Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 233087655
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2158320807
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,292,371
- Expenses
- $18,551,958
- Assets
- $8,514,550
- Liabilities
- $384,526
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JENNIFER MOLISH BRIER (MEMBER): $169,588 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Since 1901, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia has mobilized resources to support the Jewish community27s most pressing needs locally, in Israel and around the world. Philadelphia’s Jewish community is one of the oldest in North America. For more than a century, the Jewish Federation has been there to support that community by meeting urgent needs, responding to major events and strengthening Jewish traditions. In the beginning The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia was originally founded in 1901 as the Federation of Jewish Charities, which united nine agencies into a single combined effort to help Philadelphia’s Jewish community. Since then our reach has grown considerably as our range of services expanded to help support Jews throughout the Greater Philadelphia region, in Israel and around the world.
What it reported doing in 2024
The foundation awarded $15,212,675 in needs-based scholarships to 1,037 day school students from low- and moderate-income households who qualified for the educational improvement tax credit (eitc) program of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.certain amounts of contributions, within allowable limits of program guidelines, were set aside to create "reserve funds" to create a supplemental source for need-based scholarships based on certain triggering events, as defined: 1. A legislative or governmental change creates a negative impact on the program2. Unforeseen circumstances which negatively impact the economy, school tuition collections, etc.3. The reserve funds calculation had been reduced to 3% last year once the state increased its required spend rate of contributions from a minimum of 80% to 90%. In addition, previously schools had been required to share use of their reserve funds as scholarship for students and schools could only use these funds once they had reached a specific threshold. Beginning this year, once schools received their reserve funds, shortly after the beginning of the fiscal year, the threshold for usage was removed with no further oversight from the foundation. Schools were recommended, however, to save these funds and only use them for emergency scholarship needs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $33.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th 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: -7.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $170K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 33 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 34 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.