373686 993754 22000 Personnel Development: Educators services program enriches the skills, Judaic and professional knowledge of community educators through myriad mini courses and on line courses. Intensive on site professional development that fosters professional learning teams. Tuition subsidies and scholarships for college degrees and professional development seminars for professional growth with a new degree, license or certificate. 245 educators received stipends. This program also supports day school educator positions. The agency works with a local professional development committee serving general studies teachers in the Cleveland area affiliated day schools. The committee reviews and approves license applications, individual professional development plans and associate course request to ensure the general studies teachers maintain their Ohio licenses and certificates. 1059539 727425 52588 Family & Adult Education: Formal and informal education outreach programs which include Hebrew literacy and Jewish identity projects. This program provides grants to 12 adult education providers to enhance their ability to engage adults in lifelong learning. These providers reach hundreds of individuals in a variety of formats and settings. This program also offers support to supplementary schools with a total of 11 community funded educators to fill a variety of educational and programmatic positions in local supplementary schools. Intergenerational initiative is a program for Jewish adults age 55 plus to engage in Jewish learning, living and community, including those passionate about grandparenting. This initiative has engaged with 370 individuals. 938846 451229 1352 Informal Education: the Retreat Institute creates & implemented 28 retreats and informal education programs in collaboration with local Jewish educational institutions. 1,895 participants (students, educators and families) participated in these experiences. The Adolescent Initiative works with youth professionals from local organization for both professional development, community planning and adolescent development. This program also supports youth educator positions and programming in the community. Israel program grants and financial aid for students for approved educational trips to Israel to participate in youth group programs plus Gift of Israel matching incentive program for eighth grade school trip to Israel for study and college seminary/yeshivah programs. The Israel program funded 134 participants. 860631 818977 0 Camping Program: Camp incentive grants for students to attend Jewish denominational over night camps around the country. The camping program funded 380 students this year. 744103 145083 110707 @Akiva - is vibrant place for Cleveland teens to explore and grow in their devotion to Judaism and Israel while fostering everlasting friendships. From Hebrew and Judaic after school classes, to advocating for Israel through special activities and community service. @Akiva offers unique programming throughout the year. Approximately 270 students were involved in the various programs, High School Hebrew, On The Road, Israel Now and Icnext. 699938 0 3773 Interfaith Engagement- a program to engage interfaith couples and families to enhance their involvement in the Jewish community to comfortably explore, discover and personalize the meaning of Jewish culture and values in the modern world. This year more than 4,292 families were involved in various experiences. 583407 0 541819 Shared Services - Provides information technology services to six educational institutions and the Mandel Jewish Community Center. It manages the consortium's data center, over 1616 workstations and laptops, iPads, 3,125 Chromebooks, 20 physical servers, 110 VMware virtual servers, 17 backup/vcenter servers, 8 local network attached storage, 250 VPN/Citrix users, 300 Cisco duo users and 10 Cisco voip phone systems, 500 IP phones, 10 camera surveillance systems, 430 Cisco ,Axis and Hanwha cameras throughout the consortium of schools and agencies. 500799 96504 45995 Education Resources: the Educational Capacity Building (Curriculum) Department serves the educational needs of Cleveland's supplementary schools, day schools, and preschools. The Teacher Center is a hands on materials center where teachers create instructional aids for their classrooms. The Teacher Center serviced over 19 schools, 6 various play groups and approximately 1,292 visits from educators. The Ratner Media & Technology Center is relied upon in the educational community as a place to find outstanding resources and expert advice. Congregational enrichment provided 37 grants to 11 congregations schools for enrichment programs. 443344 267496 0 Early Childhood Education - Focuses on development of senior personnel, professional development/credentialing of teachers. Enhancing Judaic content and creating linkages between early childhood Jewish education and other stages of Jewish education. This program worked with 9 preschools and approximately 180 teachers in the community. 