Center for Jewish Education

Legal name: Center for Jewish Education Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520591707
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4107355000
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,471
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAUREN ADES (PRESIDENT)
  • JUSTIN CECIL HARVEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JILLIAN ELIZABETH MANKO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • FRAN PRUCE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LAUREN ADES (PRESIDENT)
  • JUSTIN CECIL HARVEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JILLIAN ELIZABETH MANKO (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The macks center for jewish education promotes and facilitates lifelong learning that nurtures jewish identity and strengthens jewish community.

What it reported doing in 2023

During the final short period, the center for jewish education ceased providing grants, engagement programming, and services to schools. The center for jewish education dissolved in october 2023.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.