Jafco Children's Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650334267
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sunrise, FL, USA
Phone
9543158680
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,874,202
Expenses
$8,714,484
Assets
$62,307,226
Liabilities
$228,014

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARCI LANGLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • 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
  • MATTHEW C LEVIN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (BEG. 07/2025)): $115,092 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The filing organization's mission is to provide sustained funding for jewish adoption & foster care options, inc. And jafco children's ability center, inc., related 501(c)(3) organizations serving abused, neglected, and special needs children and their families.

What it reported doing in 2025

Jafco children's foundation, inc. Provides funding and support for jafco approved programs listed in its bylaws. It helps facilitate, provide technical assistance, general support and funding for recognized affiliate organizations whose purpose is to duplicate the jewish adoption and foster care options, inc. Model in south Florida in other geographic regions either in the united states or elsewhere in the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 96.3%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $53.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 19.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.15; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 96.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $239K · 22 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.