Alaska Jewish Museum

Legal name: Alaska Jewish Historical Museum & Cultural Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
711010049
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone
9072791268
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,613
Expenses
$128,154
Assets
$721,344
Liabilities
$22,728

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RABBI JOSEPH Y GREENBERG (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN HARRIS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • FRAN ROSE (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LESLIE FRIED (MUSEUM CURATOR): $54,577 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Alaska Jewish Museum (AJM) is to provide a home for Jewish history, art and culture in Alaska. AJM tells the stories of Alaska’s Jewish residents and their contributions to the development of the state’s industries, government, and culture from territorial days to the present. AJM also seeks to create a gathering place and historical repository to build cultural bridges that promote diversity and tolerance for all Alaskans.

What it reported doing in 2024

Promote diversity and tolerance for all alaskans

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -270.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.63; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd 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 · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $114K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $55K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.