Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boston
Legal name: Jewish Big Brother & Big Sister Assoc of Greater Boston Endowment
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223283364
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Waltham, MA, United States
- Phone
- 781-516-2090
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Human Services
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $654,580
- Expenses
- $734,779
- Assets
- $9,160,768
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JEFFREY SAVIT (FORMER EX-OFFICIO): $247,748 total reported compensation
- LAUREN KORN (EX-OFFICIO): $144,509 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 Big Brothers Big Sisters builds and sustains life-changing friendships and mentoring relationships that inspire confidence, resilience, and belonging. Volunteers are at the heart of this work. Each year, more than 400 volunteers participate in JBBBS programs, receiving training, clinical support, and opportunities to grow. JBBBS supports hundreds of matches that help participants feel seen, supported, and part of something larger than themselves. Through one-to-one mentorship and inclusive community programming, we empower individuals to develop, give back, and strengthen the caring community we all share. These connections have a lasting impact, changing lives and building belonging across generations. Our Mission.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided support to the jewish big brothers & big sisters association of greater boston.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% 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. 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: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $307.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 97.6%; rating input score 98; 45th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- 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: -12.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.47; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $662K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $248K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.