Friedberg JCC
Legal name: Barry & Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 112002556
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Oceanside, NY, United States
- Phone
- 516-766-4341
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,029,445
- Expenses
- $15,125,979
- Assets
- $6,584,513
- Liabilities
- $8,166,295
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RHONDA KLEINMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- RHONDA KLEINMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $238,883 total reported compensation
- JOHN WOZNIAK (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $127,688 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 Friedberg JCC is dedicated to providing and maintaining the spirit of Judaism and its values through strengthening Jewish family life and culture. Located in Oceanside, New York, with centers in Lynbrook, Merrick and Long Beach, the JCC operates programs for new mothers/new babies, day care, nursery school, after school activities, summer camps, teen programs, adult activities, special needs programs, holiday events and cultural activities for all. These extensive and varied programs are reflective of the JCC’s compelling mission to create a dynamic, caring community that helps families, youth, the elderly and the disabled at all economic levels. Youtube video Our Mission.
What it reported doing in 2024
Camp overview-our programs encourage campers to develop their imaginations and individual abilities while enhancing their self-esteem. Children learn new activities, travel to exciting destinations and make new friends. Summer camp provides children with unique experiences that help them grow, learn, have fun and build lasting relationships. At camp, we foster the values of sportsmanship, integrity, tolerance, friendship, sensitivity, helpfulness, appreciation and respect. The friedberg jcc summer day camp services children ages 2-15 within nine different programs. Our pre-school camps are located in our main facility in oceanside as well as our satellite locations in long beach and merrick. For grades k-6, our camps are located in the nestled woods of the henr kaufmann campgrounds which features acres of lush ball fields, a full swimming complex with four pools, a nature and science center an arts and crafts center, basketball courts, outdoor campsite areas, playgrounds, a driving range, hiking trails, a mini-golf course, a sports complex offering instructional clinics, and more complemented by a kaleidoscope of programming. Day and overnight trips to exciting destinations are also included for the older children. Campers entering grades 7-10 experience a travel camp of fun day trips as well as 3-4 thrilling week-long trips. Our counselor-in-training program provides on-the-job training experience for a select group of mature teens who are interested in working with children. We also offer specialized camps including camp achieve (for children 6-12 on the autism spectrum) and theatr camp. Finally, our sunrise day camp is the only dedicated day camp in the nation for children with cancer and their siblings. Sunrise is affiliated with 11 area hospitals, is offered completely free of charge, and has year-round programming, in-clinic activities and hospital visitation services. Visitation services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.5%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $23.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.24; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 92.5% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $13M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $239K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $126K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.