Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc

Overview

Mission

Jsi is dedicated to improving lives through better health and education outcomes for individuals and communities and to providing an environment where people of passion can pursue this cause.

What it reported doing in 2023

International programs through respectful and intentional partnership, jsi uses evidence-driven, contextually appropriate solutions to advance health and education outcomes for all. With extensive experience and local partnerships, jsi strengthens systems, implements policy, and scales sustainable, high-quality services.in supply chain, jsi ensures access to essential health products from procurement to the last mile, optimizing processes and enhancing capacity. Jsi's data & digital solutions create agile health and education systems, transforming data into actionable insights and enabling interoperability. (see schedule o)as a leader in immunization, jsi provides technical support to strengthen services and policy, from microplanning and vaccine introductions to supply chain and demand optimization. For reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, jsi optimizes service delivery models, improving primary health system quality. Interventions cover maternal health, newborn care, integrated child care, and contraceptive access. The infectious diseases practice prevents, detects, and responds to threats like tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. Jsi strengthens case detection, supports HIV prevention/treatment, trains community health workers, and optimizes supply chains for emergency response. World education, a specialized team within jsi, focuses on education systems & youth development and edtech & lifelong learning, improving learning outcomes, expanding access, integrating vocational training, and promoting economic opportunity. Edtech initiatives involve designing learning tools and strengthening educator digital skills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042679824
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
Headquarters
Boston, MA, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 89
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Grant itemization coverage: 85.6%; rating input score 86; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.59; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $301.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $670K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 36 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
  • Money network: 223 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 213 filed related-organization links