Donna Klein Jewish Academy

Legal name: Donna Klein Jewish Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
651129890
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Boca Raton, FL, United States
Phone
5618523300
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,024,415
Expenses
$23,192,176
Assets
$29,742,774
Liabilities
$9,361,819

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NATALIE LEDER (VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)
  • JEFFREY L KLEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DR SHARI HIER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • DANA STRONG (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HELENA LEVINE (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $424,192 total reported compensation
  • NORMA BROWN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $188,462 total reported compensation
  • SHERRYL STEINBERG (DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT): $162,216 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

K-12 college preparatory education rooted in academic excellence, Jewish teachings and values, and a deep connection to Israel and the global Jewish community. We empower students to lead with confidence, integrity, and purpose. Vision. At the heart of DKJA’s mission is a deep commitment to fostering a culture of kindness. This foundational value shapes the day-to-day interactions within the school community, creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where students are encouraged to support one another, embrace empathy, and act with compassion. It is this culture that truly sets DKJA apart, cultivating not only academic excellence but also character development and ethical leadership. In 2023, Donna Klein Jewish Academy (DKJA) proudly joined an elite group of five prominent schools across the nation in partnering with the Ronald S. Lauder Impact Initiative. This pioneering...

What it reported doing in 2024

General studies - from elementary school through high school, academic disciplines are women together at dkja to provide a comprehensive education encompassing liberal arts and fine arts, world cultures, current affairs, literature, hebrew language, and judaic studies.this approach provides context, relevance, and an understanding of the complex relationships between the diverse array of knowledge and the many different people of the world. Our curriculum is integrated through hands-on interaction, as well as tech innovation, that encourages participation in group projects, as well as independent thinking and creativity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.4%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 27.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 56.4% of revenue deployed · 78.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $18.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $424K · 28 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.