Public Charity

MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE

MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW ORLEANS, LA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $3.5M revenue, $1.7M expenses, $15.2M total assets. 56 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 823442378 NEW ORLEANS, LA History Museums NTEE: A54 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.5M
Total Expenses$1.7M
Total Assets$15.2M
Grant Records56
Funding Total$3.4M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHERN JEWISH EXPERIENCE EXPLORES THE MANY WAYS THAT JEWS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH INFLUENCED AND WERE INFLUENCED BY THE DISTINCT CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON THE UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN JEWS, THE MUSEUM ENCOURAGES NEW UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR IDENTITY, DIVERSITY, AND ACCEPTANCE.

Where $100 goes at Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

How Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$55 Programs the work itself
$28 Management running the organization
$17 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $55 for programs

$55
In 2024, approximately 14,000 people visited msje
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 14,000 people; 24 programs; 26 programs
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Arnie Fielkow
BOARD MEMBER Deborah Lamensdorf Jacobs
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Emma Herr
BOARD MEMBER Janis Rabin
BOARD MEMBER Jay Silverberg
CHAIR Jay Tanenbaum

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,760,203 35 grants
Arts & Culture
$1,652,904 19 grants
Education
$5,180 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.5M $1.7M $15.2M
2023 $1.4M $1.7M $14.2M
2022 $1.3M $1.4M $13.7M
2020 $1.5M $416K $4.1M
2019 $1.6M $630K $3.1M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $3.5M (+122%), with total assets most recently reported at $15.2M.

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