Yiddishkayt Los Angeles
Yiddishkayt Los Angeles
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About this organization
Mission
The organization fosters and promotes cultural awareness and education of Yiddish culture and history in a contemporary setting. Additionally, the organization provides travel-based educational programs including its Helix Project for university students.
About
The organization produces concerts, film screenings, lectures, performances, and workshops for free or offered at a subsidized low cost. Also, Yiddishkayt offers a major educational initiative, the Helix Project that provides a travel-based educational program for undergraduates and recent college graduates. The project brings a group of students for a series of workshops held in Southern California before a travel immersion program in Yiddish cultural history in Central and Eastern Europe. Additionally, Yiddishkayt leads tours in historically Yiddish-speaking parts of Los Angeles to educate the public. Furthermore, the organization publishes a series of online publications aimed at promoting and preserving Yiddish culture via its website and electronic newsletter.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “Cultural programs: the organization fosters and promotes cultural awareness and education of yiddish culture in a contemporary setting. the organization produces concerts, film screenings, lectures, performances, and workshops for free or offered at a subsidized low cost.education: yiddishkayt offers a major arts education initiative, the wallis annenberg helix fellowship that provides a travel-based educational program for artists and scholars.the fellowship brings participants together for a series of residential workshops held in southern california before a travel immersion program in yiddish and jewish cultural history in central and eastern europe. education: yiddishkayt leads tours in historically yiddish-speaking parts of los angeles to educate the public, especially young people, about los angeles' diverse cultural heritage and create a more historically-rooted sense of minority cultures in the city. these tours parallel and complement the touring of other historically yiddish”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “The organization fosters and promotes cultural awareness and education of yiddish culture and history in a contemporary setting. additionally, the organization provides travel-based educational programs including its helix project for university students.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is CA.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2020 is 3780 WILSHIRE BLVD 301, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90010.
- The non-profit has reported 2 employees on their form for the year 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $197,503.
- The compensation policy for the CEO of the organization is not based on a thorough evaluation and endorsement by an impartial entity.
- The organization has 10 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2002.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $133,602 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $6,393 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.