Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
To build a strong, vibrant, and inclusive community that enhances wellness, meaning, and joy, based on jewish values, heritage, and culture.
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City at a glance
In short: Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City gave $1.5M across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $484K), mostly in Kansas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,451,823
- -6.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $483,941
- -6.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $50,000
- Total assets
- $17,984,075
- +44.0% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Kansas (97% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Jewish Community Center Charitable Supporting Foundation ($1.4M). Together the top 3 received $1.5M.
Grant Size Distribution
20 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 6 grants of 20 (30%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
Cities
How Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City gives
- Giving fell 27% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $455K (2020) to $10.4M (2021). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $1.5M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Center Charitable Supporting Foundation Overland Park, KS | Support of Jewish Community Center Charitable Supporting Foundation | $1,355,000 |
| Greater Kansas City Community Foundation - Reat Griffin Underwood DAF Kansas City, MO | Support of youth in the performing arts - theatre, music and dance | $50,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City Overland Park, KS | Support of Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City | $46,823 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,984,075 | $25,183,644 | $20,069,056 | $1,451,823 | 3 | $83,773 |
| 2024 | $12,485,927 | $18,921,646 | $18,021,649 | $1,550,295 | 3 | $68,433 |
| 2023 | $12,089,622 | $18,471,813 | $16,619,710 | $1,872,037 | 3 | $160,464 |
| 2022 | $12,423,587 | $17,046,758 | $15,136,840 | $1,999,358 | 6 | $37,855 |
| 2021 | $12,170,209 | $16,836,609 | $20,514,851 | $10,429,952 | 5 | $60,608 |
| 2020 | $13,821,969 | $17,093,910 | $11,003,217 | $455,000 | 2 | $20,999 |
| 2019 | $7,938,331 | $12,725,184 | $12,391,510 | $950,000 | 2 | $35,923 |
About Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
Based on IRS filings
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City is a public charity, based in Overland Park, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $18.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $1.5M. Net investment income was $84K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City is led by Jim Sluyter, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 4 of 28 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jim Sluyter
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$207K (2019) → $316K (2025)
Michael Novicoff
Director & Chair
Director & Vice Chair Fund Development → Director & First Vice Chair, 2022
Director & First Vice Chair → Director & Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dave Roesler
Director
Director → Director & Secretary, 2022
Director & Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$11K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Barry Kaseff
Director
Director & Vice Chair Fund Development → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harold Kaseff
Director
Director → Director & Treasurer, 2021
Director & Treasurer → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jacob Mooney
Director
Director → Director & Vice Chair Leadership, 2020
Director & Vice Chair Leadership → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason Sokol
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kurt Kavanaugh
Director & First Vice Chair
Director → Director & Vice Chair Fund Development, 2023
Director & Vice Chair Fund Development → Director & First Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Gordon
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Doris Mendel
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shawn Moore
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vicky Mayer
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ben Hake
Director & Treasurer
Director → Director & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marc Hammer
Director
Director → Director & Treasurer, 2023
Director & Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Rubin
Director & Vice Chair Leadership
Director → Director & Vice Chair Leadership, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Feinstein
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beth Sherry
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Devoe
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sherri Jacobs
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Anderson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Schifman
Director & Vice Chair Fund Development
Director → Director & Vice Chair Fund Development, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sheryl Kaplan
Director & Secretary
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Galler
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Maker
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barry Baumfalk
Chief Member & Facilities Officer
Director of Fitness & Sports → Chief Membership & Facilities Officer, 2022
Chief Membership & Facilities Officer → Chief Member & Facilities Officer, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$100K (2019) → $147K (2025)
Bobby Boresow
CFO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$111K (2019) → $154K (2025)
Diane Azorsky
Immediate Past Chair
Director & First Vice Chair → Director & Chair, 2022
Director & Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$38K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Mary Beth Rohlf
Cpo
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$104K (2022) → $132K (2025)
Former officers (20)
- Former: Donna Thalblum (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Rhonda Fromm (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Samantha Hammontree (2019–2024) — COO
- Former: Steve Flekier (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Robert Tanenbaum (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Shanny Morgenstern (2019–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Jeff Sitzman (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Andrew Kaplan (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Gina Cohen (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Janet Mark (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Rich Hastings (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Dave Knopke (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ann Stern (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Alan Myers (2019–2020) — Director & Treasurer
- Former: Mitch Gold (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Ace Allen (2019) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Amy Ravis-Fury (2019) — Director
- Former: Anne Scharf (2019) — Director
- Former: Caryn Mandel (2019) — Director
- Former: Scott Buchbinder (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $316K, to Jim Sluyter (President and CEO). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
How much does Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City give each year?
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City gave $1.5M across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.6M across 3 grants.
What is Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City's typical grant size?
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City's median grant in 2025 was $50,000, and its average grant was $483,941, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City give grants?
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City gives mostly in Kansas: 97% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Overland Park, KS (2 grants).
Does Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
How large is Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City?
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City reported $18.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $25.2M.
What is Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City's EIN?
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 44-0545992. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 17, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 16, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 15, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 15, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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