Western Pennsylvania Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME ("WPJSHF") EDUCATES JEWISH YOUTH AS TO THEIR HERITAGE VIS-A-VIS JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY THROUGH SPORTS AND LIKEWISE EDUCATES THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA JEWS TO SOCIETY THROUGH SPORTS. THIS EDUCATIONAL PROCESS CULMINATES EACH YEAR IN THE ENSHRINEMENT OF JEWISH ATHLETES AND NOTABLE SPORTS FIGURES INTO THE WPJSHF, WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES THROUGH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THE WPJSHF SELLS ADVERTISING AT ITS ENSHRINEMENT DINNER AND ASSESSES MEMBERSHIP DUES AMOUNG ITS MEMBERS TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JEWISH AND OTHER YOUTH BASED SPORTS PROGRAMMING IN AND ABOUT THE PITTSBURGH AREA. THE WPJSHF, ON A CONTINUING BASIS, COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND CONTRIBUTES SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA OF PROMINANT JEWISH ATHLETES TO THE RAUH JEWISH ARCHIVES OF THE HEINZ HISTORY CENTER AND OTHER CULTUR
- Income
- $24,518
- Spending
- $26,525
- Reserves
- 24.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $26,050 spent. THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME ("WPJSHF") EDUCATES JEWISH YOUTH AS TO THEIR HERITAGE VIS-A-VIS JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY THROUGH SPORTS AND LIKEWISE EDUCATES THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA JEWS TO SOCIETY THROUGH SPORTS. THIS EDUCATIONAL PROCESS CULMINATES EACH YEAR IN THE ENSHRINEMENT OF JEWISH ATHLETES AND NOTABLE SPORTS FIGURES INTO THE WPJSHF, WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES THROUGH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THE WPJSHF SELLS ADVERTISING AT ITS ENSHRINEMENT DINNER AND ASSESSES MEMBERSHIP DUES AMOUNG ITS MEMBERS TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT JEWISH AND OTHER YOUTH BASED SPORTS PROGRAMMING IN AND ABOUT THE PITTSBURGH AREA. THE WPJSHF, ON A CONTINUING BASIS, COLLECTS, PRESERVES, AND CONTRIBUTES SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA OF PROMINANT JEWISH ATHLETES TO THE RAUH JEWISH ARCHIVES OF THE HEINZ HISTORY CENTER AND OTHER CULTURAL CENTER LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH AREA TO DOCUMENT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA JEWS TO SOCIETY THROUGH SPORTS.
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Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2010.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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