AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

4 risk indicators measuring financial stability and operational resilience

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1973

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

JASON GUBERMAN

Phone

2122948350

Tax Period

2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31

AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION, founded in 1973, is a small nonprofit in the Youth Development sector that reported $906K in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue decreased 5% compared to the prior year.

Mission

THE AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION PRESERVES, PROMOTES, AND PERPETUATES THE RICH MOSAIC HISTORY, CULTURES, AND TRADITIONS OF GREATER SEPHARDIC COMMUNITIES AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE BY CREATING HIGH-PROFILE EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, AND SCHOLARLY AND CULTURAL CONFERENCES, PRODUCING WIDELY-READ ONLINE AND PRINT PUBLICATIONS, SUPPORTING RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, THE NATIONAL SEPHARDIC LIBRARY & ARCHIVES, SEPHARDI HOUSE AND BROOME & ALLEN FELLOWS ON CAMPUSES COAST-TO-COAST, AS WELL AS REPRESENTING THE SEPHARDIC VOICE IN DIPLOMATIC AND JEWISH COMMUNAL AFFAIRS AS A MEMBER OF THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS OF MAJOR AMERICAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS, WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS, AND THE USAS CHAIR AT THE WORLD SEPHARDI FEDERATION.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $157,391

SEPHARDI HOUSE FELLOWSHIP - THE SEPHARDI HOUSE FELLOWSHIP IS AN INNOVATIVE NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT IS ENLIGHTENING, EMPOWERING, AND ENRICHING JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH AN IMMERSION IN THE...

SEPHARDI HOUSE FELLOWSHIP - THE SEPHARDI HOUSE FELLOWSHIP IS AN INNOVATIVE NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT IS ENLIGHTENING, EMPOWERING, AND ENRICHING JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH AN IMMERSION IN THE VIBRANT HISTORY, VALUES, AND VISION OF THE GREATER SEPHARDI WORLD. ON CAMPUSES COAST-TO-COAST WE ARE INFUSING THE WISDOM AND WARMTH OF CLASSIC SEPHARDIC TEACHINGS THAT HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF STRENGTH, RESILIENCE, AND UNITY THROUGHOUT THE AGES.

Program 2

Expenses: $173,998 Revenue: $48,535

NEW YORK SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL - THE NEW YORK SEPHARDIC JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL IS THE WORLD'S PREMIERE EXPERIENCE DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING THE RICH MOSAIC CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF JEWS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND GREATER SEPHARDIC DIASPORA, INCLUDING BY HONORING EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR LITERARY, ARTISTIC, AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS WITH THE ASF POMEGRANATE AWARDS.

Program 3

Expenses: $57

NATIONAL SEPHARDIC LIBRARY & ARCHIVES - THE ASF IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES OF GREATER SEPHARDIC INTEREST IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CONTAINING BOOKS...

NATIONAL SEPHARDIC LIBRARY & ARCHIVES - THE ASF IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES OF GREATER SEPHARDIC INTEREST IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CONTAINING BOOKS, DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS, JUDAICA, AND EPHEMERA, AT THE CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY. A PROUD PARTNER OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETYS JEWISH ARCHIVES HISTORY NETWORK. IMPORTANT ASF COLLECTIONS INCLUDE: THE ARCHIVES OF SEPHARDIC JEWISH BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA AND THE SEPHARDIC HOME FOR THE AGED. PROFESSOR AVIVA BEN-UR HAS DESCRIBED THE JUDEO-SPANISH COLLECTION OF LOUIS N. LEVY AT THE ASF AS "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LADINO COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD".

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $795,071

Program Service Revenue $53,535

Investment Income $30,590

Other Revenue $26,506

TOTAL REVENUE $905,702

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $49,600

Salaries & Benefits $272,931

Fundraising Expenses $104,858

Program Expenses $592,087

Other Expenses $596,023

TOTAL EXPENSES $918,554

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$905,702	$955,523	-0.1%
Expenses	$918,554	$1,131,908	-0.2%
Net Income	$-12,852	$-176,385	-0.9%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✓ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Financial Health Indicators

Comprehensive financial analysis: Altman Z-Score, liquidity, solvency, sustainability, efficiency, and growth metrics

Financial Distress Indicator

Liquidity & Cash Position

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Altman Z-Score • Liquidity Ratios • Solvency Analysis • Growth Indicators • Efficiency Metrics

Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✓ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$100,000

Total Directors