Greensboro Jewish Federation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237107693
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Greensboro, NC, USA
- Phone
- (336) 852-5433
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,410,785
- Expenses
- $3,168,403
- Assets
- $3,861,888
- Liabilities
- $100,246
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
55 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNY KAISER (PRESIDENT)
- AARON STRASSER (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- RAFFI SIMEL (VICE PRESIDENT - ENGAGEMENT)
- PEGGY BERNSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT - CAMPAIGN)
- TAMMI THURM (VICE PRESIDENT - EDUCATION)
- MARSHALL TUCK (VICE PRESIDENT - SECURITY)
Highest reported compensation
- GLENDA BERNHARDT (CEO): $209,747 total reported compensation
- MICHELE PERRELL (DIR FINANCE AND ADMIN - THRU 3/31): $100,292 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Greensboro Jewish Federation is the voice of the local Jewish community—funding programs that care for people at every stage of life, strengthening Jewish life, supporting Israel, and rescuing people in need, while building and supporting a safe, inclusive, and healthy Jewish Greensboro. Camp is a transformative experience in the life of a child. The impact of Jewish camp is immediate—campers return home connected to a community and friends that will last them a lifetime. Children with pivotal Jewish camp experiences are more likely to become adults who value their Jewish heritage, support Jewish causes, and take on leadership roles in their communities. There are a variety of **traditional and specialty overnight camps** that span different denominations of Judaism, accommodate special needs and interests, and offer unique programming. Financial Resources are Available to Help...
What it reported doing in 2024
Jewish family services (jfs), a constituent agency of the greensboro jewish federation, is a family services agency primarily serving the jewish community of greensboro. A clinical program offers case management, supportive counseling, information and referral, and outreach. Services for older adults are particularly robust. Children, family, and adult programs address the needs of families and individuals in the community, through workshops and volunteer opportunities. A food pantry is also available to all in guilford county. Jfs served 1,690 individuals in fy25 through a wide variety of programs and services including 1,561 van rides for doctor's appointments, community and social events, and religious services; 226 holiday gift bags for seniors; 2,430 telephone and face to face contacts by our congregational nurse and licensed clinical social worker; and 63,288 pounds of food distributed through our food pantry. In addition, 94 community members participated in 5 projects during our annual mitzvah day and our dedicated volunteers logged 1,619 hours of service over the course of the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.6%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 62%; rating input score 62; 17th 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; 63rd 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: 7.1%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 72.6% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 50 of 50 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $210K · 55 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 12 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.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.