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Overview

Mission

To empower people in interfaith relationships - individuals, couples, families and their children - to engage in jewish life and make jewish choices, and encourage jewish communities to welcome them. Families What happens when Hanukkah falls on Christmas? How do you help your child feel included at Hebrew school when only one of you is Jewish? What’s a matzah ball? Regardless of your background or involvement in Jewish life, we have tools, guides, learning experiences and events – both virtual and local – designed by Jewish interfaith experts to help you feel more confident in Jewish. Read more. We provide institutions and organizations with the tools and programming you need. We have a deep understanding of interfaith couples’ needs and can help you effect change from within. Read more Create Your Own Wedding Ceremony Script.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 97% 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 voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 69
• Transparency & Controls: 86
• Accountability: 42
• Sustainability: 20
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
• Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 0 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
• Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
• Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
• 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.

• High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.