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Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations

Location: New York, NY

Category: Advocacy or Public Service

Malcolm Hoenlein

Executive Vice Chairman

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The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is an organization made up of 51 national Jewish groups meant to provide a forum for those groups to come together and develop a consensus voice among major Jewish institutions. The CoP was founded in 1956 at the behest of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who wanted a more efficient way to engage the Jewish community, whose political influence was steadily strengthening at the time. The CoP maintains significant political influence and is dedicated to supporting Israeli and American interests. In recent years, it has supported efforts to pressure Iran into halting its nuclear program.

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Malcolm Hoenlein has served as executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations since 1986. He also continues to serve as the founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. He has extensive experience in political activism and international relations. In May 2008, former President George W. Bush invited Hoenlein to join an honorary delegation to Jerusalem for Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration.

2016

Institution Revenue: $2,666,743

Institution Total Expenses: $2,870,141

Employees: 13

Salary: $452,693

2014

Institution Revenue: $4,503,701

Institution Total Expenses: $1,800,667

Employees: 6

Salary: $422,041

Overpaid by: 100%

For information on previous years, see here.

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For information on other Jewish advocacy and public service leaders, see here.

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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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