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Filing year 2023

AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY

Los Angeles, California·EIN 95-1684064·NTEE B420 · Education·3
Total revenue
$58.2M
Total assets
$131.3M
Total expenses
$27.9M
Reported officers
41
Mission

AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY (AJU) ADVANCES AND ELEVATES THE JEWISH JOURNEY OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, ENGAGED CONVERSATION, EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. AJU IS A THRIVING CENTER OF JEWISH RESOURCES AND TALENT THAT SERVES THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. A PORTAL FOR JEWISH BELONGING, AJU EQUIPS STUDENTS, FACULTY, CAMPERS, AND LEARNERS OF ALL AGES WITH THE TOOLS TO CREATE THE IDEAS, BUILD THE STRUCTURES, AND DEVELOP THE PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE JEWISH WISDOM AND ELEVATE JEWISH LIVING.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 16 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$555k
$613k
Base
$480k
Bonus
$40k
Other
Benefits
$14k
VP for Finance & Admin/cfo
vice president
$387k
$428k
Base
$324k
Bonus
$50k
Other
Benefits
$340
Professor of Business and Law
highest compensated employee
$334k
$369k
Base
$104k
Bonus
Other
$221k
Benefits
$5k
Dean of the Ziegler School (zsrs)/vp
officer (unspecified)
$251k
$278k
Base
$155k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$90k
VP Communications
vice president
$211k
$233k
Base
$193k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
VP for Jewish Engagement
vice president
$195k
$215k
Base
$83k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$109k
Senior Director of Advancement
highest compensated employee
$187k
$207k
Base
$168k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Associate Dean
highest compensated employee
$184k
$204k
Base
$113k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$67k
Controller - 6/25/24
highest compensated employee
$182k
$201k
Base
$175k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$296
VP and Director of Camp Alonim
vice president
$182k
$201k
Base
$165k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
VP of Advancement/cdo - 6/30/23
vice president
$179k
$198k
Base
$172k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$170
Chief Academic Officer
officer (unspecified)
$169k
$187k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Senior Director of Human Resources
highest compensated employee
$166k
$183k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
VP of Open Learning - 5/25/54
vice president
$115k
$127k
VP of Advancement
vice president
$106k
$117k
Chief Innovation Officer - 1/20/23
officer (unspecified)
$31k
$35k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 25 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 17%
from 2022

From $476k in 2022 to $555k in 2023.

$476k
2022
$555k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 13% in real terms$544k to $613k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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