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{{Infobox organization
 
{{Infobox organization
 
| name = The Aleph Institute, Inc.
 
| name = The Aleph Institute, Inc.
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| logo = Aleph Institute logo.jpg
 
| type = Public charity (files Form 990)
 
| type = Public charity (files Form 990)
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| founded = 1981; IRS ruling July 1986
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| founded = {{Start date|1981}}; IRS ruling July 1986
 
| founder = [[Sholom Lipskar|Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar]]
 
| founder = [[Sholom Lipskar|Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar]]
 
| location = 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, FL 33154
 
| location = 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, FL 33154
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| Rabbi Sholom D Lipskar || Chairman/President Until 05/25 || 2025 || 2025 || $0
 
| Rabbi Sholom D Lipskar || Chairman/President Until 05/25 || 2025 || 2025 || $0
 
|}
 
|}
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== Earlier returns (scanned filings) ==
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The tables in this section are taken from the page images of the organisation's returns for the years ending August 2001 to August 2009, as filed with the Internal Revenue Service and held by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.<ref name="PPAleph" /> Each year's return is cited in the Source column. Figures are as filed, unaudited and unadjusted. A figure that cannot be read on the scan is marked ''not legible''; a dash means that no amount was entered or that the line does not apply.
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''Editor's note: these figures were transcribed by eye from image scans of the returns. Totals were checked against each return's own arithmetic, and uncertain figures were re-checked against the page images, but single figures should still be checked against the scans before being quoted.''
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=== Revenue and assets, 2001–2009 ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Revenue, expenses and net assets of Aleph Institute as filed (scanned returns)
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! Year ending !! Form !! Contributions !! Total revenue !! Total expenses !! Surplus (deficit) !! Net assets at year end !! Total assets at year end !! Source
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|-
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| August 2001 || 990 || $646,076 || $738,857 || $763,012 || −$24,155 || −$47,978 || ''not legible'' || <ref name="AlephScan200108" />
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|-
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| August 2002 || 990 || $709,516 || $614,151 || $797,102 || −$182,951 || −$230,928 || $70,641 || <ref name="AlephScan200208" />
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|-
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| August 2003 || 990 || $717,004 || $874,862 || $953,310 || −$78,448 || −$309,376 || $79,878 || <ref name="AlephScan200308" />
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|-
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| August 2004 || 990 || $824,496 || $992,989 || $825,794 || $167,195 || −$142,181 || $78,116 || <ref name="AlephScan200408" />
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|-
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| August 2005 || 990 || $836,710 || $969,822 || $856,387 || $113,435 || −$28,746 || $82,611 || <ref name="AlephScan200508" />
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|-
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| August 2006 || 990 || $942,550 || $1,112,600 || $1,065,278 || $47,322 || $18,576 || $99,853 || <ref name="AlephScan200608" />
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|-
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| August 2007 || 990 || $923,317 || $1,165,596 || $1,200,818 || −$35,222 || −$16,646 || $81,489 || <ref name="AlephScan200708" />
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|-
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| August 2008 || 990 || $1,244,851 || $1,463,485 || $1,519,795 || −$56,310 || −$72,956 || $70,357 || <ref name="AlephScan200808" />
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|-
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| August 2009 || 990 || $1,116,191 || $1,420,703 || $1,424,368 || −$3,665 || −$76,624 || $87,325 || <ref name="AlephScan200908" />
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|}
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Notes to the table:
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* In 2002 contributions ($709,516) exceeded total revenue ($614,151) because of a loss on special events, as filed.<ref name="AlephScan200208" />
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* The 2004 return lists Isaac Jaroslawicz as executive director with compensation of $0 and states that no other officer was compensated; this was checked against the page image.<ref name="AlephScan200408" />
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* The two returns for 2006 and 2007 are labelled "990O" in the public file names; both are full Form 990 returns.<ref name="AlephScan200608" /><ref name="AlephScan200708" />
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=== Officers, directors and trustees ===
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Names, titles and compensation as filed in Part V-A or Part VII of Form 990 or Part IV of Form 990-EZ. Where one person is filed under more than one spelling, the variants are noted.<ref name="PPAleph" />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Officers, directors and trustees of Aleph Institute listed in the scanned returns
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! Name as filed !! Title(s) as filed !! Years listed (year ending) !! Highest compensation from the organisation
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|-
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| Isaac Jaroslawicz || Executive Director || 2001–2004 || $139,423
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|-
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| Menachem Katz || Highest-paid employee (Schedule A); Director of Prison & Military Programmes || 2004–2008 || $57,231
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|-
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| Aaron Lipskar || Executive Director || 2005–2008 || $62,212
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|-
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| Moshe Barouk || Director of Operations || 2005–2008 || $51,317
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|-
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| Joseph Lipskar || Highest-paid employee (Schedule A) || 2005–2007 || $62,981
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|-
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| Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar || Chairman || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Lloyd S. Rubin || President || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Sonny Kahn || Vice President || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Boruch Duchman || Secretary || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Mendel Brach || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Robert Danial || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Jack Fishman || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Russel Galbut || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Abraham Gilinski || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Daniel M. Holtz || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Morris Mendal || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Erwin Sredni || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|-
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| Sylvia Urlich || Board member || 2009 || $0
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|}
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=== Korf and Laber grants compared with contributions ===
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The table compares each grant reported by the [[Korf Family Foundation]] or the [[Laber Foundation]] with the total contributions that Aleph Institute reported for the nearest year in the scanned returns.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Foundation grants to Aleph Institute as a share of its reported contributions
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! Foundation year ending !! Foundation !! Grant !! Recipient year compared !! Contributions reported by recipient !! Grant as share of contributions !! Source
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|-
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| November 2008 || Korf Family Foundation || $11,000 || August 2008 || $1,244,851 || 0.9% || <ref name="KFF990PF200811" /><ref name="AlephScan200808" />
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|-
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| November 2009 || Korf Family Foundation || $200 || August 2009 || $1,116,191 || 0.0% || <ref name="KFF990PF200911" /><ref name="AlephScan200908" />
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|}
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''Editor's note: both foundations' tax years end on 30 November and do not coincide with the recipient's year, so the percentages are approximate. The comparison shows proportion only; it does not show how any grant was used.''
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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<ref name="KFF990PF201411">The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2014 (2013 form), e-filed 2015-07-14, IRS e-file object ID 201511959349100216, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/203942766/201511959349100216/full ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing], [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2015_07_PF%2F20-3942766_990PF_201411.pdf PDF via ProPublica]. Primary source (filed by the foundation).</ref>
 
