Jafco Children's Ability Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454903635
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2022
Location
Sunrise, FL, USA
Phone
9543157033
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,979,409
Expenses
$6,679,292
Assets
$2,222,714
Liabilities
$470,110

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LOUISE JACOWITZ ALLEN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MELISSA BARNHARDT (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JUSTIN A KOHLHAGEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MATTHEW C LEVIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (BEG. 07/2025))
  • ROBERT ETZKIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 02/2025 - 06/2025))
  • SARAH FRANCO (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (END. 01/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT ETZKIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 02/2025 - 06/2025)): $239,268 total reported compensation
  • MAHER MALAK (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $221,221 total reported compensation
  • JUSTIN A KOHLHAGEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $193,436 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Jafco children's ability center, inc.'s mission is to care for abused, neglected and at-risk children as well as those with developmental disabilities in the jewish community and to work in partnership with families and the entire community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provides family enrichment, resources and respite care to families (from broward, dade, and palm beach) raising a child (age birth to 22) with a developmental disability including the following services: - family support/case management and referral/crisis support - respite care/day, overnight, weekend and extended respite - parent education and training, life skills and social skills training - social activities for parents and children - 24-hour on-call crisis support for families, support groups - day and overnight summer camp, winter camp, spring break camp and gap camps/after school and weekend enrichment activities for children. In 2025, the organization served 2,255 individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 66% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $105.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 4.3%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $239K · 20 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $159K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.