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Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

Location: Rockville, MD

Category: Federation

Gil Preuss

CEO

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The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington serves Jews in the District of Columbia, northern Virginia and Maryland. Founded over 200 years ago, the Federation aims to mobilize resources to strengthen local Jewish communities and address their needs, and to facilitate engagement in Jewish life. It supports 40 local agencies, Jewish schools and youth groups, and community service programs, reaching over 270,000 people.

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Gil Preuss previously worked at Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston for 13 years, most recently as the Executive Vice President. As the Executive Vice President, Preuss oversaw strategic planning, financial resource development and community allocations. Prior to CJP, Preuss worked at the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland where he supervised agency allocations. Before moving to work at the Cleveland Federation, Preuss was an Assistant Professor at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Preuss received a B.S. from the University of Michigan, his M.S. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2016

Institution Revenue: $36,813,528

Institution Total Expenses: $27,998,603

Employees: 94

Salary: $487,450⁹

2014

Institution Revenue: $35,424,479

Institution Total Expenses: $35,218,859

Employees: 100

Salary: $449,182

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish federations leaders, 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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