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ORT America

Location: New York, NY

Category: Advocacy or Public Service

Jeffrey Cooper

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ORT America is the American branch of World ORT, an international network of schools and vocational training programs for both Jews and non-Jews. ORT America operates technical colleges in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and runs a resource center for Jewish educators in Michigan. ORT America also supports the work of World ORT, which operates in more than 60 countries and serves over 200,000 students each year.

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Jeffrey Cooper, a native of New Jersey, came to ORT America from the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, where he was the controller for racing. A CPA and graduate of the University of Albany in Accounting, he has had a long career in finance and management. ORT lists operations management, process system design and budgeting as among Cooper’s “core competencies.”

2016

Institution Revenue: $15,463,735

Institution Total Expenses: $14,990,718

Employees: 76

Salary: $235,000⁹

2014

Institution Revenue: $16,185,237

Institution Total Expenses: $15,301,689

Employees: 83

Salary: $227,928⁹

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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