GatherDC

Legal name: Gather Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812318776
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, United States
Phone
202-656-0743
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Judaism
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,769,498
Expenses
$1,926,231
Assets
$705,022
Liabilities
$215,254

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN BERMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL GELMAN (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • MICHELLE SHAPIRO ABRAHAM (EXEC. DIR./CEO (UNTIL 4/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE SHAPIRO ABRAHAM (EXEC. DIR./CEO (UNTIL 4/2025)): $209,214 total reported compensation
  • ALEXANDRA TUREAU MEYER (MNG. DIR. THEN E.D. (CHANGE 4/2025)): $144,777 total reported compensation
  • CAROLINE KESSLER (BAY COMMUNITY DIRECTOR): $132,941 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We connect Jewish 20s and 30s to each other, engage them in Jewish life, and facilitate their development of meaningful adult Jewish identities – wherever they go in life. GatherDC staff will **receive ongoing antiracist training** from professionals and teachers in this field. GatherDC will **provide regular, ongoing updates** with the community about our progress towards reaching these DEIJ goals. We Are Listening, Learning, and Growing. We’re experiencing a service interruption. Try refreshing the page. If the problem persists, please check our status page at status.formassembly.com or email us at [email protected] Thank you for your patience.

What it reported doing in 2024

Gatherdc conducts programs in support of jewish education, outreach, and community building within the greater Washington dc area. Gatherdc infuses a relationship- based model of engagement into every aspect of its work, with a "people- first" mindset, a sophisticated relationship engagement management system, and a group of dedicated volunteers who serve as peer engagers on behalf of gatherdc. Gatherdc's relationship-based work ensures that jewish opportunities and jewish social networks will be accessible to an increasing number of young jews year after year; through this work, we are building one of the most dynamic and inclusive cities for millennial and gen z jewish life.gatherbay is an emergent community seeking to connect jewish 20s and 30's to meaningful and engaged jewish lives. (continued on sched. O)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.8%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 57.7%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $329.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -8.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 62.8% of revenue deployed · 57.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $209K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.