Jewish Communal Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237174183
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 212.752.8277
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,337,028,835
- Expenses
- $1,039,340,572
- Assets
- $3,552,406,570
- Liabilities
- $115,649,635
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
35 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREA MARKEZIN-PRESS (PRESIDENT)
- AARON ZISES (VICE PRESIDENT)
- HOLLY NEWMAN KROFT (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RACHEL SCHNOLL (EXECUTIVE VP AND CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- RACHEL SCHNOLL (EXECUTIVE VP AND CEO): $774,873 total reported compensation
- MARINA LEWIN (SENIOR VP AND COO): $525,753 total reported compensation
- ASHLEY CLEMENTE (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER): $387,177 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To facilitate and promote philanthropy through donor advised funds. Jewish Communal Fund** offers several impact investments that align with our mission as the largest Jewishly-affiliated donor advised fund in the country. These offerings provide a distinct value-add for our fundholders, giving them the opportunity to maximize their impact with their investments, in addition to their active grant-making. They enhance the ESG and socially responsible investment options already on our platform. Questions about these investment opportunities and JCF donor advised funds?** We will be happy to assist you. **Get in touch**.
What it reported doing in 2024
Jcf's primary responsibility is to serve donors who have entrusted it with their charitable dollars. Jcf takes this responsibility very seriously and is committed to treating its donors with the utmost integrity and respect. Jcf handles all the administrative responsibilities for each donor-advised fund and provides donors with regular reports on contributions, grants, investment income, fund balance and all other activity related to the fund. See schedule o for continuation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- 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. Some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 73
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: $584.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.5%; rating input score 99; 41st 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: 22.3%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.42; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $775K · 35 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4985 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4977 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.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.