The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

Legal name: Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
135564937
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
New York, NY, US
Phone
1.844.ONE.CALL
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$234,518,457
Expenses
$224,289,062
Assets
$241,525,942
Liabilities
$133,934,940

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

76 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALICE TISCH (PRESIDENT EMERITA)
  • ANTHONY MANN (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • BETH ANISMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • FREDRIC W YERMAN (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • JAMIE BW STECHER (PRESIDENT)
  • JEAN TROUBH (PRESIDENT EMERITA)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELLEN JOSEM (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER): $577,583 total reported compensation
  • JEFFREY BRENNER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $502,611 total reported compensation
  • EVAN ZUCKERMAN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $458,809 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Jewish Board is a mental health and social services agency.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community behavioral health services: the jewish board's community behavioral health services division provides 6 behavioral health clinics and numerous satellite locations across the five boroughs that support 25,000 people a year with counseling services, both in person and via telehealth. We also operate community behavioral health hubs in brooklyn, staten island, and the bronx that provide one-stop mental health services, and for adults with persistent mental illness, we offer day treatment programs with counseling, vocational support, and social engagement. Our care coordination services ensure clients are able to access all of the benefits they need to promote health and wellness.

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 90% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 58 of 58 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $182.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $578K · 76 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $253K reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.