Jewish Long Beach

Legal name: Jewish Community Center of Long Beach

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952280871
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2022
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Long Beach, CA, US
Phone
(562) 426-7601
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Neighborhood Centers
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$4,153,888
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

38 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barry Zamost (President)
  • Joyce Greenspan (Vice President)
  • Beth Sterling (Vice President)
  • Matt Davis (Immediate Past President)
  • Eli Ben-Shmuel (Past President)
  • Edie Brodsky (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Barry Zamost (President)
  • Joyce Greenspan (Vice President)
  • Beth Sterling (Vice 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. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Jewish Long Beach safeguards Jewish life for the future through foundations, grants, and security. Our robust programs ensure a vibrant, protected future for our community and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2022

Through a merger agreement, The Organization turned its remaining assets over to the Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange County in 2022.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 13 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 36 of 36 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 38 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.