Friends of the Library at Siegal College of Judaic Studies
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341743338
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2016
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Beachwood, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2163684623
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Management & Technical Assistance
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,148
- Expenses
- $475,777
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RITA SASLAW (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RITA SASLAW (PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the organization is to provide funds to the mandel jewish community center (jcc) for its tax exempt purpose. The treasures gift shop operates a small store located in the jcc building (fully staffed by non-compensated individuals; thus not unrelated business income). This store ceased operations and closed prior to june 30, 2017. Contributions by the organization to the jcc for its tax exempt purpose totalled 33,500.
What it reported doing in 2016
Mandel jewish community center (jcc) for its tax exempt functions
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15,013.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 111.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -59.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -43.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $474K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.