Public Charity

NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC

NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC is a Public Charity headquartered in AMHERST, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $14.4M revenue, $9.3M expenses, $89.1M total assets. 113 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $9.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042708878 AMHERST, MA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$14.4M
Total Expenses$9.3M
Total Assets$89.1M
Grant Records113
Funding Total$9.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER (THE "CENTER") WORKS TO RECOVER, CELEBRATE, AND REGENERATE YIDDISH AND MODERN JEWISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE TO ADVANCE A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH HISTORY AND IDENTITY. THE CENTER ENGAGES DIVERSE, WORLDWIDE AUDIENCES, GENERATING ENTHUSIASM, KNOWLEDGE, AND COMMITMENT TO THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF YIDDISH AND JEWISH CULTURE. THESE GOALS ARE FURTHERED THROUGH A RANGE OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, DIGITAL INITIATIVES, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. BOOKS ARE RECOVERED FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND LEAD GROUND-BREAKING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS PROJECTS INCLUDING THE UNIVERSAL YIDDISH LIBRARY TO MAKE ALL YIDDISH BOOKS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A SINGLE ONLINE PORTAL. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SERVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADULTS. TRANSLATORS ARE TRAINED AND PUBLICATION OF NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS ARE DONE THROUGH WHITE GOAT PRESS, THE CENTER'S BOOK IMPRINT, AND PAKN TREGER, AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINE.

Sample Grants Received

2024
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
$2,034,184
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$355,054
2024
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
$100,670
2024
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
$100,000

Showing up to 5 of 113 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT THROUGH 6/17/2025 Aaron Lansky
DIRECTOR Abby J Cohen
DIRECTOR Arthur Horwitz
CLERK Barbara Seril
DIRECTOR Danny Greenspun
BIBLIOGRAPHER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR David M Mazower

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Top Grant Purposes

IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
$2,096,870 3 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$1,893,560 9 grants
ARTS AND CULTURE
$1,205,550 4 grants
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$1,139,076 3 grants
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$455,066 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $14.4M $9.3M $89.1M
2024 $9.6M $8.4M $80.1M
2023 $11.8M $7.7M $71.8M
2022 $12.3M $6.5M $64.0M
2021 $6.5M $5.2M $64.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $6.5M to $14.4M (+121%), with total assets most recently reported at $89.1M.

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