Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
Legal name: Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice
Overview
Mission
We work in partnership to build a Jewish movement for justice across the country. We believe in the beautiful but unfulfilled promise of this country as a land of opportunity, justice, and equality for all. We believe there’s no acceptable level of racial injustice or economic inequality in our society. And we believe it’s imperative that American Jews be part of the solution by working in solidarity and in partnership with communities who are directly impacted by injustice. We believe that when — in the face of racism, inequality, and the politics of fear — we rise up with courage and act boldly for justice, we reconnect to our people’s purpose and prophetic tradition. It’s why we mobilize the full resources of American Jews to achieve our vision. And it’s why we help di.
What it reported doing in 2024
To advocate and campaign for various social justice issues by working in solidarity and in partnership with communities who are directly impacted by injustice.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521332694
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- (212) 213-2113
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
- Affiliation
- Judaism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.4%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 66.4% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $205K · 19 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $179K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 86 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 80 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JAMIE BERAN (CEO): $204,546 total reported compensation
- MONICA LYANNA CORDOVA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FUNDERS' COLLABORATIVE ON YO): $201,889 total reported compensation
- ABIGAIL P LEVINE (CEO OF JEWISH SOCIAL JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE): $169,351 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.