Lappin foundation's mission is enhancing jewish identity across generations, in the jewish community and beyond. We accomplish our mission by funding dynamic programs for children, teens and adults that spark an interest in jewish living and learning; jewish history, culture, and identity; connecting people to israel; building jewish pride in young people; developing a connection to and love for israel; serving as an educational resource center to the community for programs about judaism, the holocaust and antisemitism; fostering positive relationships through educational programs with individuals of all faiths; imbuing young jewish people with the desire to stay jewish and raise their own children jewish; and allyship-building with minority communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$435K 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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FY2023 · 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 $65K a year · 5% 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
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$435K
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$195K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.8M
+26% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$619K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2023▲ +26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$337K
FY2021$566K
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.7M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2023▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$136K
FY2021$185K
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.9M
FY2025$1.6M
Net assets
$619K
FY2023▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$513K
FY2021$894K
FY2022$668K
FY2023$619K
FY2024$608K
FY2025$714K

From the FY2023 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2013.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $1.4M Management & general 9% · $165K Fundraising 15% · $278K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $435K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$272,856Pt VII · Sec A
Development Dir.
$162,446Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Clerk
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Deborah Coltin’s $306K as Executive Director is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Deborah Coltin$305,738$295,754$272,856$261,877
Sarah Ovadia$203,719$181,123$162,446$151,677

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

Fosters Jewish identity through educational programs, cultural experiences, and interfaith outreach.

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2 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Youth to israel adventure, Y2I, which included jewish teens, teens with disabiliities AND/OR special needs. Y2I, a rite of passage for jewish teens, is open to jewish teens who are sophomores or juniors in high school and who live in the foundation's service area, regardless of level of jewish observance, education, affiliation or…

$984Kprogram expense
02

Providing programs for children, teens, adults, and jewish and interfaith families, including PJ library, rekindle shabbat, holidays, holocaust and antisemitism education, introduction to judaism, israel, leadership development, and current events.

$460Kprogram 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$5K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$165K
Fundraisingcol D$278K
Owns and owesPt X
$619K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$457K
Total assetsLn 16$814K
LiabilitiesLn 26$195K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K
Investment incomeLn 3$22K
Gains on assetsLn 7$11K
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$145K
SavingsLn 2$312K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$457K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$79K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$171K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$814K
LiabilitiesLn 26$195K
Net assetsLn 32$619K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$590K$457K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5K$79K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$207K$171K
Total assetsLn 16$902K$814K
LiabilitiesLn 26$234K$195K
Net assetsLn 32$668K$619K
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$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$677K$411K$51K$214K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$55K$42K$6K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$49K$30K$2K$17K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$785$523$262
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$97K$65K$32K$833
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$15K$10K$5K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$66K$33K$32K
TravelLn 17$647K$647K$82
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$8K$5K$3K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$23K$18K$3K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$199K$168K$4K$26K
All other expensesLn 24e$30K$15K$7K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.4M$165K$278K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.7M$1.6M$95K$714K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.9M$1.9M−$10K$608K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $1.8M$1.9M−$49K$619K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.5M$1.7M−$226K$668K 990 PDF
FY2021 $566K$185K$381K$894K 990 PDF
FY2020 $337K$136K$201K$513K 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,838,911 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,429,901$1,781,646
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $30,750$34,960
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,117$22,305
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,464,768$1,838,911
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $706,864$781,306
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $984,171$1,106,540
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,691,035$1,887,846
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$226,267−$48,935
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,838,911 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$1,000,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$781,646
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,781,646
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $34,960$34,960
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $11,011$11,011
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $11,294$11,294
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $34,960 · Excluded from tax $22,305$1,838,911
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,887,846 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 staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $411,154 · Management $51,394 · Fundraising $213,990$676,538
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $41,547 · Management $5,540 · Fundraising $8,310$55,397
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $30,068 · Management $2,469 · Fundraising $16,834$49,371
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,813$4,813
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $10,000$10,000
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $523 · Management $262$785
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $64,798 · Management $31,565 · Fundraising $833$97,196
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $3,189$3,189
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,803 · Management $4,901$14,704
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $33,232 · Management $32,274$65,506
IX-17 TravelPrograms $646,801 · Management $82$646,883
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,020 · Fundraising $2,509$7,529
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $4,094$4,094
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $18,471 · Management $3,464 · Fundraising $1,154$23,089
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $168,354 · Management $4,295 · Fundraising $25,959$198,608
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,613 · Management $6,831 · Fundraising $8,700$30,144
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,444,384 · Management $165,173 · Fundraising $278,289$1,887,846
Part X · Balance sheet $814,073 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $86,468$145,190
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $503,199$312,200
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $100,000$100,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$6,667
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $207,191$171,434
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,807$78,582
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 $901,665$814,073
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $41,389$45,107
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $192,729$150,354
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $234,118$195,461
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $553,629$508,694
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $113,918$109,918
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $667,547$618,612
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $901,665$814,073
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $618,612 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,838,911
XI-2 Total expenses$1,887,846
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$48,935
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$667,547
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$618,612

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