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Salary Survey 2017: David Zweibel Of Agudath Israel Of America

By Forward Staff December 11, 2017

Yeshiva University

Location: New York, NY

Category: Religion or Education

David Zweibel

Executive VP

Agudath Israel of America is the umbrella organization for Haredi Jews in the United States. With its headquarters in New York City, and offices in several major cities including Washington, D.C., it forms an active and powerful political lobby. Agudath Israel runs summer camps and job placement programs, offers social services, and funds religious schools. The movement was founded in Poland in 1912, and came to the United States in the 1930s.

Organization Website | Guidestar Page

Rabbi Chaim David Zwiebel has been the executive vice president of Agudath Israel since 2008. Prior to that, he worked for 30 years at a law firm.

2016

Institution Revenue: $11,177,355

Institution Total Expenses: $13,419,322

Employees: 345

Salary: $220,058

2014

Institution Revenue: $14,126,875

Institution Total Expenses: $15,846,391

Employees: 455

Salary: $138,511

Underpaid by: 60%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish religious and education 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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