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Combined Jewish Philanthropies Of Greater Boston

Location: Boston, MA

Category: Federation

Barry Shrage

President

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Established in 1895, the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston serves the Boston Jewish community of over 200,000. In 2013, it merged with the Jewish Federation of the North Shore. In addition to supporting a wide scope of services and programs to Boston-area residents, the Federation also provides social programs to Haifa, with which it has held a sister-city relationship for over 20 years.

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Since 1987, Barry Shrage has served as president of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. He spearheaded the CJP Strategic Plan for the Boston Jewish community, which established partnerships with synagogues and the Federation’s longtime agency partners, as well as a Boston-based adult Jewish education program. Shrage graduated from the City College of New York and received a master’s in social work from Boston University. The 2016 figure skips a $1.9 million compensation package he made the previous year.

2016

Institution Revenue: $225,539,678

Institution Total Expenses: $161,949,825

Employees: 203

Salary: $634,572

2014

Institution Revenue: $329,827,189

Institution Total Expenses: $152,907,953

Employees: 191

Salary: $406,623

Underpaid by: 19%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish federations, see here.

¹ _{Interim head of organization}

² _{Data from 2012}

³ _{Data from 2011}

⁴ _{Data from 2010}

⁵ _{Data from 2009}

⁶ _{Data from 2008}

⁷ _{Data from 2007}

⁸ _{Includes payment from SWC Museum Corp.}

⁹ _{Predecessor’s salary}

¹⁰ _{Partial year}

¹¹ _{Not a 501(c)3}

¹² _Annualized

¹³ _{Position currently vacant}

¹⁴ _{As per Form 990, JNF declined to comment}

¹⁵ _{Base salary}

¹⁶ _{Data from president-elect period}

¹⁷ _{2010 Employees}

¹⁸ _{Legally exempt from public disclosure of salary}

¹⁹ _{Highest paid professional, not CEO}

²⁰ _{Paid from two related organizations}

²¹ _{Data from 2013}

²² _{Data from 2014}

²³ _{Data from 2015}

²⁴ _{Includes a one-time honorarium of $55,000}

²⁵ _{Data from 2017}

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