named programs · 3 · from sources
What they call their work
Bronx Neighborhood Group Israel/Palestine Learning Session
Forum for Jewish New Yorkers to engage in personal and political dialogue on Israel/Palestine and solidarity work in the West Bank
Good Neighbors Comedy Fundraiser
Comedy event hosted by JFREJ members to raise funds and awareness for racial and economic justice work
Song & Chant Leading Training
Workshop to build cultural resistance skills by practicing movement songs and chants from diverse diasporic Jewish traditions and other struggles, using the JFREJ songbook as a guide
activities · 3 groups
What they do
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Civil Rights Advocacy & Litigation 2 activities
- Community organizing and public education on racial and economic justiceEngages Jewish New Yorkers in community organizing, public education, and solidarity efforts focused on racial and economic justice in New York City, including hosting learning sessions on topics such as Jewish activism in the West Bank.
- Legislative advocacy for racial and economic justiceConducts advocacy efforts aimed at influencing legislation as part of its mission to advance racial and economic justice in New York City.
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Benefit Events for Arts and Culture 1 activity
- Fundraising events to support organizational missionOrganizes comedy fundraisers and similar events featuring members of the organization to generate financial support for racial and economic justice work.
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Jewish Leadership Development 1 activity
- Training and cultural programming for movement leadershipHosts trainings in song and chant leadership that draw from diverse movement struggles and diasporic Jewish traditions, and produces and distributes the songbook "Singing in Public: Melodies to Carry the Movement" to support activist engagement.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$2.00M
Contributions & grants$1.79M89%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$212K
expenses
Total expenses$1.58M
Program expenses69%
Admin / overhead16%
Fundraising15%
Salaries & benefits$1.31M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$825K
Cash$443K
Investments$0
Liabilities$89K
Net assets$736K
Liquid reserves3.4 mo
2 years on record · 2023–2024 · YoY revenue +32.9%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
paid leadership · 2
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUDREY SASSON | Executive Dir. | 34 | $147K |
| SHIFRA B SERED | Dupty Director | 40 | $123K |
board members · 11
- Alexis Ortiz — Co-Chairman
- Amparo Abel-Bey — Board member
- Carlyn Cowen — Co-Chairman
- Ellen Lippmann — Co-Chairman
- Estee Konor — Board member
- Katie Unger — Board member
- Mae Singerman — Board member
- Paula Galowitz — Board member
- Phyllis Arnold — Co-Chairman
- Simone Zimmerman — Board member
- Susie Dyen — Treasurer
relationships · 5
Who they work with
- 1000 Tampons Partner — Collaborates with JFREJ through shared participation in a comedy fundraiser event.
- Bronx Neighborhood Group Partner — Co-hosts a learning session on Israel/Palestine with JEWS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ACTION INC.
- JFREJ Community Network — Sister 501c3 organization focused on community programs and education.
- Jewish New Yorkers Partner — Jewish New Yorkers are central participants in the organization's community organizing efforts.
- War is Stupid: An Anti-War Podcast About War Partner — Collaborates with JFREJ through shared participation in a comedy fundraiser event.
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.
- Cultural Resistance Through Arts and Collective Expressionmethodology: cultural_resistanceBy training and deploying chant leadership and public singing, and using comedy and arts events, the organization builds cultural power and collective courage, because expressive, embodied practices strengthen movement resilience and broaden engagement beyond traditional activism.
- Faith-Based Community Organizing for Collective Well-Beingmethodology: faith-based community organizingBy organizing Jewish communities as a faith-rooted movement, the organization builds collective power to advance racial and economic justice, because shared religious identity and moral tradition strengthen solidarity and sustained civic engagement.
- Integrated Advocacy Combining Multiple Levers of Changemethodology: integrated advocacyBy combining community organizing, public education, legislative advocacy, and limited electoral engagement, the organization advances systemic change, because sustained impact requires simultaneous pressure across cultural, political, and institutional domains.
- Values-Based Dialogue to Mobilize Jewish Communitiesmethodology: values-based dialogueBy using introspective, values-based dialogue grounded in Jewish ethics, the organization engages Jewish communities on contentious issues like Israel/Palestine, because shared moral frameworks increase openness to transformative justice conversations and reduce defensiveness.