440484 0 0 Planning & Evaluation: Ensuring accountability and measuring success are central activities of the agency. Initiatives in this area build upon the internal programmatic reflective practice and data gathering that is a regular part of the agency's programs. The JEC's strategic plan calls for increase involvement in Jewish education in three principal ways: by lowering barriers to participation, maximizing gateways and fostering linkages between educational opportunities. Strengthen the quality of Jewish education. Cultivate the capacity of the educational institutions about engagement in Israel. Ensure a high level of accountability of the agency programs. 167389 30675 0 Special Education(Segula) - Provides services to students in day schools and supplementary schools and in-service training opportunities to special education teachers in the field. The Segula program served 19 students with special needs. 157718 0 764 Shin Shin Program - The Cleveland Jewish schools and youth groups benefit from the Israeli emissaries through various educational programs. The emissaries were involved with 17 organizations. 115568 0 10796 Onward Hebrew -An online Hebrew learning program developed for those desiring to teach Hebrew through Movement, but whose Hebrew is weak. The program specifically teachers Hebrew through Movement's vocabulary and grammatical patterns following the Hebrew Through Movement's acquisitional language approach. There were approximately 70 synagogues involved in the educational programs and approximately 272 educators touched by this program. 4713381 1358735 713854 8085452 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53 0 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 46 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 OH X Laurie Hardesty CPA 2163710446 2030 South Taylor Road Cleveland Hts OH 44118 Marlyn Bloch Jaffe Chief Executive Officer 40 0 X 296250 0 41823 Laurie Hardesty Chief Financial Officer 40 0 X 218521 0 26409 Yossi Israeli Chief Information Officer 40 0 X 169928 0 34267 Amnon Ophir Akiva Director/Israel Awareness 40 0 X 185355 0 9761 Rabbi Stacy Schlein Director Educational Capacity Building 40 0 X 146827 0 44107 Ilya Kligman Network Engineer 40 0 X 179047 0 9430 Rachel Lawton Associate Director Hebrew and Judaic Programs 40 0 X 110913 0 42265 Jared Miller President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Erica Lazzaro Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Sharon Rosenbaum Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Neil Waxman Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Susan Krantz Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Yoni Kelin Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Kenneth Bravo Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Louis Chaiten Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Lynne Cohen Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Matt Cohen Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Leslie Dunn Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Aaron Evenchik Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Alex Evenchik Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Rachel Glickman Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Harly Gross Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gary Gross Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 J David Heller Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Michelle Hirsch Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gayle Horwitz Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Keith Israelstam Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jody Katzner Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Eliana LeVine Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Menachem Lubling Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Mariely Luengo Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Noam Magence Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Kevin Margolis Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Susi Meisel Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jono Nisenboum Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Shoshana Nyer Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Cole Pesses Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Tamar Poupko Smith Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Chrles Horowitz Ratner Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Beth Rosenberg Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Harvey Sass Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Josh Schalk Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Marcy Levy Shankman Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sharon Socher Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Erica Stafffield Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Moish Tohn Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Sally Wertheim Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Adam Wieder Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Danielle Wild Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Wild Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Idelle Wolf Honorary Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Allison Wuliger Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Andrew Zelman Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 1306841 0 208062 9 0 1 0 0 5622481 0 0 0 5050 6669480 0 12297011 Tuition, Program and Supply Fee Revenue 611710 789794 789794 0 0 0 0 0 0 789794 155171 0 0 155171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2656 0 -2656 -2656 0 0 -2656 0 0 13239320 789794 0 152515 2038317 2038317 1492826 1492826 0 0 0 0 618265 315909 302356 