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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Location: New York, NY

Category: Advocacy or Public Service

David M. Schizer

CEO & Executive VP

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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, headquartered in New York City, is the world’s foremost Jewish relief organization. Founded in 1914 to ensure that funds donated to Jewish settlers in Palestine by American Jewish organizations were distributed effectively, the organization has since branched out, supporting disadvantaged Jewish communities worldwide, particularly in post-Soviet states. It now operates in more than 70 countries, many of which are home to struggling and diminishing Jewish populations. The JDC has also donated millions of dollars of relief to victims of natural disaster and political conflict.

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David M. Schizer assumed the position of CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in January 2017. The salary figure below is for his predecessor, Alan Gill. Schizer previously served as dean of Columbia Law School for 10 years. Schizer was also President of America’s Voices in Israel, co-director of Columbia’s Center for Israeli Legal Studies, and a member of the Board of Directors of the 92nd Street Y and the Ramaz School. He also served previously on the boards of Natan and Columbia-Barnard Hillel, and as a senior advisor to the Tikvah Fund.

Schizer holds undergraduate, graduate, and law degrees from Yale. He clerked for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

2016

Institution Revenue: $292,605,906

Institution Total Expenses: $306,561,117

Employees: 1060

Salary: $735,181⁹

2014

Institution Revenue: $326,494,583

Institution Total Expenses: $326,833,035

Employees: 1,014

Salary: $583,674

Underpaid by: 5%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish advocacy and public service organizations, 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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