irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2024
What they reported doing
- #1 primary $89KEDUCATOR TRIP: A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF HOLOCAUST HISTORY AND ITS IMPACT. THE PROGRAM TAKES TEACHERS TO HOLOCAUST SITES IN EASTERN EUROPE, PROVIDING FIRSTHAND HISTORICAL INSIGHT TO HELP THEM TEACH STUDENTS WITH ACCURACY AND EMPATHY.
- #2 $12KMIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT INSTITUTE: IS AN EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE THAT RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AMONG YOUNG LEARNERS. THROUGH INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, DISCUSSIONS, AND AGE-APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES, STUDENTS EXPLORE HISTORICAL EVENTS, LEARN ABOUT TOLERANCE AND EMPATHY, AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBATING PREJUDICE AND HATE.
named programs · 5 · from sources
What they call their work
Educator Trip
Professional development program taking teachers to Holocaust sites in Eastern Europe to deepen historical understanding and improve classroom instruction with accuracy and empathy.
GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau
Program featuring second- and third-generation descendants of Holocaust survivors who share personal family stories in schools and community venues to educate and inspire.
Middle School Student Institute
Educational initiative for young learners featuring interactive workshops and age-appropriate activities to teach about the Holocaust, tolerance, empathy, and combating prejudice.
Traveling Exhibits
Mobile educational exhibits on Holocaust history and human rights themes, displayed in schools and public spaces to reach broader audiences.
White Rose Program
Youth-focused initiative promoting moral courage and resistance to injustice, inspired by the historical White Rose student resistance movement in Nazi Germany.
activities · 6 groups
What they do
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Holocaust and Genocide Remembrance Education 8 activities
- Awards excellence in Holocaust and human rights teachingPresents the annual Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award to recognize outstanding teaching in Holocaust and human rights education.
- Conducts age-appropriate Holocaust education for middle and high school studentsRuns educational programs using workshops and discussions to teach middle and high school students about the Holocaust, tolerance, empathy, and moral courage, including through the White Rose Program.
- Hosts Holocaust survivor speakers through Speakers BureauOrganizes and delivers speaking engagements by Holocaust survivors and liberators at schools, synagogues, churches, and community organizations to educate about the Holocaust and promote human rights, including through age-appropriate programs for elementary and middle school students.
- Organizes GenerationsForward speaker programsSponsors public education presentations and the MemoryKeeper Story Hour, featuring second- and third-generation descendants of Holocaust survivors through organized speaking engagements.
- Produces and distributes educational documentaries and digital archivesCreated the documentary "Testimony of the Human Spirit" and an interactive database featuring audio and visual accounts, personal artifacts, and documents of Holocaust survivors from Westchester for use by teachers and students.
- Provides professional development for educators on Holocaust educationOffers professional development courses, biennial study tours to Germany and Poland, and interactive workshops at Holocaust sites to train over 3,000 teachers, indirectly reaching hundreds of thousands of students.
- Runs the Twin-With-a-Survivor program for B'nai Mitzvah studentsPartners with The Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest to connect B'nai Mitzvah students with Holocaust survivors, requiring at least three meetings including one at the survivor's home or workplace, integration of survivor testimonies into D'var Torah speeches, journaling, and collection of videotaped testimonies.
- Supports student documentation of survivor family historiesConnects high school students with Holocaust survivors and their descendants to co-create digital presentations and creative works based on family stories of resilience and survival, including supporting the creation of a storybook titled "Making Lemonade: When Life Gives You Lemons."
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Youth Writing Contests & Recognition Programs 1 activity
- Administers the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression CompetitionOrganizes and recognizes winners of the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition for middle and high school students, promoting creative engagement with Holocaust and human rights themes.
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Teacher & Classroom Innovation Grants 1 activity
- Offers grants for Holocaust and human rights education projectsProvides grants of up to $600 to teachers in public, private, and parochial schools in the Lower Hudson Valley to support Holocaust and human rights education initiatives.
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Free Public Access Nature Sites 1 activity
- Operates the Garden of Remembrance memorial siteMaintains the Garden of Remembrance, a memorial and sculpture garden in White Plains, NY, established in 1992, with public access seven days a week from dawn to dusk.
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Commemorative Brick and Memorial Installations 1 activity
- Plants and maintains symbolic trees from Anne Frank’s chestnut treePlanted a sapling grown from a tree referenced in Anne Frank's Diary and held a dedication ceremony in 2024 as part of its educational and memorial programming.
