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United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Category: Federation

Jeffrey Finkelstein

President & CEO

Since 1912, the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh has endeavored to sustain its local Jewish community by funding social and educational programs and fostering Jewish communal leadership. Its mission is guided by the Jewish values of tikkun olam (repairing the world), chesed (kindness), klal Yisrael (one Jewish people) and tzedakah (charitable giving).

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Jeffrey Finkelstein serves as president and CEO of the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh. Finkelstein joined the Federation in 1998 as director of the annual community campaign before being promoted to vice president in 2001. Previously, he worked at THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. He received a bachelor’s in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a bachelor’s in sociology from Columbia University, as well as a master’s in Jewish communal service from Brandeis University.

2016

Institution Revenue: $28,059,367

Institution Total Expenses: $23,816,542

Employees: 90

Salary: $359,574

2014

Institution Revenue: $29,808,915

Institution Total Expenses: $24,992,603

Employees: 72

Salary: $334,336

Underpaid by: 12%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish federation 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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