<ref name="KFF990PF201411">The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2014 (2013 form), e-filed 2015-07-14, IRS e-file object ID 201511959349100216, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/203942766/201511959349100216/full ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing], [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2015_07_PF%2F20-3942766_990PF_201411.pdf PDF via ProPublica]. Primary source (filed by the foundation).</ref>
 
<ref name="KFF990PF201511">The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2015 (2014 form), e-filed 2016-03-03, IRS e-file object ID 201600639349100505, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/203942766/201600639349100505/full ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing], [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2016_07_PF%2F20-3942766_990PF_201511.pdf PDF via ProPublica]. Primary source (filed by the foundation).</ref>
 
<ref name="KFF990PF201511">The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2015 (2014 form), e-filed 2016-03-03, IRS e-file object ID 201600639349100505, [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/203942766/201600639349100505/full ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing], [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2016_07_PF%2F20-3942766_990PF_201511.pdf PDF via ProPublica]. Primary source (filed by the foundation).</ref>
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<ref name="PPAleph">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/592291627 Form 990 filings and scanned returns], ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Location of the IRS filings.</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200108">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2002_08_EO%2F59-2291627_990_200108.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2001], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200208">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2003_08_EO%2F59-2291627_990_200208.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2002], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200308">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2004_07_EO%2F59-2291627_990_200308.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2003], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200408">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2005_08_EO%2F59-2291627_990_200408.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2004], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200508">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2006_08_EO%2F59-2291627_990_200508.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2005], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200608">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2007_08_EO%2F59-2291627_990O_200608.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2006], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200708">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2008_07_EO%2F59-2291627_990O_200708.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2007], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200808">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2009_08_EO%2F59-2291627_990_200808.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2008], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
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<ref name="AlephScan200908">The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/download-filing?path=2010_08_EO%2F59-2291627_990_200908.pdf Form 990 for the year ending August 2009], scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ''ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer'', accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).</ref>
 
</references>
 
</references>
  

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The Aleph Institute, Inc.

