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The Center for Jewish History Inc

NEW YORK, NY EIN: 13-3863344 Website

TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE; MAKE AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND FOSTER RESEARCH; AND TO EDUCATE DIVERSE CONSTITUENCIES THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) OPENED IN 2000, THE CENTER IS THE COLLABORATIVE HOME OF FIVE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING JEWISH HISTORY: THE AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION, LEO BAECK INSTITUTE, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, AND YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH. TOGETHER, THE PARTNERS' ARCHIVE, MUSEUM, AND LIBRARY HOLDINGS MAKE UP THE LARGEST REPOSITORY FOR JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE HELD OUTSIDE ISRAEL.

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing

Total Assets

$52.2M

-1.7% YoY

Revenue

$7.5M

-45.0% YoY

Net Investment Income

$1.2M

+117.1% YoY

Expenses

$10.1M

+2.8% YoY

About The Center for Jewish History Inc

Based on IRS filings

The Center for Jewish History Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in NEW YORK, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $52.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $1.2M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

States

Cities

New York

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$4M$7M$11M$15M20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$52,194,951$53,074,919$47,263,677
Revenue$7,460,711$13,554,947$7,884,174
Expenses$10,083,207$9,809,812$9,375,771
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income$1,243,251$572,565$386,004
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$4K$8K$11K$15K0 grants20200 grants20210 grants20221 grants20230 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 0 recipients in 2024

Grant Size Distribution

1 grants across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

RIO DANIELCEO$280KGAVRIEL ROSENFELDPRESIDENT$253KDOROTHY KAUFFMANCHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER$218KMIMI WUDIRECTOR OF FINANCE$168KIAN GRAYDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS$127KHANNAH MALYNINSTITUTIONAL GIVING MANAGER$125KRACHEL MILLERVICE PRESIDENT (THRU 8/2024)$111KLOUIS PINZONDIRECTOR OF IT$108K

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
PETER BALDWINCHAIR2
DAVID FRIEDMANVICE CHAIR2
RONALD LIEBERMANTREASURER2
ELISHEVA CARLEBACHSECRETARY2
ALEXANDER BLAVATNIKDIRECTOR2
LEONARD BLAVATNIKDIRECTOR2
DAVID DANGOORDIRECTOR2
SCOTT EINHORNDIRECTOR2
ANDREW FRACKMANDIRECTOR2
DEBBIE FREEMANDIRECTOR2
PAUL GLASSMANDIRECTOR (THRU 12/2024)2
MICHAEL JESSELSONDIRECTOR2
CHARLES KNAPPDIRECTOR2
SIDNEY LAPIDUSDIRECTOR2
RACHEL LAUFERDIRECTOR2
RUTH LEVINEDIRECTOR2
JONATHAN LEWISDIRECTOR (THRU 12/2024)2
JOEL MARCUSDIRECTOR2
DAVID MARWELLDIRECTOR2
IRENE PLETKADIRECTOR2
MARC POLONSKYDIRECTOR2
ROBERT RIFKINDDIRECTOR2
ABRAHAM SOFAERDIRECTOR2
ALEXANDER SOROSDIRECTOR2
MICHELE TOCCIDIRECTOR2
SHELBY WHITEDIRECTOR2
RIO DANIELCEO40$280,173
GAVRIEL ROSENFELDPRESIDENT40$252,642
RACHEL MILLERVICE PRESIDENT (THRU 8/2024)40$110,626
MIMI WUDIRECTOR OF FINANCE40$167,979
DOROTHY KAUFFMANCHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER40$217,609
LOUIS PINZONDIRECTOR OF IT40$107,531
IAN GRAYDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS40$127,233
HANNAH MALYNINSTITUTIONAL GIVING MANAGER40$124,698

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Data last updated April 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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