0 0 0 0 0 2677147 2476792 200355 0 169076 157994 11082 0 399089 367991 31098 0 216792 198377 18415 0 3418 0 3418 0 25048 0 25048 0 308319 295664 12655 0 49013 49013 0 0 115518 51075 64443 0 132333 76263 56070 0 134584 49831 84753 0 36446 36218 228 0 59147 59147 0 0 109005 35171 73834 0 Program Expenses-Educational Related 346857 346254 603 0 Annual Meeting Expense 39534 0 39534 0 51175 38610 12565 0 9021909 8085452 936457 0 344151 631968 0 0 17905 7250 719088 737401 0 0 0 1000 7300 0 0 20056 16432 1989533 1537454 437181 452079 0 0 11969291 13294828 0 0 159507 4197707 13668179 19344965 699362 914131 36722 40972 0 62494 0 0 0 0 0 72431 43781 0 0 1038948 874452 1847463 1935830 X 8823007 10101958 2997709 7307177 11820716 17409135 13668179 19344965 X 4217411 1122398 0 0 0 248610 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 6410334 6791917 7463085 7542262 12297011 40504609 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6410334 6791917 7463085 7542262 12297011 40504609 40504609 53816 51872 64592 135048 155171 460499 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40965108 3809790 0.98876 0.98921 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1104954 500 131046 3430 0 0 1233070 965376 2123 140949 3494 0 0 1104954 874757 0 89698 1289 -2210 0 965376 1034369 3000 -158714 3801 97 0 874757 773215 1000 264147 3887 106 0 1034369 0 0.13 0.87 1 0 0 38090 38090 0 1028009 785127 242882 0 60000 60000 0 0 554259 451490 102769 0 309175 240837 68338 452079 F JFC Money Fund 2067009 F JFC Main Investment Fund 11227819 F 13294828 Assets Held By Others - FAS 136 Funds 4197707 4197707 0 JFC Capital, Repair, and Replacement Loan 117864 Accrued Pension Liability 756588 874452 X 14603878 1122398 0 0 248610 1371008 13232870 0 6450 6450 13239320 9015459 0 0 0 0 0 9015459 0 6450 6450 9021909 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 To support teacher training in the Jewish supplemental and Day Schools. Annual financial aid scholarships for Akiva students. Matching funds for Green Road Synagogue children who participate in the Gift of Israel Program. Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the Center qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code and is, therefore, not subject to tax under present federal income tax laws. The Center is classified as an exempt organization under Section 509(a)(1). the Center follows the accounting guidance for uncertainty in income taxes. The Center's income tax filings are subject to audit by various taxing authorities. In evaluating the Center's activities, the Center believes its position of tax exempt status is current based on current facts and circumstances. The Center has further assessed that there are no activities unrelated to the purpose of the Center and therefore no tax is to be recognized. The policy of the Center is to include in operating expenses penalties and interest assessed by income taxing authorities. There are no penalties or interest from taxing authorities included in operating expenses for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d This represents the change in the unfunded pension liability, this is recorded as income below the line of operations . Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b This represent scholarships/financial aid recorded as a contra revenue on the financial statements. Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4b This represents scholarships /financial aid recorded as contra revenue on the financial statements 1 Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Ave Cleveland OH 44106 341018992 501C3 143793 0 Adult education programs Congregation Mishkan Or 26000 Shaker Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 340714713 501C3 102698 0 Funded positions, school program grants, congreagation enrishment, instituitional stipends retreat, early childhood development and shoresh grants. Mandel Jewish Day School 26500 Shaker Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 341043767 501C3 222928 0 Teacher salary upgrade program and staff development Bnai Jeshurun Congregation 27501 Fairmount Blvd Pepper Pike OH 44124 340714675 501C3 52293 0 Congregation enrichment, school program grants, funded positions, retreat, outreach and shoresh grants. Sububan Temple 22401 Chagrin Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 340760596 501C3 39066 0 Funded positions, school program grants, intituitional stipends, retreat, and shoresh grants. Park Synagogue 27500 Shaker Blvd Pepper Pike OH 44124 340714533 501C3 67408 0 Funded positions, school program grants, outreach, and congregation enrichment Temple Emanu El 4545 Brianard Rd Orange Village OH 44022 340806503 501C3 16705 0 Congregation enrichment, school program grants, retreat, outreach, shoresh grants and Institutional stipend. Fuchs Mizrachi Day School 26601 Shaker Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 341400924 501C3 170840 0 Teacher salary upgrade program and staff development Gross Schechter Day School 27601 Fairmount Blvd Beachwood OH 44122 341283907 501C3 206661 0 Teacher salary upgrade program and staff development Solon Chabad Hebrew School 5570 Harper Rd Solon OH 44139 341796153 501C3 16712 0 Congregation enrichment grants Aish Hatorah 14077 Cedar Rd Cleveland OH 44118 341698873 501C3 32000 0 Adult educaiton. Jewish Learning Connection 2195 So Green Rd Cleveland OH 44122 