The Museum's mission is to restore and maintain the Natl. Historic Landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue and to develop and implement programming that explores Jewish culture, Lower East Side immigrant history and architectural preservation

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$345K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $101K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$345K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 16.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $11K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$221K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
71%
Net assets
$3.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.7M
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$3.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$3.6M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1998.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $992K Management & general 15% · $207K Fundraising 14% · $192K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

26 people listed on the 990; $345K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Exec Director
$180,000Pt VII · Sec A
VP Institutional Advancement.
$165,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bonnie Dimun’s $185K as Exec Director is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Bonnie Dimun$185,000$185,000$180,000$180,000$180,000
Eva Brune———$165,000$165,000
Sophie Lo$162,917$140,000$113,000$113,000—
Veronica Ball$98,816————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Preserves a historic synagogue and offers programs on Jewish culture and immigrant history.

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2 programs · $992K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The Museum continues to restore and maintain the National Historic Landmark 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue

$500Kprogram expense
02

The Museum's program services are to develop and implement programming that explores Jewish culture, Lower East Side immigrant history and architectural preservation.

$492Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$11K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$112K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$47K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$992K
Managementcol C$207K
Fundraisingcol D$192K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$221K
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$166K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$31K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$280K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$47K
Investment incomeLn 3$112K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$593
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$84K
SavingsLn 2$1.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$221K
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 665
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K$11K
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$221K
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$3.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$355K$97K$111K$147K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$431K$378K$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$7K$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$5K$1K$987
Payroll taxesLn 10$55K$35K$11K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$9K$4K$3K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$6K$3K$3K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$2K$939$314
InsuranceLn 23$58K$54K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$329K$329K
All other expensesLn 24e$112K$75K$4K$33K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$992K$207K$192K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.7M$1.8M−$101K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$1.5M$342K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$1.7M−$151K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.4M$389K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.4M$1.4M$26K$3.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,416,547 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,178,205$1,259,999
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $190,625$46,772
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $96,347$112,429
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $140,954−$2,653
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,606,131$1,416,547
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $788,490$856,306
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $640,240$534,724
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,428,730$1,391,030
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $177,401$25,517
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,416,547 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$273 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$280,100
VIII-1e Government grants$166,060
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$813,839
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$31,398
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,259,999
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $46,772$46,772
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $113,022$113,022
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $750$750
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$593−$593
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$3,130
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $160,271 · Excluded from tax −$593$1,416,547
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,391,030 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $97,181 · Management $111,395 · Fundraising $146,775$355,351
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $377,816 · Management $53,333$431,149
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,856$6,856
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $5,363 · Management $1,132 · Fundraising $987$7,482
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,921 · Management $11,052 · Fundraising $9,495$55,468
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,149$3,149
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,028$15,028
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,356 · Management $3,463 · Fundraising $1,131$8,950
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,570 · Management $2,930$5,500
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,879 · Management $939 · Fundraising $314$3,132
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $53,715 · Management $4,259$57,974
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $329,226$329,226
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $75,277 · Management $3,532 · Fundraising $32,956$111,765
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $992,309 · Management $207,063 · Fundraising $191,658$1,391,030
Part X · Balance sheet $3,317,021 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $233,467$84,184
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,243,109$1,772,218
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $32,000$24,760
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,495$5,431
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $22,027$11,608
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,352$11,221
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,543,491$1,407,599
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,092,941$3,317,021
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,615$83,416
X-25 Other liabilities$137,262
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,115$220,678
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,070,826$3,096,343
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,070,826$3,096,343
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,092,941$3,317,021
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,096,343 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,416,547
XI-2 Total expenses$1,391,030
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$25,517
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,070,826
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,096,343

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