2022-06-13T11:48:27-07:00 2021-12-31 223191317 Renzi Bernardi Suarez & Co 51 Haddonfield Road Suite 100 Cherry Hill NJ 08002 990 2021-01-01 342015014 MOVING TRADITIONS MOVI 2158874511 8380 OLD YORK ROAD ELKINS PARK PA 19027 MICHELLE KARKOWSKY CEO 2158874511 2022-04-21 true MICHELLE KARKOWSKY XXX-XX-XXXX Edward A Suarez CPA MBA P00018408 8568587887 2022-06-13 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z MICHELLE KARKOWSKY 8380 OLD YORK RD STE 4300 ELKINS PARK PA 19027 3463085 false X WWW.MOVINGTRADITIONS.ORG X 2005 PA MOVING TRADITIONS' MISSION IS TO EMBOLDEN YOUTH BY FOSTERING SELF-DISCOVERY, CHALLENGING SEXISM, AND INSPIRING A COMMITMENT TO JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING. 12 12 23 13 0 0 2733778 3315200 129375 136941 5104 7638 300 3306 2868557 3463085 0 0 2448558 2394728 0 280493 371111 558771 2819669 2953499 48888 509586 2757354 3152130 694654 579844 2062700 2572286 MOVING TRADITIONS' MISSION IS TO EMBOLDEN JEWISH YOUTH TO CHALLENGE GENDER STEREOTYPING AND OTHER FORMS OF DESCRIMINATION AND TO PURUSE PERSONAL WHOLENESS (SHLEIMUT), CARING CONNECTIONS (HESED) AND A JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD (TZEDEK) THROUGH OUR FIELD-TESTED GROUPS, ROSH HODESH, SHEVET, AND TZELEM, AND THROUGH OUR PROGRAM FOR B-MITZVAH, MOVING TRADITIONS CREATES EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE JEWISH TEENS, PRETEENS AND PARENTS TO OPENLY EXPLORE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY AND SOCIETY. WE HELP TEENS AND PRETEENS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BY CONNECTING RELEVANT CONTENT WITH ENDURING JEWISH VALUES, AND BY FOSTERING POSITIVE PEER-TO-PEER RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH OUR TRAINED CLERGY AND EDUCATOR-MENTORS. WITH THE GUIDANCE OF MOVING TRADITIONS, MORE YOUTH ARE GROWING INTO ADULTHOOD WITH CONFIDENCE, COMPASSION, AND A LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO JEWISH COMMUNITY. false false 2398233 0 136941 MOVING TRADITIONS' FOUR MAIN PROGRAMS ARE B'NAI MITZVAH FOR 6TH AND 7TH GRADERS AND THEIR PARENTS; OUR EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION TEEN GROUPS, ROSH HODESH, SHEVET, AND TZELEM; KOL KOLEINU FEMINIST TEEN FELLOWSHIP; AND CULTURESHIFT, OUR "TRAIN-THE-TRAINER" PROGRAM FOR JEWISH INFORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MOVING TRADITIONS PARTNERS WITH CONGREGATIONS, JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS, CAMPS, AND OTHER AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO DELIVER OUR RESEARCHED-BASED PROGRAMS, AND WE TRAIN THE ADULTS WHO FACILITATE THEM. EACH PROGRAM CONNECTS JEWISH TEACHINGS AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNINGS TO EMBOLDEN JEWISH PRETEENS AND TEENS TO RESIST RESTRICTIVE GENDER NORMS AND TO FOSTER MEANINGFUL, FLOURISHING, AND JEWISH LIVES. MOVING TRADITIONS' B-MITZVAH PROGRAM HELPS 6TH AND 7TH GRADERS AND THEIR PARENTS TO DEVELOP STRONG COMMUNICATION AND EMPATHY, AND THE CAROL LOWENSTEIN MOVING TRADITIONS B-MITZVAH TRAINING INSTITUTE PREPARES CLERGY AND EDUCATORS TO LEAD MEANINGFUL, JEWISH CONVERSATIONS TO HELP FAMILIES NAVIGATE THIS IMPORTANT "COMING OF AGE" CELEBRATION, AND HELP THEM REIMAGINE THE CELEBRATION DURING THE PANDEMIC. MOVING TRADITIONS B-MITZVAH PROGRAM OPERATED NATIONALLY IN 2021-22 WITH 115 PARTNERS, TRAINING 138 CLERGY AND EDUCATORS AND SERVING 3,565 6TH AND 7TH GRADERS AND THEIR 4,278 PARENTS. MOVING TRADITION'S TEEN GROUPS - ROSH HODESH FOR GIRLS, SHEVET FOR BOYS AND TZELEM FOR TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY TEENS - CONNECTS THE ISSUES TEENS CARE ABOUT MOST (SUCH AS BODY IMAGE, FRIENDSHIP, SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC PRESSURE, ROMANCE, AND SEXUALITY) TO ENDURING JEWISH VALUES; FOSTERS POSITIVE PEER-TO-PEER RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH OUR TRAINED EDUCATORS AND MENTORS; AND INSPIRES PARTICIPANTS TO DEVELOP AN ONGOING CONNECTION TO JEWISH COMMUNITY. