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Westchester Jewish Council Inc

Foundation · Grantmaker White Plains, NY EIN: 13-2856699 Website

To facilitate jewish citizens of westchester county and their agencies and institutions to act in concert in all matters and issues affecting the jewish community and to conduct programs and activities, and to encourage and support the programs and activities of its constituent members, designed to advance and enhance jewish living within our community.to take such action and conduct such activities within westchester county as would support and advance the growth, prosperity, peace and security of the state of israel, and to share with it.

Key facts about Westchester Jewish Council Inc

In short: Westchester Jewish Council Inc reported $275 in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
13-2856699
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Grants paid (2025)
$275 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
Total assets
$1,161,441

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$1.2M

+3.1% YoY

Grants Paid (reported total)

$275

-91.7% YoY

Revenue

$929K

+8.5% YoY

Net Investment Income

$42K

+26.3% YoY

About Westchester Jewish Council Inc

Based on IRS filings

Westchester Jewish Council Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on Religion Related, based in White Plains, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.2M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $275 in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $42K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

New York

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15K$20K1 grants20190 grants20200 grants20210 grants20220 grants2023Total only2024Total only2025

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 0 recipients in 2025

Grant Size Distribution

0 grants across all recorded years

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

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$500K$1M$1.5M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$1,161,441$1,126,422$1,028,732
Revenue$929,419$856,275$780,501
Expenses$911,481$784,174$621,560
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$41,745$33,040$12,391
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 7, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 9, 2025)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Westchester Jewish Council Inc is led by Elliot Forchheimer, Chief Executive Officer since 2021 (on filings since 2019); 1 of 64 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Elliot Forchheimer

    Chief Executive Officer

    Executive Director → Chief Executive Officer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    35 hrs/week

    $155K (2019) → $203K (2025)

  • Michael Mittelman

    President

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    Secretary → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Rosenfeld

    Audit Chair

    Director → Audit Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Arnold Linhardt

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Betsy Bernstein

    Director

    Associate Treasurer → Vice President, 2021

    Vice President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Eppinger

    Director

    Director → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Debra Abrahams Weiner

    Director

    Director → Immediate Past President, 2023

    Immediate Past President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harold Aspis

    Director

    Director → Audit Chair, 2022

    Audit Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harriett Zeller

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeremy A. Abramson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Rockowitz

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martin Rogowsky

    Director

    Vice President → Director, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mitchell Ostrove

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Young

    Director

    Director → Associate Secretary, 2021

    Associate Secretary → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yael Schulman

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bonnie Hagen

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danny Schultz

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Flaxer

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Sloane

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Spitz

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stuart Kolbert

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aaron Fleishaker

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey Kapelus

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Everett

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lawrence Engle

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melissa Baer

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gabriel Lomas

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Harold Treiber

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey A. Cohen

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Berkowitz

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Bilski

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrienne Tanner

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Asaf Cohen

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Audrey Samers

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jamie Schaefer - Wilson

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Povman

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joan Poulin

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Larry Bahr

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maj L. Wickstrom

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael A. Scheffler

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Kane

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Fischer

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Rothstein

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Balkin

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Zeitlin

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Zev Skolnick

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adeena Rosen

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aviva Seiden

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chuck Lesnick

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dalia Strum

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Glick

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Heidi Rieger

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joanna Segal

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tara Slone-Goldstein

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Arlene Kleinberg

    Vice President

    Director → Associate Secretary, 2023

    Associate Secretary → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey Kohn

    Senior Vice President

    Associate Treasurer → Vice President, 2020

    Vice President → Senior Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marc Klee

    Vice President

    Treasurer & Audit Chair → Treasurer, 2022

    Treasurer → Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul B. Warhit

    Immediate Past President

    Past President → Director, 2020

    Director → Immediate Past President, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Schrag

    Immediate Past President

    Director → President, 2022

    President → Immediate Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    15 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michele Gregson

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack Zinn

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stu Seltzer

    Member at Large

    Director → Member at Large, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ellen Reinheimer

    Member at Large

    Director → Member at Large, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (62)
  • Former: Betty Berenson (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Lampert (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ellen Salant (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Lisa Ginsberg (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Lisa Roberts (2019–2024) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Nancy Zaro (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sue Pearson (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bruce Wexler (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Allison Fine (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Evan Kingsley (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Betsy Miller Landis (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Dan Reingold (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Joyce Claar (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Keith Reich (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Marti Michael (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Giselle Weissman (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Holly Rosen Fink (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Samuel Berger (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Sokol (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jessica Morgenthal (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michael Karnes (2019–2022) — Associate Treasurer
  • Former: Michelle Gewanter (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Sheila Spicehandler (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Steve Cony (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Karen Firestone (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michael Rosenblut (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ann Tourk (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jamie Schaefer-Wilson (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: David A. Alpert (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ellen Jancko-Baken (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Gary Trachten (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jack Zitomer (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jane Silverman (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Marilyn Kneller-Rimsky (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Michelle Beinhacker (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Mona Abramson (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: David Miller (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Helene Schonbrun (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Irwin S. Davison (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Joseph Rafalowicz (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Laurie Davidowitz (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Liat Altman (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Michael Rosenbaum (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Roman Shuf (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Ron Arsham (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Sam Berger (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Sharon Gorman (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Steve Rubinstein (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Anita Greenwald (2020) — Director
  • Former: Cantor Margot Goldberg (2020) — Director
  • Former: Gennifer Kelly (2020) — Director
  • Former: Rabbi Daniel Gropper (2020) — Director
  • Former: Ronald E. Burton (2020) — Director
  • Former: Steve Silverman (2020) — Director
  • Former: David Ruzow (2019) — Director
  • Former: Diane Werner (2019) — Director
  • Former: Harriet Schleifer (2019) — Director
  • Former: Harry Mamaysky (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mark Teich (2019) — Director
  • Former: Millie Jasper (2019) — Director
  • Former: Peter Baum (2019) — Director
  • Former: Sheila Friedland (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

Elliot Forchheimer — Chief Executive Officer: $203KElliot ForchheimerChief Executive Officer$203K

Frequently asked questions about Westchester Jewish Council Inc

How much does Westchester Jewish Council Inc give each year?

Westchester Jewish Council Inc reported $275 in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $3K in grants paid.

How large is Westchester Jewish Council Inc?

Westchester Jewish Council Inc reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $929K.

What is Westchester Jewish Council Inc?

Westchester Jewish Council Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on Religion Related, based in White Plains, NY. It holds $1.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Westchester Jewish Council Inc operate?

Westchester Jewish Council Inc has awarded grants in New York.

What is Westchester Jewish Council Inc's EIN?

Westchester Jewish Council Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-2856699. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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