Jewish Senior Life

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382472562
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2017
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Oak Park, MI, USA
Phone
2489674240
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$268
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LOWELL SALESIN (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBORAH ROSENTHAL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KEN GOSS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBIN KAUFMAN TREPECK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW LESTER (EXECUTIVE CMTE CHAIR - IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY S HEINRICH (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • NANCY S HEINRICH (CEO): $208,560 total reported compensation
  • FRAN VICTOR (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $169,829 total reported compensation
  • JENNIE KLEPINGER (CFO): $142,447 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At Jewish Senior Life of Metropolitan Detroit, we nurture a sense of community and enrich the lives of older adults, while embracing Jewish values and celebrating life. Support Our Mission We are here to assist you with any questions you may have. To support our mission, consider making a donation. Your contributions play a vital role in enabling us to continue providing exceptional care and services to older adults in our community. Whether you choose to reach out today or make a donation, your support helps us enhance the quality of life for those we serve. Join us in our commitment to creating a compassionate, vibrant, and caring community for older adults. Donate.

What it reported doing in 2017

Provides safe, sanitary housing and supportive services for the elderly, including meals and activities. The program maintains 150 apartments for the elderly with affordable rent. The building and related assets were sold to teitel jsl ldha lp, an affiliated entity, during the fiscal year ended may 31, 2015.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 58
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 1
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18,125%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $209K · 31 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 15 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.