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 65 ORGANIZATIONS, MOVING TRADITIONS OPERATED 160 GROUPS IN 21-22, SERVING 1,280 TEENS. WE TRAINED 57 GROUP LEADERS DURING OUR SUMMER 2021 GROUP LEADER TRAINING INSTITUTES. WE ALSO PILOTED KULAM - AN ALL-GENDER CLASSROOM PROGRAM - WITH 31 SYNAGOGUES AND HEBREW HIGH SCHOOLS. WE HAVE 54 FELLOWS PARTICIPATING IN OUR KOL KOLEINU TEEN FEMINIST FELLOWSHIP, WHERE PARTICIPANTS DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES AND TOGETHER WITH ADULT MENTORS DEVELOP PROJECTS TO CREATE TANGIBLE CHANGE. MOVING TRADITIONS' CULTURESHIFT PREPARES INFORMAL EDUCATORS TO CHALLENGE SEXISM, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT, AND TO PROMOTE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ROOTED IN SAFETY, RESPECT, AND EQUITY. IN SPRING 2021 WE TRAINED 148 CAMP STAFF AT 3 SEPARATE WEBINARS. TO DATE, MOVING TRADITIONS HAS EMBOLDENED 28,000 TEENS, TRAINED 2,500 ADULTS AS B- MITZVAH PROGRAM LEADERS AND TEEN GROUP MENTORS, AND PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN 500 CONGREGATIONS, JCCS AND OTHER JEWISH ENTITIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. 2398233 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 35 0 23 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false CA CO FL IL MA MD NJ NY PA TX VA WA X ROBIN COHEN 2158874511 8380 OLD YORK RD STE 4300 ELKINS PARK PA 19027 TAMI ASTORINO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELYSE EVERETT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUZANNE FELD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHERYL KAYE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LORI KOFFMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE MARKOVITS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BETHANY SHINER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HOPE SUTTIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DARCIE CRYSTAL CHAIR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DENA KLEIN VICE CHAIR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BOBBY ZUKER TREASURER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN KRASNER SECRETARY 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH MEYER FOUNDER & CEO 40.00 X 208992 0 26023 ROBIN COHEN CFO 40.00 X 117733 0 19206 LISA GERSTEN CHIEF OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS 40.00 X 116016 0 17262 BRIAN MONO VP, CHIEF OF ADVANCEMENT 40.00 X 108926 0 15967 ALISHA PEDOWITZ CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR 40.00 X 109090 0 12956 660757 0 91414 5 false true false 704326 2610874 7677 3315200 PROGRAM FEES 900099 136941 0 0 136941 7638 0 7638 OTHER 999999 3306 3306 0 0 3306 3463085 140247 0 7638 328525 206421 90485 31619 1656084 1397053 99211 159820 240394 193795 23193 23406 169725 136825 16375 16525 18136 5441 9068 3627 343160 293004 22214 27942 57780 47764 4985 5031 60559 50117 5197 5245 48054 41293 1774 4987 439 389 25 25 1773 1733 20 20 23037 18571 2223 2243 PRINTING, COPYING AND DESIGN 5833 5827 3 3 2953499 2398233 274773 280493 396759 181647 1765163 2128398 419464 403776 101788 47416 329077 248360 67930 80717 6250 310176 2757354 3152130 294254 158567 400400 421277 694654 579844 X 1707616 2217202 355084 355084 2062700 2572286 2757354 3152130 509586 X false true X true false X 0 3261506 2518924 3126229 2733778 3315200 14955637 0 0 3261506 2518924 3126229 2733778 3315200 14955637 2377144 12578493 5 600 5448 5104 7638 18795 0 10104 3306 13410 14987842 656173 0.83920 0.82240 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: HONORARIUM RECEIVED Description: OTHER 2017: 10104. 2021: 3306. 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X X X X false false false false false false false false false DEBORAH MEYER 208992 0 0 0 0 0 6224 0 19799 0 235015 0 0 0 Pt VI, Line 11b THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED. Pt VI, Line 12c BOARD AND STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE AND SIGN CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS ANNUALLY Pt VI, Line 15a THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS BASED ON HER PERFORMANCE THROUGH AN ANNUAL REVIEW AND MARKET COMPARISIONS. HER SALARY HISTORY IS COMPARED TO COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS (TOTAL COMPENSATION, COMPENSATION/REVENUE, COMPENSATION/TOTAL ORGANIZATION COMPENSATION). THIS IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD. Pt VI, Line 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g PROJECT CONSULTANTS 243993. 243993. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES 99167. 49011. 22214. 27942.