The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Saving Jewish Lives: Relief and social welfare programs provide human services and support to Jews in need in countries around the world. Services are provided to those individuals that meet criteria relevant to the local environment, such as poverty and income levels, the existence or lack of available social services within a country, and consideration for physical mobility, disabilities, and unique circumstances. Programs include: 1)food and nutritional support; 2)development of social services; 3)homecare; 4)medical services, equipment, and medicines; 5)emergency grants.Ukraine CrisisIn 2024, JDC continued its historic and (cont. on Sched. O) wide-ranging response to the conflict in Ukraine, which required increased emergency humanitarian support work in the country, in numerous European border countries hosting refugees, and other post-Soviet nations impacted by the crisis and global inflation.JDC continued to leverage its preexisting infrastructure in Ukraine (including its social service center network, JCCs, thousands of JDC staff, social service center professionals, homecare workers, and JDC-trained Jewish community volunteers) and partnerships with local Jewish communities in Europe to use them for emergency response, in which they worked on multiple fronts: In Ukraine, JDC provided ongoing care and essential aid to over 36,300 vulnerable Jewish elderly, children, "new poor" clients, and the displaced; 2,300 community members of all ages received psychological support from eight JDC Trauma Support Centers; and 29,000 received winter survival assistance. Together with local European Jewish communities, JDC provided support to 9,000 Ukrainian Jewish refugees, including long term integration support from housing to education, employment and trauma care, and Jewish community participation. To date, JDC delivered more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid including food, medicine, and other crucial supplies to Jews in Ukraine and Moldova. Beyond Ukraine In addition to Ukraine, JDC continued to work across the former Soviet Union addressing the humanitarian needs of tens of thousands of vulnerable Jews and building Jewish life. For more than three decades, JDC has done this nonpolitical work across 2,000 locations in 11 countries, from Moldova to Russia, Georgia to Belarus, and nations across the Caucuses and Central Asia. Assistance was delivered through our network of 62 Hesed social service centers, supplemented by a corps of nearly 6,600 volunteers, trained and deployed through JDC-supported Volunteer Centers across the FSU. In 2024, JDC provided 66,115 of the most vulnerable Jewish elderly in the former Soviet Union (FSU) with much-needed relief and welfare services. We provided 19,521 needy elderly in the former Soviet Union with approximately more than 23 million hours of homecare. Africa & AsiaIn 2024, JDC served as a crucial connection for Jewish communities that are feeling isolated after October 7th, providing emergency grants for security needs in Turkey, and psychological support for children in Morocco. Global NeedsJDC's continuing work with Jewish communities around the world focused on vulnerable populations, including support for thousands of needy Jews in Venezuela, Cuba, and in Argentina, where an ongoing recession plunged growing numbers of households into poverty. After massive flooding in Poland, JDC provided essential humanitarian aid to dozens of the most impacted Jewish families.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $31.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Pass
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 97.2%; rating input score 97; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.28; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings