JALSA Impact

Legal name: Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Impact Inc

Overview

Mission

Harnessing the power of the Jewish community in Massachusetts to elect leaders that represent our values; engage the progressive Jewish community of Massachusetts in electoral organizing and outreach ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. “These times call for us to use every tool in our toolkit to dismantle hate and stand up for our Jewish values,” said Cindy Rowe, Executive Director of JALSA Impact. “It is no longer enough that we work to change public policy. We have reached a point in this country that we must also change the policy makers in Washington. JALSA Impact will harness the power of the Massachusetts progressive Jewish community to take back our democracy and achieve social justice.” Through organizing work with local and national partners, JALSA Impact will bring together volunteers to support candidates that represent its values by targeting critical House races...

What it reported doing in 2024

Jalsa impact is "harnessing the power of the jewish community to elect leaders that represent our values".

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 86% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830772114
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
617-227-3000
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -46.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -30.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -51.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $185K · 8 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CINDY ROWE (CEO): $185,115 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.