Jsdd
Legal name: Jewish Association for Special Needs Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521824345
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Livingston, NJ, United States
- Phone
- (973) 272-7148
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Residential Care & Adult Day Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,434
- Expenses
- $65,975
- Assets
- $331,690
- Liabilities
- $11,397
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELLEN GOLDNER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- LOIS ROSE (PAST PRESIDENT)
- LYNDA WACHSTETER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- JAY ROGER WEISSGLASS (PAST PRESIDENT)
- BARRY GOLDBERG (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELLEN GOLDNER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- LOIS ROSE (PAST PRESIDENT)
- LYNDA WACHSTETER (PAST PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. 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 west caldwell, 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
- Donor-supported. 74% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.4%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 66.4%; rating input score 66
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.03; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th 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: 61.4% of revenue deployed · 66.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.