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Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Location: Miami, FL

Category: Federation

Jacob Solomon

President & CEO

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The Greater Miami Jewish Federation was established in 1938 with the aims of addressing the needs of the Jewish community, enriching Jewish life and promoting communal leadership. Through its support of local agencies, it works to provide social services and educational programming, and to advocate for Jewish interests both locally and internationally.

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Jacob Solomon serves as the president and CEO of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. He joined the Miami Federation in 1981 and was appointed executive vice president in 1992, and president and CEO in 2008. Solomon holds a master’s in social work from Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work. He received the Mandelkorn Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Jewish Community Organization Professionals in 2005 and the Professional Leadership Award from the World Council of Jewish Communal Service in 2007.

2016

Institution Revenue: $60,999,678

Institution Total Expenses: $43,178,719

Employees: 109

Salary: $519,436

2014

Institution Revenue: $54,898,595

Institution Total Expenses: $38,079,136

Employees: 93

Salary: $497,110

Overpaid by: 22%

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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