Logo Aleph Institute logo.jpg
Type Public charity (files Form 990)
Founded 1981; IRS ruling July 1986
Founder(s) Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar
Registration ID EIN 59-2291627
Location 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside, FL 33154
Services Prisoners, military personnel and their families; criminal-justice advocacy
Key people Aaron Lipskar (chief executive)
Website aleph-institute.org

The Aleph Institute is a Chabad-Lubavitch organisation in Surfside, Florida. It works with Jewish prisoners, military personnel and their families, and campaigns on criminal justice. Its own account says it was "founded in 1981 by Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar" at the direction of the Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.[1] The Korf Family Foundation reported grants of $119,400 to it between 2008 and 2016.[2][3]

History and activities

Aleph's website (Chabad-side) describes the institute as "a national non-profit organization, founded in 1981 by Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar O"BM at the express direction of the Chabad-Lubavitcher Rebbe". It says Aleph is "a recognized ecclesiastical endorser for the U.S. Department of Defense", and that it has grown "from just one Rabbi to more than 75 dedicated staff members and over 500 volunteers". Its national headquarters at 9540 Collins Avenue is named after Joseph and Sterna Gutnick.[1] The returns list Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar as chairman from 2010, and in the latest return as "Chairman/President Until 05/25". Aaron Lipskar is listed as chief executive from 2016.[4]

The IRS lists Aleph as a public charity, care of Rabbi Shalom Lipskar, with revenue of $9,330,857 for the year ending August 2025.[5]

Grants paid

Schedule I of Aleph's returns reports grants including $2,216,166 to the Center for Justice and Human Dignity (Tempe, Arizona; 2022–2023) and $907,438 to The Aleph House (Columbia, South Carolina; 2014–2023). A further $112,868 in 2011–2013 went to a recipient in Columbia whose name is not given in the data extracted.[4]

Funding from the Korf and Laber foundations

Status: allegation. In 2020 the US Department of Justice filed civil forfeiture complaints alleging that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov defrauded PrivatBank in Ukraine, and that their associates Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber "created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name 'Optima,' to further launder the misappropriated funds".[6] Korf and Laber are claimants in those cases, not defendants. They deny any wrongdoing, and no criminal charge against either man has been found. The Forward reported in 2020 that "there is no evidence that any of the recipients were aware of the two men's connection to the laundering".[7] This page has found no authority that accuses the Aleph Institute of wrongdoing, and no source that traces any of the alleged proceeds to it. The grants below are lawful grants as the Korf Family Foundation and the Laber Foundation reported them to the Internal Revenue Service. They are not evidence of tracing. The full account is on Chabad and Ukraine.

Every grant to the Aleph Institute listed on the 990-PF returns of the two foundations is set out below, year by year. Tax years end on 30 November. The figures for the tax year ending November 2006 are those on the amended returns, which the foundation pages cite; the original returns gave slightly different amounts.[8][9] No grants from the Laber Foundation have been found.

Grants to the Aleph Institute reported by the Korf Family Foundation
Tax year ending Korf Family Foundation Year total Payee name(s) and place as filed Source
Nov 2008 $11,000 $11,000 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [2]
Nov 2009 $200 $200 The Aleph Institute (place not given) [10]
Nov 2010 $19,800 $19,800 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [11]
Nov 2011 $18,000 $18,000 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [12]
Nov 2012 $20,000 $20,000 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [13]
Nov 2013 $20,000 $20,000 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [14]
Nov 2014 $20,000 $20,000 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [15]
Nov 2015 $5,400 $5,400 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [16]
Nov 2016 $5,000 $5,000 The Aleph Institute (Miami, FL) [3]
Total $119,400 $119,400

Revenue and expenses as filed

Basis column: e-file = IRS e-file XML; summary = ProPublica's summary of IRS Statistics of Income data (the return itself not held); scan = figures read by eye from the return's page images on ProPublica (not yet second-checked). Schedule B: a public charity must attach its list of large donors, but the names are not open to public inspection; a private foundation's are.

