Claims Conference

Legal name: Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131677841
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, United States
Phone
+972-3-519-4400
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,629,819,378
Expenses
$1,606,801,411
Assets
$784,520,458
Liabilities
$319,875,408

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

Leadership & pay

84 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GIDEON TAYLOR (PRESIDENT & AD PERSONAM)
  • GREGORY SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GREGORY SCHNEIDER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $1,182,300 total reported compensation
  • KAREN HEILIG (ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE VP): $555,545 total reported compensation
  • JONATHAN SEGAL (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $471,948 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide a measure of justice to Holocaust survivors worldwide through secure compensation and restitution. | It is in our legitimate interest to promote our mission of providing a measure of justice for Jewish Holocaust victims, and to provide them with the best possible care | | To provide you with our newsletter and other promotional information | Your direct interaction with our website | Contact Information. Outreach work to support our objectives | | To conduct outreach for our programs or related programs | Compensation applications submitted to us |.

What it reported doing in 2024

Claims conference as successor organization program: to share in the proceeds received from the recovery of restituted property pursuant to the german federal government property restitution law. Such proceeds from these recoveries are allocated to holocaust survivors, or their heirs or institutions benefiting holocaust survivors, or carrying out programs of holocaust research, education and documentation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 97% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.3%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 98.3% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 65 of 65 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 15 filed program accomplishments · $1.6B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 84 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 132 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 122 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.