Keshet

Location: Jamaica Plain, MA

Category: Advocacy or Public Service

Idit Klein

Executive Director

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Keshet, which means “rainbow” in Hebrew, seeks “full equality and inclusion” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jews within Jewish communities and in all aspects of Jewish life. Founded in 1996, Keshet offers resources and trainings for Jewish leaders to create communities that are welcoming to LGBT Jews. Keshet also offers programming and support for LGBT Jews of all ages, including mentoring and shabbatons. The group also organizes Jewish support for LGBT rights in American society. Keshet is headquartered in Boston and oversees offices in Colorado and the Bay Area, and has worked with Jewish organizations across America.

Organization Website | Guidestar Page

Idit Klein has served as the executive director of Keshet since 2001 and has greatly expanded its reach. She previously worked for a variety of social justice organizations in Israel, including SHATIL and the Israel/Palestine Center for Research & Information, and helped establish the Jerusalem Open House. Klein is a former fellow and current board member of JOIN for Justice, the Jewish community organizing group. Klein received a bachelor’s from Yale University and a master’s in education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

2016

Institution Revenue: $3,064,460²⁶

Institution Total Expenses: $1,809,329

Employees: 19

Salary: $153,462

2014

Institution Revenue: $2,333,078

Institution Total Expenses: $1,673,064

Employees: 21

Salary: $120,000

Underpaid by: 47%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish advocacy and public service 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}

²⁶ Includes a $1.2m three-year grant recorded in fiscal year 2016.

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