Revenue and expenses of the Aleph Institute as filed
Year ending Form Contributions Programme service revenue Total revenue Grants paid Total expenses Net assets at year end Schedule B Basis
Aug 2010 990 $1,015,367 $229,857 $1,422,898 $0 $1,419,966 −$73,692 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2011 990 $1,244,912 $220,542 $1,708,315 $58,651 $1,647,612 −$12,989 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2012 990 $1,438,897 $211,034 $1,916,408 $35,872 $1,956,953 −$111,192 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2013 990 $1,710,437 $302,341 $2,191,931 $18,345 $2,179,307 −$98,568 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2014 990 $2,055,985 $254,180 $2,631,037 $19,969 $2,732,077 −$199,608 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2015 990 $3,023,099 $13,905 $3,273,958 $29,003 $3,315,114 −$215,164 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2016 990 $3,658,684 $0 $3,827,858 $25,875 $3,808,626 −$166,932 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2017 990 $3,443,715 $111,199 $3,865,602 $139,392 $3,717,868 −$19,198 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2018 990 $5,232,583 $0 $5,604,766 $149,205 $5,807,532 −$221,964 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2019 990 $6,422,565 $0 $6,685,513 $29,781 $6,899,081 −$435,532 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2020 990 $6,659,706 $0 $7,127,481 $43,698 $6,661,475 $30,474 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2021 990 $6,272,894 $0 $7,284,474 $45,603 $7,258,860 $56,088 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2022 990 $8,769,214 $0 $9,147,480 $890,997 $9,364,919 −$72,680 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2023 990 $8,957,324 $0 $9,781,230 $902,169 $10,088,639 −$378,600 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2024 990 $7,681,943 $121,790 $8,599,625 $6,520 $9,092,546 −$871,521 attached (names not public) e-file
Aug 2025 990 $8,882,420 $153,500 $9,330,857 $15,198 $8,955,394 −$496,058 attached (names not public) e-file

Officers and directors

Names and titles as filed in Part VII of the e-filed returns (spellings as filed; one person may appear under more than one spelling).

Officers and directors of the Aleph Institute listed on Form 990 Part VII (e-filed years)
Name as filed Title as filed First e-filed year listed Last e-filed year listed Highest reported compensation
Aaron Lipskar Highest Compensated Employee 2010 2011 $102,500
Abraham Gilinski Board Member 2010 2010 $0
Boruch Duchman Board Member 2010 2010 $0
Boruch Duchman Secretary 2010 2010 $0
Daniel M Holtz Board Member 2010 2018 $0
Erwin Sredni Board Member 2010 2010 $0
Jack Fishman Board Member 2010 2010 $0
Lloyd S Rubin President 2010 2022 $0
Menachem M Kozlovsky Highest Compensated Employee 2010 2010 $95,057
Mendel Brach Board Member 2010 2010 $0
Morris Mendal Board Member 2010 2025 $0
Rabbi Sholom D Lipskar Chairman 2010 2022 $0
Robert Danial Board Member 2010 2025 $0
Russel Galbut Board Member 2010 2025 $0
Sonny Kahn Board Member 2010 2025 $0
Sonny Kahn Vice President 2010 2010 $0
Sylvia Urlich Board Member 2010 2018 $0
Alberto Kamhazi Board Member 2011 2025 $0
Boruch Duchman Treasurer 2011 2025 $0
David Schottenstein Board Member 2011 2025 $0
Eric Stein Board Member 2011 2025 $0
Joy Fishman Secretary 2011 2025 $0
Reuven Herssein Board Member 2011 2025 $0
Ryan Shapiro Vice President 2011 2018 $0
Stephen Fiske Board Member 2011 2025 $0
Aaron Lipskar Employee 2014 2015 $145,122
Aaron Lipskar Ceo 2016 2025 $232,605
Zvi Bojarsky Direct Advocacy 2017 2022 $240,990
Menachem Katz Direct Advocacy 2020 2023 $159,233
Rabbi Sholom D Lipskar Chairman/President 2023 2024 $0
Berel Paltiel Dir Of Advocacy 2024 2025 $123,798
David Tamman Legal Research And Writing 2024 2024 $123,938
Joseph Bryski Dir Alternative Sentencing 2024 2025 $182,816
Joseph Lipskar Cfo 2024 2025 $150,664
Menachem Katz Director - Prison 2024 2025 $245,948
Yosef Cohn Director Education 2024 2025 $130,845
Zvi Bojarski Director National Policy 2024 2024 $127,653
Rabbi Sholom D Lipskar Chairman/President Until 05/25 2025 2025 $0

