Jews for Racial & Economic Justice

Overview

Mission

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Community (JFREJ Community) is a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to building a vibrant Jewish left working for social justice in New York City. JFREJ Community grows the New York Jewish Left by creating a welcoming, vibrant home for our citys multiracial, multi-ethnic, intergenerational, progressive Jewish community. We are the home for Jewish art, culture, and ritual with all our diasporic languages, cultural traditions and texts.

What it reported doing in 2024

JFREJ Community is a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to building a vibrant Jewish left working for social justice in New York City. JFREJ Community fights to empower communities that face state violence, economic inequity, and structural oppression to govern the resources and systems that affect their lives. In New York and with our allies across the country, JFREJ Community helps build the progressive movement fighting for transformational policies: building a caring feminist economy and a future with Medicare for All; an end to mass incarceration and racist policing; a universal homes guarantee; a Green New Deal; and fair wages and working conditions for all workers. We work to expand our democracy, redistribute wealth, and beat back the rising tide of authoritarianism and white nationalism.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133694790
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2126478966
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.5%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 69.4%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.5% of revenue deployed · 69.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.