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Storytelling and Literacy Resource Development 1 activity
- Provides curriculum-aligned teaching resources on human rights and genocideOffers an online platform with curricular resources, lesson plans, and educational materials for books such as "Maddi’s Fridge," "Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen," "Fly Away Home," "The Good Garden," and "Great Joy" to teach about hunger, homelessness, genocide, and compassion.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$580K
Contributions & grants$389K67%
Program service revenue$62K11%
Investment income$-3K-0%
Other revenue$131K
expenses
Total expenses$659K
Program expenses71%
Admin / overhead22%
Fundraising7%
Salaries & benefits$199K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$950K
Cash$98K
Investments$852K
Liabilities$254
Net assets$950K
Liquid reserves17.3 mo
4 years on record · 2019–2024 · YoY revenue -11.5%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 15
- DAN JOSEPH — BOARD MEMBER
- DAVID A ALPERT — BOARD MEMBER
- DEBBY ZIERING — BOARD MEMBER
- ELIE ABEMAYOR — BOARD MEMBER
- FRANCES GINSBERG PHD — BOARD MEMBER
- HARRIS MARKHOFF ESQ — BOARD MEMBER
- HELEN WURTZEL LCSW — BOARD MEMBER
- JOSEPH KAIDANOW — BOARD MEMBER
- KARIN MEYERS MA — BOARD MEMBER
- LEAH ROZENFELD SILLS — BOARD MEMBER
- MICHELL WM OSTROVE — BOARD MEMBER
- PAUL ELLIOT — BOARD MEMBER
- RACHEL GREENSPAN — BOARD MEMBER
- YONAT ASSAYAG — BOARD MEMBER
- ZIPORAH JANOWSKI — BOARD MEMBER
relationships · 31
Who they work with
- American Jewish Committee Partner — Millie Jasper co-chaired the AJC Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast.
- Anne Frank Center USA Partner — Organization that selected HHREC to receive a sapling grown from a tree referenced in Anne Frank's Diary.
- Anti-Defamation League Partner — Collaborates to provide educational outreach materials for the book "Maddi’s Fridge".
- Association of Holocaust Organizations Network — Member organization of the Association of Holocaust Organizations.
- Association of Holocaust Organizations Network — Millie Jasper is elected to the Board of the Association of Holocaust Organizations.
- Brewster High School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- Business Council of Westchester Network — Member organization of the Business Council of Westchester.
- Byram Hills High School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- Copper Beech Middle School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- Denzel Washington School for the Arts Partner — School of the 2025 Susan J. Goldberg Award recipient, indicating a partnership through recognition of its faculty.
- Farragut Middle School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- Felix Festa Middle School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- GenerationsForward Partner — Collaborates with GenerationsForward to connect students with Holocaust survivors and their descendants for the Living History Project.
- German International School of New York Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- Goethe Institut Partner — Steve Goldberg authored books for the Goethe Institut including "Focus on Germany" and "Let’s Explore Modern Germany."
- International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Network — Member organization of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
- MemoryKeeper Story Hour Partner — Co-hosts and features speakers in a public storytelling series on Holocaust memory.
- NYS Archives Partnership Trust Partner — Collaborated with HHREC and NYSED to design an online platform for Holocaust and genocide education.
- New York State Government — Supports schools in fulfilling the state mandate to include Holocaust and human rights education in curriculum.
- New York State Department of Education Government — Collaborated with HHREC to design an online platform for Holocaust and genocide education.
- New York State Education Department (NYSED) Government — Selected HHREC to revise and update curricular resources for teaching the Holocaust and other genocides in accordance with state mandates.
- Nonprofit Westchester Network — Member organization of Nonprofit Westchester.
- Rotolo Middle School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- Rye Middle School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- Rye Neck High School Partner — Participating school in the Ben Ferencz Writing & Creative Expression Competition
- The Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest Partner — Collaborates with The Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest on the Twin-With-a-Survivor program.
- Union for Reform Judaism Network — Millie Jasper served as Community Vice-Chair for URJ.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Network — Member of the Community of Holocaust Education Centers affiliated with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Westchester Jewish Council Network — Member organization of the Westchester Jewish Council.
- Westchester Jewish Council Partner — Millie Jasper served on the Board of the Westchester Jewish Council.
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strategies · 4
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Age-Appropriate Experiential Engagementmethodology: age-appropriate-interactive-educationBy using interactive, creative, and literature-based methods tailored to developmental stages, the organization fosters empathy and moral reasoning in young learners, because age-sensitive, emotionally engaging formats make complex human rights concepts accessible and impactful.
- Educator-First Immersion Modelmethodology: educator-immersionBy deepening educators’ firsthand understanding of the Holocaust through professional development, international trips, and grant-supported projects, the organization improves the quality and emotional authenticity of Holocaust education in classrooms, because teachers who are deeply informed and personally moved convey the subject more effectively.
- Survivor-Centered Narrative Educationmethodology: survivor-testimony-educationBy using first-person survivor testimony, personal artifacts, and intergenerational oral history, the organization produces deeper student empathy and moral understanding of the Holocaust and human rights, because personal connection makes historical atrocity relatable and memorable.
- Upstander and Moral Continuity Educationmethodology: upstander-educationBy teaching the Holocaust as a case study in ethical decision-making and highlighting stories of rescuers and resilience, the organization fosters students’ identity as upstanders who act against injustice, because modeling moral courage builds agency and human rights commitment.