Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382106869
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
East Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5173513570
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,198
Expenses
$106,870
Assets
$489,545
Liabilities
$650

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Amy J Shapiro (Executive Director & Board member)

People named in this filing

  • Stan Kaplowitz (Treasurer & Board member)
  • Scott Mandel (Board member)
  • Amy J Shapiro (Executive Director & Board member)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See Schedule O

What it reported doing in 2024

$341 for Project Rozana, to build peace between Israelis and Palestinians by enabling children from West Bank and Gaza to get medical care in Israeli hospitals and training Palestinian medical professionals.$1,188 for refreshments for Chanukah party for Lansing area Jewish community.$93 for books for Bnai Mitzvah.$3,645 for a picnic and community lunch for Lansing area Jewish community.$1,000 to Hillel Foundation of MSU to support community goals.$8,299 for Yom HaShoa remembrance program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% 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.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -121.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.58; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.