341552628 501C3 18000 0 Adult educaiton. Beth Israel-West Temple 14308 Triskett Rd Cleveland OH 44111 341001012 501C3 10655 0 school program grants, instituitional stipends, outreach, congregation enrichment, retreat, YOFI, and Shoresh grants Congregation Shaarey Tikvah 26811 Fairmount Blvd Cleveland OH 44122 340823457 501C3 11000 0 Funded positions, retreat, congregation enrichment and shoresh grants. Jewish Family Experience 3570 Warrensville Ctr Rd Cleveland OH 44120 260839035 501C3 52500 0 Adult educaiton and retreat. Kol Halev 2245 Warrensville Ctr Rd Cleveland OH 44118 341817758 501C3 10772 0 funded positions, outreach, congregariion enrichment, school program grants and retreats. Segula 2030 So Taylor Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 341832419 501C3 30675 0 Special needs staffing. BBYO 800 Eight St NW Washington DC 20001 311794932 501C3 18000 0 Funded Positions and retreat. NCSY 16947 W 10th Mile Rd Southfield MI 48075 135623717 501C3 18000 0 Funded Positions. Temple Israel Ner Tamid 1732 Lander Rd Cleveland OH 44124 341472695 501C3 15135 0 Funded position, school program grants, Temple Beth Shalom 50 Division Street Hudson OH 44236 341223101 501C3 24909 0 Funded position, congregation enrichment, school program grants and retreats. Jewish Learning Istitute 2479 So Green Rd Cleveland OH 44122 200048898 501C3 16000 0 Adult educaiton. Yeshiva Derech Hatorah 1508 Warrensville Ctr Rd Cleveland OH 44118 474574851 501C3 155000 0 Staff development Hebrew Academy 1860 So Taylor Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 340714428 501C3 190000 0 Teacher salary upgrade program, staff development Chaviva High School 3300 Mayfield Rd Cleveland Hts OH 44118 824606114 501C3 15481 0 Staff development and ad Mandel Jewish Community Ctr 26001 So Woodland Beachwood OH 44122 340714439 501C3 116116 0 Adult educaiton, retreat and early childhood program. Partners in Torah 200 Public Square Suite 2500 Cleveland Hts OH 44114 471209575 501C3 100000 0 Adult outreach. Jewish Day Nursey 22201 Fairmount Blvd Shaker Hts OH 44118 340714445 501C3 5985 0 Shoresh grants and teacher development. Chabad of Downtown Cleveland 1111 Superior Ave Suite 1320 Cleveland OH 44114 472253170 501C3 6000 0 Adult outreach. Lyndhurst Chabad 5120 Ridgebury Blvd Lyndhurst OH 44124 465522563 501C3 6327 0 Adult outreach. Chabad of The Westside 4021 Harding Dr Westlake OH 44145 474896798 501C3 6000 0 Adult outreach. Twinsburg Chabad 9945 Vail Dr Suite 2500 Twinsburg OH 44087 822751235 501C3 6000 0 Adult outreach. Chagrin Falls Chabad 29640 Cannon Rd Solon OH 44139 874668165 501C3 6000 0 Adult outreach. JCC Association 520 8th Avenue 4th Floor New York NY 10018 135599486 501C3 125000 0 Early Childhood Education Development 34 0 Student scholarships for Jewish Camps. 380 766227 0 Scholarships-Financial Aid and Israel Travel Programs. 134 521702 0 Academic Scholarships for Educators. 81 76911 0 Professional Development and Teacher Training. 144 127986 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 All grantees submit a grant proposal and are approved by the agency's Award Committee for acceptance. All grant dollars are issued as reimbursements to grantees for paid expenses accompanied with copies of all expenses, proof of payment and staff make sure the expenses were made in accordance with the approved grant proposal. Grants for students are also submitted to the Committee for approval and a letter from various programs validating the student's attendance. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marlyn Bloch Jaffe Chief Executive Officer 283305 0 0 0 12945 0 14703 0 27120 0 338073 0 0 0 Laurie Hardesty Chief Financial Officer 214240 0 0 0 4281 0 10630 0 15779 0 244930 0 0 0 Amnon Ophir Akiva Director/Israel Awareness 185355 0 0 0 9145 0 615 0 0 0 195115 0 0 0 Ilya Kligman Network Engineer 179047 0 0 0 0 0 8836 0 594 0 188477 0 0 0 Yossi Israeli Chief Information Officer 157617 0 0 0 12311 0 10677 0 23590 0 204195 0 0 0 Rabbi Stacy Schlein Director Educational Capacity Building 134915 0 0 0 11912 0 9579 0 34528 0 190934 0 0 0 Rachel Lawton Associate Director Hebrew and Judaic Programs 102111 0 0 0 8802 0 7823 0 34442 0 153178 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Noam Magence and J. David Heller have a business relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Budget and Finance Committee receives a copy of the 990 for review and a copy is also sent to the Board Officers. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The agency makes sure that all Board of Trustee members receive a copy of the conflict of interest policy and each member is to return a signed disclosure to be maintained in the agency's records. Once a year the agency sends out a questionnaire to all Board members regarding their relationships, this questionnaire is reviewed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Approved by the Board President and Board Treasurer with the approval by the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. A review with the Board Treasurer or President of form 990 from other organizations if warranted. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon Request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 $248,610 is the change in the unfunded pension liability, in the current year the change is recorded as income since the change decreased the liability.