Earlier returns (scanned filings)

The tables in this section are taken from the page images of the organisation's returns for the years ending August 2001 to August 2009, as filed with the Internal Revenue Service and held by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.[17] Each year's return is cited in the Source column. Figures are as filed, unaudited and unadjusted. A figure that cannot be read on the scan is marked not legible; a dash means that no amount was entered or that the line does not apply.

Editor's note: these figures were transcribed by eye from image scans of the returns. Totals were checked against each return's own arithmetic, and uncertain figures were re-checked against the page images, but single figures should still be checked against the scans before being quoted.

Revenue and assets, 2001–2009

Revenue, expenses and net assets of Aleph Institute as filed (scanned returns)
Year ending Form Contributions Total revenue Total expenses Surplus (deficit) Net assets at year end Total assets at year end Source
August 2001 990 $646,076 $738,857 $763,012 −$24,155 −$47,978 not legible [18]
August 2002 990 $709,516 $614,151 $797,102 −$182,951 −$230,928 $70,641 [19]
August 2003 990 $717,004 $874,862 $953,310 −$78,448 −$309,376 $79,878 [20]
August 2004 990 $824,496 $992,989 $825,794 $167,195 −$142,181 $78,116 [21]
August 2005 990 $836,710 $969,822 $856,387 $113,435 −$28,746 $82,611 [22]
August 2006 990 $942,550 $1,112,600 $1,065,278 $47,322 $18,576 $99,853 [23]
August 2007 990 $923,317 $1,165,596 $1,200,818 −$35,222 −$16,646 $81,489 [24]
August 2008 990 $1,244,851 $1,463,485 $1,519,795 −$56,310 −$72,956 $70,357 [25]
August 2009 990 $1,116,191 $1,420,703 $1,424,368 −$3,665 −$76,624 $87,325 [26]

Notes to the table:

  • In 2002 contributions ($709,516) exceeded total revenue ($614,151) because of a loss on special events, as filed.[19]
  • The 2004 return lists Isaac Jaroslawicz as executive director with compensation of $0 and states that no other officer was compensated; this was checked against the page image.[21]
  • The two returns for 2006 and 2007 are labelled "990O" in the public file names; both are full Form 990 returns.[23][24]

Officers, directors and trustees

Names, titles and compensation as filed in Part V-A or Part VII of Form 990 or Part IV of Form 990-EZ. Where one person is filed under more than one spelling, the variants are noted.[17]

Officers, directors and trustees of Aleph Institute listed in the scanned returns
Name as filed Title(s) as filed Years listed (year ending) Highest compensation from the organisation
Isaac Jaroslawicz Executive Director 2001–2004 $139,423
Menachem Katz Highest-paid employee (Schedule A); Director of Prison & Military Programmes 2004–2008 $57,231
Aaron Lipskar Executive Director 2005–2008 $62,212
Moshe Barouk Director of Operations 2005–2008 $51,317
Joseph Lipskar Highest-paid employee (Schedule A) 2005–2007 $62,981
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar Chairman 2009 $0
Lloyd S. Rubin President 2009 $0
Sonny Kahn Vice President 2009 $0
Boruch Duchman Secretary 2009 $0
Mendel Brach Board member 2009 $0
Robert Danial Board member 2009 $0
Jack Fishman Board member 2009 $0
Russel Galbut Board member 2009 $0
Abraham Gilinski Board member 2009 $0
Daniel M. Holtz Board member 2009 $0
Morris Mendal Board member 2009 $0
Erwin Sredni Board member 2009 $0
Sylvia Urlich Board member 2009 $0

Korf and Laber grants compared with contributions

The table compares each grant reported by the Korf Family Foundation or the Laber Foundation with the total contributions that Aleph Institute reported for the nearest year in the scanned returns.

