Greater Miami Jewish Federation

What it reported doing in 2024

Overseas programs and services: for over 80 years, the federation has been committed to the welfare of the jewish people worldwide, connecting people to jewish life, and creating strong connections to israel. In fiscal 2024-2025 we provided $9,184,123 to organizations that focus on these issues. Israel: federation works with the jewish federations of north america (jfna) and its overseas partners, the american jewish joint distribution committee (jdc), the jewish agency for israel (jafi), and world ort in the former soviet union (fsu), throughout latin america and europe and in more than 70 other countries around the world supporting programs and services that care for the vulnerable, foster jewish renewal among younger generations, and create strong connections to israel. Fsu: nearly 60,000 people are participating in jdc-sponsored renewal activities across the former soviet union particularly in jewish community centers that have become a cornerstone of this effort. Federation funding supports welfare relief that reaches over 70,000 elderly jewish clients in the fsu in more than 2,000 locations, providing food, medicine and medical care, home care, winter heating and social services from a network of more than 60 hesed social welfare centers, operated by jdc: 61,201 seniors received food assistance, 19,361 seniors received home care, 14,272 received medicine or medical assistance, and 11,717 were helped with emergency grants. Jdc furnished critical nutritional and medical assistance to more than 30,000 jewish children and their families. Jafi israel operated summer camps in the fsu, as well as sunday schools and provided young adults with leadership activities. Ukraine: jdc has been on the ground since the war broke out in 2021 and for decades before - offering food to the hungry, medical aid to the sick, and heat for homes to withstand the cold. The emotional toll of this crisis has been no less devastating than the physical one. This past year, jdc pioneered a groundbreaking trauma response program to safeguard the emotional well-being of ukrainian jews living knee-deep in distress. Jdc launched a network of eight trauma support centers across ukraine in kyiv, zaporizhzhia, dnipro, khmelnytskyi, poltava, lviv, kharkiv and odesa. Each offers psychological support through individual and group sessions, parental guidance, family therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy to those in need. 55,800 vulnerable jews in ukraine have received assistance since the start of the crisis. Argentina: jdc works in close cooperation with jewish communal leaders to identify the individuals and families at highest risk, and to ensure that vulnerable children, adults and elderly receive food, medicine, clothing and other essential aid. Jdc helped 372 families with food assistance and 103 families with housing support. Venezuela: jdc assisted 650 venezuelan jews and 28 seniors with deliveries of nutritious food, 120 jews with chronic illness with medication, and social activities connecting 70 elderly jews. Cuba: jdc provided 120 vulnerable families with food, milk and special shabbat meals, 450 vulnerable jews with medicine supplies, in-person and virtual community activities, senior day get-togethers. Europe and north africa: jdc provided food and essential welfare services for elderly jews. Jdc also helped economically vulnerable jewish children, connecting them and their families to jewish life. Jewish communities in morocco, tunisia, turkey and india receive support to care for elderly in facilities that provide residential care, full medical services, recreational and therapeutic services, excursions, and holiday events for residents. Israel: to foster strong connections with the people of israel, federation maintains a successful partnership with the city of yerucham in the negev. In addition to programming connecting miami and yerucham, we are helping youth at risk achieve greater academic success and maturity through the youth futures i

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 60.4%; rating input score 60
• Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $18.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Limited
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 41.1%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.89; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings