Daughters of Sarah Jewish Foundation
Legal name: Daughters of Sarah Jewish Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141344803
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Albany, NY, United States
- Phone
- (518) 456-7831
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,114,299
- Expenses
- $717,172
- Assets
- $15,784,099
- Liabilities
- $3,259,875
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARK KOBLENZ (CEO - see Schedule J Part III)
Highest reported compensation
- MARK KOBLENZ (CEO - see Schedule J Part III): $464,904 total reported compensation
- COURTNEY MULSON (CFO - see Schedule J Part III): $369,589 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Daughters of Sarah Jewish Foundation raises and manages resources to support the Daughters of Sarah Community for Seniors’ programs and initiatives, including issuing grants to the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center, Inc. and the Daughters of Sarah Housing Company, Inc. (d/b/a the Massry Residence). It is our mission to enhance the quality of life, assure the safety and dignity, and foster the independence of those we serve through residential, personal care, health, and other services consistent with Jewish values and traditions. Values Daughters of Sarah Community for Seniors provides a welcoming environment carefully designed to enrich the quality of life for all our residents and their families. We respect each individual’s philosophy of life, death, culture, and religion. We are committed to conducting ourselves with high moral standards and integrity and have the responsibility...
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization's goal - to support, enrich and enhance programs and services for the well and infirm elderly - is accomplished by issuing grants to the daughters of sarah nursing & rehabilitation center. Grants to the nursing center provide for direct nursing and personal care to infirm nursing home residents. It is estimated that 54% of the residents are indigent, with the cost of their care being paid for by medicaid (which does not provide reimbursement to cover the actual cost of resident care). This grant also helps underwrite the costs of providing kosher food in keeping with jewish dietary laws; in providing a rabbi for pastoral counseling, jewish programming, and for jewish holiday worship services; and for providing entertainment and activities programming. In addition, the organization conducts an annual fund-raising campaign (the "annual fund") throughout the year, as well as a series of low key, targeted fundraising efforts surrounding the occurrence of certain jewish holidays. It hosts an annual signature fundraising social event for the public at a local museum, generally in november, for which it solicits corporate and individual sponsorships. The organization also hosts an annual social event during the summer to celebrate its leadership donors. The organization further coordinates the operation of "sarah's corner", a gift shop for the enjoyment of the residents, guests and staff of daughters of sarah community for seniors, which shop is located in the daughters of sarah nursing & rehabilitation center. The result of these activities is to improve the lives of the community's residents, to elevate the communal awareness of the daughters of sarah community for seniors, to educate the community as to the programs and services provided to the seniors we serve, to create and strengthen a support base of individuals who will donate to, and publicly advocate for, the community for seniors, and to raise funds to support the organization's operations and mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.1%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 66.1%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.01; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th 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: 78.1% of revenue deployed · 66.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $474K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $465K · 20 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 46 of 47 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.