Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania
The Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania is a public charity based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It raises and administers community funds for local partner organizations, Jewish communities in Israel, and Jews in need around the world.
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania at a glance
In short: Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania gave $793K across 11 grants in 2025 (avg $72K), mostly in Pennsylvania. 0% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $792,902
- -37.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 11
- -26.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $72,082
- -14.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $40,500
- Total assets
- $15,590,835
- +9.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 0% first-time grantees (0 of 11, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (88% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Contact
Mailing address: 601 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton, PA 18510
Phone: (570) 961-2300
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Jewish Community Center ($220K). Together the top 10 received $788K.
Grant Size Distribution
67 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 44 grants of 67 (66%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Federation identifies Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties as its local service area. Its website also describes support for Jewish communities in Israel and Jews in need in more than 70 countries through overseas partners. In 2025, 88% of reported grant dollars went to recipients in Pennsylvania and 12% to recipients in New York.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 11 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania open to new grantees?
0%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 0 of 11 grantees (0%) were first-time recipients. With only 11 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 9 points. How we count
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $776K (2021) to $1.3M (2024). In 2025 it made 11 grants totaling $793K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish Community Center Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $220,000 |
| Jewish Family Service Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $143,973 |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $101,000 |
| United Jewish Appeal New York, NY | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $98,444 |
| Beth Shalom Congregation Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $97,500 |
| Yeshiva Beth Moshe Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $40,500 |
| Jewish Resource Center of the Poconos Stroudsburg, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $37,000 |
| Temple Hesed Religious School Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $27,085 |
| Bais Yaakov of Scranton Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $12,000 |
| Jewish Heritage Connection Scranton, PA | To Further the Mission of the Organization | $10,000 |
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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 | $15,590,835 | $2,326,033 | $1,645,011 | $792,902 | 11 | $815,585 |
| 2024 | $14,236,138 | $1,513,644 | $1,896,958 | $1,269,633 | 15 | $325,557 |
| 2023 | $13,460,698 | $1,752,237 | $1,632,476 | $909,086 | 12 | $388,783 |
| 2022 | $12,576,452 | $1,478,756 | $1,600,999 | $1,019,818 | 16 | $505,552 |
| 2021 | $14,443,828 | $3,483,785 | $1,242,254 | $776,342 | 13 | $311,518 |
| 2020 | $10,151,968 | $1,652,743 | $1,337,224 | $858,201 | 11 | $389,642 |
| 2019 | $10,088,507 | $2,050,846 | $1,333,492 | $784,846 | 13 | $400,307 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The mission stated in the organization’s 2024 filing is “to rescue the imperiled, to care for the vulnerable, to support Israel, and to revitalize and perpetuate the Jewish communities of Pike, Wayne, Monroe, and Lackawanna counties.” The filing describes its grantmaking as supporting selected Jewish organizations for religious, charitable, social, cultural, or educational purposes.
The 2025 recipients include organizations with varied missions. The Jewish Community Center of Scranton describes its work as providing recreational, educational, cultural, emotional, physical-health, and social programs for Jewish and general communities. Jewish Family Service describes its work as professional counseling, advocacy, and educational programming to strengthen individual, family, and community life. Scranton Hebrew Day School describes its mission as providing Torah and secular education, with an emphasis on children’s spiritual, moral, and social growth. The Jewish Resource Center of the Poconos describes its work as providing Jewish educational, cultural, religious, and social programs.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Federation reported 11 grants totaling $792,902. Grant amounts ranged from $5,400 to $220,000, with a median grant of $40,500. The largest awards included $220,000 to Jewish Community Center of Scranton, $143,973 to Jewish Family Service of Scranton, $101,000 to Scranton Hebrew Day School, $98,444 to United Jewish Appeal, and $97,500 to Beth Shalom Congregation. Each grant was reported as supporting the recipient’s mission.
The Federation’s filing states that grant recipients must submit an annual report on the prior year’s developments and use of grant funds.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Daniel Chejfec as executive director and board member; David I Fallk Esq as president; Elliot Schoenberg as vice-president; Jerry Weinberger Esq as treasurer; Donald Douglass Esq as secretary; Geordee Grable Pollock as assistant secretary; Susan Connors as CRC; Esther Adelman as grants; Margaret Sheldon as investments; and Marian Beckhorn as trustee.
