JEWISHcolorado

Legal name: Colorado Agency for Jewish Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
840735278
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2014
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3033213191
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Judaism
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,481,380
Expenses
$1,394,099
Assets
$1,410,251
Liabilities
$143,705

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PHYLLIS ADLER MSW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • PHYLLIS ADLER MSW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $49,549 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We convene, connect, invest, and protect Jewish life in Colorado, Israel, and around the world. Learn More. Our Mission We convene, connect, invest, and protect Jewish life in Colorado, Israel, and around the world. Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour (IST) Mission & Overseas Travel Ramat HaNegev Partnership.

What it reported doing in 2014

Israel study tour - provide a learning experience for children between their junior and senior year of high school. Participants will experience extraordinary adventures, exceptional trip leaders, a commitment to educationi and the memories of a lifetime. The ist experience begins wth a year of coursework and teambuilding at hebrew high and ends with a trip to israel. The rocky mountian rabbinical council and the allied jewish federation of Colorado partner with caje to provide this program.

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

STRONG - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 10 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.