Foundation grants to Aleph Institute as a share of its reported contributions
Foundation year ending Foundation Grant Recipient year compared Contributions reported by recipient Grant as share of contributions Source
November 2008 Korf Family Foundation $11,000 August 2008 $1,244,851 0.9% [2][25]
November 2009 Korf Family Foundation $200 August 2009 $1,116,191 0.0% [10][26]

Editor's note: both foundations' tax years end on 30 November and do not coincide with the recipient's year, so the percentages are approximate. The comparison shows proportion only; it does not show how any grant was used.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Aleph Institute, "About Us", aleph-institute.org, checked 20 October 2026. Chabad-side.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2008 (2007 form), paper or printed return as scanned for the IRS public-inspection set, PDF via ProPublica. Read from the page images. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2016 (2015 form), e-filed 2017-05-15, IRS e-file object ID 201731359349104433, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing, PDF via ProPublica. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 series returns e-filed with the IRS for the years ending August 2010 to August 2025, including Schedule I, XML as published in the IRS e-file data and mirrored by the GivingTuesday 990 data lake; also viewable as full filings on ProPublica. Figures as filed. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  5. ↑ Internal Revenue Service, Exempt Organizations Business Master File extract for Florida (eo_fl.csv), irs.gov, downloaded 20 October 2026, row for EIN 59-2291627 (care of Rabbi Shalom Lipskar; foundation code 16; revenue $9,330,857, tax period August 2025). Primary source (IRS).
  6. ↑ "Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Two Commercial Properties Purchased with Funds Misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine", US Department of Justice, 6 August 2020. Primary source (allegations).
  7. ↑ Molly Boigon, "Two Florida Chabad donors implicated in Optima schemes", The Forward, 21 February 2020 (with later corrections). Critical.
  8. ↑ The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), original Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2006 (2005 form), received by the IRS in October 2007 and later superseded by the amended return, PDF via ProPublica. Read from the page images. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  9. ↑ The Laber Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3925774), original Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2006 (2005 form), received by the IRS in October 2007 and later superseded by the amended return, PDF via ProPublica. Read from the page images. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2009 (2008 form), paper or printed return as scanned for the IRS public-inspection set, PDF via ProPublica. Read from the page images. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  11. ↑ The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2010 (2009 form), e-filed 2011-07-15, IRS e-file object ID 201111969349100601, PDF via ProPublica, XML from the IRS e-file data mirrored by the GivingTuesday 990 data lake. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  12. ↑ The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2011 (2010 form), e-filed 2012-09-05, IRS e-file object ID 201212499349100511, PDF via ProPublica, XML from the IRS e-file data mirrored by the GivingTuesday 990 data lake. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  13. ↑ The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2012 (2011 form), e-filed 2013-05-13, IRS e-file object ID 201341339349101269, PDF via ProPublica, XML from the IRS e-file data mirrored by the GivingTuesday 990 data lake. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  14. ↑ The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2013 (2012 form), e-filed 2014-03-12, IRS e-file object ID 201420719349100807, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing, PDF via ProPublica. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  15. ↑ The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2014 (2013 form), e-filed 2015-07-14, IRS e-file object ID 201511959349100216, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing, PDF via ProPublica. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  16. ↑ The Korf Family Foundation Inc (EIN 20-3942766), Form 990-PF for the tax year ending 30 November 2015 (2014 form), e-filed 2016-03-03, IRS e-file object ID 201600639349100505, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, full filing, PDF via ProPublica. Primary source (filed by the foundation).
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 filings and scanned returns, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Location of the IRS filings.
  18. ↑ The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2001, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2002, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  20. ↑ The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2003, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2004, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  22. ↑ The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2005, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2006, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2007, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2008, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 The Aleph Institute Inc (EIN 59-2291627), Form 990 for the year ending August 2009, scanned return filed with the Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, accessed 22 October 2026. Primary source (filed by the organisation).
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