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania is led by Daniel Chejfec, Executive Director & Board on every filing since 2023; 1 of 32 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Daniel Chejfec
Executive Director & Board
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$120K (2023) → $134K (2025)
David I. Fallk Esq.
President
Trustee → Crc, 2024
Crc → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marian Goldstein Beckhorn
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Fine Esq.
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lynne Fragin
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Mardo
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Reece Oslinker
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Hersh
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alan Smertz
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rabbi Samuel Sandhaus
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Weinberger
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bernice Dinner
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Doris Koloski
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Molly Rutta
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alma Shaffer-Mullin
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Hollander
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary Morris
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alan Glassman
Honorary Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donald Douglass Esq.
Secretary
Assistant Secretary → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Douglas Fink
Honorary Member
President → Honorary Member, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elliot Schoenberg
Vice President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Weinberg
Honorary Member
Administrative Vice President → President, 2022
President → Honorary Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Esther Adelman
Grants
President → Honorary Member, 2022
Honorary Member → Grants, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Geordee Grable Pollock
Assistant Secretary
Trustee → Assistant Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Weinberger Esq.
Treasurer
Treasurer → Assistant Treasurer, 2022
Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Louis Nivert
Honorary Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Sheldon
Investments
Honorary Member → Investments, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Greenstein
Honorary Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard I. Schwartz
Honorary Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Seth Gross
Honorary Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Seitchik
Honorary Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Blum Connors
Crc
Trustee → Crc, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (48)
- Former: Natalie Gelb (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Shlomo Fink (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: William Fiegleman (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Alma Shaffer (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Kenny Ganz (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Mila Aronzon (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Vladimir Aronzon (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Larry Milliken (2023) — Trustee
- Former: Alex Gans (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Bernie Driller (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Dan Marcus (2019–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: David Malinov (2019–2022) — Honorary Member
- Former: Jay Okun (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Silverberg (2019–2022) — Executive Director & Board Secretary · Filing note: Retired 12/2031
- Former: Murray Glick (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Janet Holland (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Paula Kane (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Phyllis Barax (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Daniel Chejfec Hired (2022) — Executive Director & Board Secretary
- Former: David Yehuda Fink (2022) — Trustee
- Former: Alan Goldstein (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Ann Lebowitz Monsky (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Barbara Nivert (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Ben Schnessel (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Eugene Schneider (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Gary Beckhorn (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Irwin Wolfson (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jay Schectman (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Leah Laury (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Michael Barber (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Mark Davis (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Dolores Gruber (2019–2020) — Executive Secretary
- Former: Edward Monsky Esq. (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Irwin Schneider Esq. (2019–2020) — Honorary Member
- Former: Joseph Fisch Esq. (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Lewis Sare (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Mel Mogel (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Phyllis Malinov (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Angela Weinberg (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Howard Spizer Esq. (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Patricia Weiner (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Anne Silverman (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Barry Tremper (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Patricia Taylor Bernstein (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Phyllis Brandes (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Rhonda Fallk (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Stan Rothman (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Suzanne Tremper (2019) — Trustee
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 $134K, to Daniel Chejfec (Executive Director, Board).
Frequently asked questions about Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania
How much does Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania give each year?
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania gave $793K across 11 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.3M across 15 grants.
What is Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania's typical grant size?
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania's median grant in 2025 was $40,500, and its average grant was $72,082, across 11 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania give grants?
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania gives mostly in Pennsylvania: 88% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was New York (12%). The most frequent recipient cities were Scranton, PA (8 grants) and Stroudsburg, PA (2 grants).
Does Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 11 grants with a stated purpose on Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "To Further the Mission of the Organization" (11 grants).
Who are Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania's largest grantees?
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania's largest 2025 grantees include Jewish Community Center ($220,000), Jewish Family Service ($143,973) and Scranton Hebrew Day School ($101,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 59% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania?
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania reported $15.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.3M.
What does Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania fund?
The mission stated in the organization’s 2024 filing is “to rescue the imperiled, to care for the vulnerable, to support Israel, and to revitalize and perpetuate the Jewish communities of Pike, Wayne, Monroe, and Lackawanna counties.” See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania?
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania's EIN?
Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 24-0809371. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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