Judge Rotenberg Educational Center
Overview
Mission
Parent/Guardian training A critical component of successful treatment for all JRC students is the assistance and collaboration of parents/guardians and family members. JRC offers a training program for parents/guardians/siblings in the principles underlying behavior modification treatment at JRC. This training program provides family members with the tools necessary for maximizing students’ treatment progress, and for increasing students’ ability to maintain progress during home visits, and following transition/discharge from JRC.
What it reported doing in 2024
School age - intensive program
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042489805
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Canton, MA, United States
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The website gives limited detail about important organizational relationships and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Public policy transparency: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; 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
- Public governance controls: 2 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.5; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $121.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $607K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records