JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHARLESTON
1691 TURNBULL AVE, N CHARLESTON, SC 29405

Total Revenue
$1,591,045
Total Expenses
$774,994
Net Assets
$16,454,506

Organizations Filed Purposes: THE JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHARLESTON SUPPORTS JEWISH AND OTHER CHARITABLE CAUSES PRIMARILY IN THE CHARLESTON COMMUNITY.

TEMPLE SINAI - IN 2016, THE FOUNDATION ASSUMED OWNERSHIP OF THE TEMPLE SINAI SYNAGOGUE BUILDING AND THE ASSOCIATED CEMETERY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THIS CORNERSTONE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND LEGACY IN SUMTER COUNTY. WHILE THE SYNAGOGUE CURRENTLY REMAINS ACTIVE UNDER INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS. ON JUNE 2, 2018, THIS HISTORICAL LANDMARK WAS CONVERTED TO THE TEMPLE SINAI JEWISH HISTORY CENTER (SUMTER COUNTY MUSEUM) AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS, 1:00PM TO 4:00PM, AND SATURDAYS, 10:00AM TO 1:00PM.GRANTMAKING - OUR GRANTMAKING SPANS THE CHARLESTON COMMUNITY, FROM ARTS AND CULTURE TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDES CRITICAL OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR JEWISH AND OTHER CHARITABLE CAUSES. IN 2019, THE JEWISH ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DISBURSED 133 GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $572,036. THESE GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: 43 GRANTS TOTALING $117,759 IN SUPPORT OF RELIGIOUS AND OTHER PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS, 58 GRANTS TOTALING $301,153 SUPPORTING VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS, 8 GRANTS TOTALING $30,200 SUPPORTING HUMAN NEEDS, 7 GRANTS TOTALING $11,750 SUPPORTING THE ARTS, 9 GRANTS TOTALING $10,650 SUPPORTING HEALTH INITIATIVES, 7 GRANTS TOTALING $100,124 SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOOD & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND 1 GRANT TOTALING $400 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Jane LitzCFO1$0
Christa DivisCFO (FORMER)1$0
Tina Johnson-BrebnerEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1$0
David CohenCHAIRMAN EMERITUS1$0
Kim DyeDIRECTOR1$0
Richard StarrDIRECTOR1$0
Steven GoldbergDIRECTOR1$0
Terry FisherDIRECTOR1$0
Ben ChaseDIRECTOR1$0
Mallary ScheerDIRECTOR1$0
Jaclyn BerlinskyDIRECTOR1$0
Jan LipovCO-CHAIR1$0
Edward KronsbergCO-CHAIR1$0

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