Tribe 12 is a pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. Tribe 12 connects people in their 20s and 30s to jewish life and community in philadelphia today so they will choose to stay connected tomorrow. Our vision is to guide every person who is in their 20s and 30s who is jewish, has a partner who is jewish, or is seeking a connection with judaism to the next step on their path to meaningful jewish community and connection. We DO this through a combination of social and cultural events; concierge style one-on-one guidance to find jewish communities and opportunities; a jewish leadership and entrepreneurship fellowship; a community for lgbtq jews and allies; matchmaking and singles encounters; giving circles based on the ideas of ethical philanthropy; and being the web resource for people in their 20s and 30s to live, play and work jewishly in the philly area.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
49¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 11 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $51K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
49%
of spending
Concern: 49% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$142K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$11K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$760K
-14% vs prior year
Spent
$834K
To programs
49%
Net assets
$838K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$760K
FY2025▼ -14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$410K
FY2021$582K
FY2022$441K
FY2023$553K
FY2024$882K
FY2025$760K
Expenses
$834K
FY2025▲ +26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$422K
FY2021$440K
FY2022$400K
FY2023$563K
FY2024$664K
FY2025$834K
Net assets
$838K
FY2025▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$489K
FY2021$660K
FY2022$634K
FY2023$642K
FY2024$891K
FY2025$838K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2010.

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Where the money goes

49 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 49% · $410K Management & general 35% · $291K Fundraising 16% · $134K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $142K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$142,433Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Megan Goldmarche’s $142K as Executive Director is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2132 $100K–1M religion 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Megan Goldmarche$142,433$133,350$127,000$62,404——
Ross Berkowitz————$91,271$87,500

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

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Connects young adults to Jewish life and community through events and personalized guidance.

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1 program · $410K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Tribe 12 is a pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. Tribe 12 connects people in their 20s and 30s to jewish life and community in philadelphia today so they will choose to stay connected tomorrow.

$410Kprogram 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 1 funder$20K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$760K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$709K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Money outPt IX
$834K
Ln 25
Programscol B$410K
Managementcol C$291K
Fundraisingcol D$134K
Owns and owesPt X
$838K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$369K
Total assetsLn 16$849K
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$709K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Gains on assetsLn 7$7K
Total revenueLn 12$760K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$133K
SavingsLn 2$235K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$369K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$348K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$849K
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K
Net assetsLn 32$838K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$481K$369K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$314K$348K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$917K$849K
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K$11K
Net assetsLn 32$891K$838K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$142K$43K$28K$71K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$370K$197K$130K$43K
Payroll taxesLn 10$69K$33K$21K$15K
Legal feesLn 11b$188$188
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$48K$48K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$22K$16K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$137K$119K$13K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$2K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$834K$410K$291K$134K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $760K$834K−$74K$838K 990 PDF
FY2024 $882K$664K$219K$891K 990 PDF
FY2023 $553K$563K−$9K$642K 990 PDF
FY2022 $441K$400K$41K$634K 990 PDF
FY2021 $582K$440K$142K$660K 990 PDF
FY2020 $410K$422K−$12K$489K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $759,640 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $815,156$708,706
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $62,808$32,177
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $15,412$26,727
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$11,015−$7,970
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $882,361$759,640
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $439,451$580,858
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $224,082$253,203
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $663,533$834,061
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $218,828−$74,421
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $759,640 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$708,706
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$708,706
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $32,177$32,177
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $19,842$19,842
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $6,885$6,885
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$13,081−$13,081
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $5,111$5,111
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $64,015 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$13,081$759,640
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $834,061 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $42,730 · Management $28,487 · Fundraising $71,216$142,433
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $197,070 · Management $130,089 · Fundraising $42,600$369,759
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $32,655 · Management $21,142 · Fundraising $14,869$68,666
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $188$188
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,689$14,689
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $47,568$47,568
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $6,322$6,322
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $5,360$5,360
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,320 · Management $5,393$21,713
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $10,881$10,881
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $119,345 · Management $12,803 · Fundraising $5,208$137,356
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,500 · Management $7,626$9,126
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $409,620 · Management $290,548 · Fundraising $133,893$834,061
Part X · Balance sheet $848,829 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $103,961$133,375
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $377,346$235,248
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $118,707$131,221
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,335$599
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $313,850$348,386
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $917,199$848,829
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,360$11,103
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $25,760$11,103
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $739,232$710,519
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $152,207$127,207
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $891,439$837,726
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $917,199$848,829
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $837,726 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$759,640
XI-2 Total expenses$834,061
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$74,421
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$891,439
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$20,708
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$837,726

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