JCFS Chicago
Legal name: Jewish Child and Family Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362167757
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, United States
- Phone
- 855.275.5237
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,403,196
- Expenses
- $38,393,195
- Assets
- $95,069,131
- Liabilities
- $24,175,705
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
45 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stacy L Shor (President/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Stacy L Shor (President/CEO): $489,108 total reported compensation
- Vincent M Everson (VP & Chief Financial Officer): $277,365 total reported compensation
- Kameka Love (VP/Chief People & Culture Officer): $258,186 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
JCFS Chicago is ready to provide caring and healing services to guide people from crisis to calm, anguish to awareness, and isolation to support, with services infused with Jewish values and compassion for a community that is inclusive and accessible for people of all ages and abilities. When people need help, JCFS Chicago is ready to provide caring and healing services to guide them from crisis to calm, from anguish to awareness, and from isolation to support. With services that are infused with Jewish values and compassion, we work to make our community inclusive and accessible for people of all ages and abilities. You are not alone in your struggle when you receive help from JCFS. Each year more than 22,000 children, teens, adults and families turn to us for expert, individualized help as they strive to live successfully in their community. Who We Help.
What it reported doing in 2024
Emotional Wellbeing - JCFS masters and doctorate level clinicians offer therapy and case management services for children, teens, adults, couples and families in an emotionally safe setting where they can develop positive strategies and strengthen connections within their families and community. JCFS staff promote personal growth for individuals in response to a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, illness and loss, mental health, family conflict, life transitions and more. In addition, we provide integrative counseling and psychological testing to understand learning differences, cognitive, emotional and other mental health disorders.Response for Teens supports young people, their families and systems of support by providing counseling, leadership development, and inclusive sexual health and healthy relationship education. Through community centered services, JCFS provides culturally sensitive education, and support that address issues impacting Jewish adults, children, couples, families, and the community, such as support groups, abuse prevention, addiction resources, adoption and infertility support, spiritual supports, chaplaincy services and community education.Virginia Frank Child Development Center offers preventive and therapeutic services for families with children from birth to six years old, including individual, group and family counseling, and training and consultation for early childhood professionals. Kaufman Wolf Center for Trauma and Resilience supports the ability of individuals, organizations, and communities to build resilience, recover, adapt, and grow in the face of adversity, big or small.Child Welfare services deliver clinical supports for children and teens in the child welfare system, by providing individual and family therapy, life skills classes, connections to respite care and case management services.HIAS Immigration & Citizenship provides comprehensive immigration, citizenship, and refugee services to ensure that individuals and families are provided with the resources and assistance necessary for a safe and successful transition to the United States.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th 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: 9.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.48; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th 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: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 33 of 33 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $32.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $489K · 45 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $111K reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.