JSDD - Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled of MetroWest, Inc.
Legal name: Jewish Association for Special Needs Ii Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204770305
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Livingston, NJ, United States
- Phone
- (973) 272-7148
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Development, Construction, Management
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $62,790
- Expenses
- $81,212
- Assets
- $727,699
- Liabilities
- $10,196
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
32 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LARRY REIN (PRESIDENT)
- MATTHEW JARMEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ROBIN POLSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ELLEN GOLDNER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- LOIS ROSE (PAST PRESIDENT)
- LYNDA WACHSTETER (PAST PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- LINDA PRESS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $197,829 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled of MetroWest, Inc. (JSDD) is the lead, multi-purpose agency dedicated to providing an integrated program of community education, advocacy and services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. As part of our mission, JSDD strives to maximize the potential of individuals with developmental disabilities and promotes opportunities for their integration into the Jewish and general communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The project operates one group home located in parsippany, New Jersey, that provides people with developmental disabilities with housing facilities. Jewish service for the developmentally disabled of metrowest, inc., an affiliate, provides related services designed to meet their physical and social needs, as well as support them in all areas of activities of daily living, and to promote health, safety and community integration.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.4%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -29.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.96; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 91.4% of revenue deployed · 70.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $198K · 32 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 4 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.