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Salary Survey 2017: David Bernstein Of The Jewish Council For Public Affairs

By Forward Staff December 11, 2017

Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Location: New York, NY
Category: Advocacy or Public Service

David Bernstein

President and CEO

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, which calls itself the “representative voice of the organized American Jewish community,” seeks to advance the public affairs goals of the organized American Jewish community. Founded in 1944, The JCPA is committed to protecting the rights of Jews worldwide, and promoting the security of Israel, and tolerance and democracy in America. The JCPA serves as the national advisory and coordinating body of 14 national and 125 local Jewish community agency members. It has previously supported a range of policy goals, including reduced gun violence, immigration reform, poverty reduction, and an end to genocide in Darfur. Its initiatives include the Israel Action Network, which fights delegitimization of Israel, and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.

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Prior to his appointment, David Bernstein served as a consultant dedicated to assisting organizations and communities in strengthening their Israel education, engagement and advocacy work. He is also founder of CultureSolutions LLC, which works with non-profits on strategic planning and culture change efforts. He served as Executive Director of The David Project from August 2010 to September 2014. Bernstein also spent 13 years at the American Jewish Committee, where he began as director of the Washington regional office and served in management roles overseeing regional offices and national and local programming and advocacy.

Bernstein graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in Philosophy and later obtained an M.A. in International Affairs at University of Dayton.

2016

Institution Revenue: $3,555,374
Institution Total Expenses: $3,662,470
Employees: 13
Salary: $205,160

2014

Institution Revenue: $3,667,821
Institution Total Expenses: $3,612,033
Employees: 27
Salary: $178,554 ⁹
Overpaid by: 33%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish advocacy or public service 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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