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US nonprofit · EIN 300233976 · Hackensack, NJiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 300233976) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

The Anita Kaufmann Foundation's network

4 people4 organisationsi4 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ben KaplanCFO2018
8 yrs
Bobbi HermanBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Debra JosephsExecutive Dir.2018
8 yrs
Michael CohenBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Debra JosephsExecutive Dir.60$110k
Ben KaplanCFO25$20k
Michael CohenBoard Member1$0
Bobbi HermanBoard Member1$0

About

Legal name
The Anita Kaufmann Foundation
EIN
300233976
Address
280 Prospect Ave Apt 6g, Hackensack, NJ, 07601-2589
State
New Jersey
Mission
To educate the public about epilepsy; increase knowledge, change attitudes positively, provide public with ability to deliver seizure first aid, accept and support people who have epilepsy (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
G54 Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2004
Principal officer
Debra Josephs (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 April 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsBen Kaplan
≥8years on the filingsBobbi Herman
≥8years on the filingsDebra Josephs
≥8years on the filingsMichael Cohen

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$291k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$291k
Contributions and grants received
$387k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$11k
Employees
3

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$373k$441kDeficit $67k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Epilepsy Association of Central FloridaAssist in promoting purple day expo in orlando fl at disney$10k