Shames JCC on the Hudson

Legal name: Jewish Community Center on the Hudson Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237229163
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Tarrytown, NY, USA
Phone
9143667898
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,621,989
Expenses
$11,534,759
Assets
$22,500,218
Liabilities
$11,960,547

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM WEISS (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ADAM WEISS (CEO): $346,450 total reported compensation
  • LAUREN BERGIDA (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT): $176,293 total reported compensation
  • WENDY ANTINI (CFO): $158,542 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 jcc on the hudson's primary exempt purpose is to provide programs and services to the general community including childcare, counseling, wellness, educational, recreational and cultural programming. Program Schedule Almost Home follows the academic calendars of the Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow and Irvington school districts. We provide care from the time your child’s bus arrives at the JCC until 6 PM—including early dismissal and half-days! If only one district is closed, Almost Home will still operate. Students from the closed district may be dropped off at 2:30 PM (since school transportation won’t be available). Almost Home Dates and Rates for 2026–2027 School Year:.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth and teen programs - the shames jcc provides a wide range of activities for youth and teens. Summer camps are among our core programs, including our new sports camp which launched in 2024. Other essential components of the jcc's youth and teen portfolio include after school care, social/recreational/pre-vocational programs for people with disabilities, and diverse enrichment classes with offerings in visual art, theater, dance, gymnastics, karate, sports, cooking, steam activities and more. Further, many children and teens participate in our aquatics programs: swim lessons and swim team. Other specific programs for tweens and teens include certification programs for babysitting and lifeguarding, as well as volunteerism programs which engage participants in hands-on community service, both on-site and otherwise.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 0.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.95; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $346K · 26 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $919K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.