Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
Legal name: Jewish Community Facilities Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 650446896
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Boca Raton, FL, USA
- Phone
- (561) 852-3100
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,752,191
- Expenses
- $7,117,077
- Assets
- $14,132,729
- Liabilities
- $54,701,308
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ARTHUR GOLDBERG (PRESIDENT AND CHAIRPERSON)
- WES FINCH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- IGOR ALTERMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MATTHEW LEVIN (FORMER VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MATTHEW LEVIN (FORMER VICE PRESIDENT): $872,020 total reported compensation
- TODD POLIKOFF (FORMER CHIEF PROFESSIONAL OFFICER): $315,415 total reported compensation
- KAREN MILLOY-GOBRECHT (CHIEF PROFESSIONAL OFFICER): $274,866 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rooted in Jewish values, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County seeks to foster and sustain a strong, compassionate and dynamic Jewish community today and for years to come. Rooted in Jewish values, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County (JFSPBC) seeks to foster and sustain a strong, compassionate and dynamic Jewish community today and for years to come. With the help of our donors, supporters and partner agencies, we are equipped and empowered to provide for the Jewish people locally, in Israel and around the world. WE UPHOLD** the importance of strong Jewish communal leadership – from synagogues to agencies to organizations – to ensure every Jew from infancy to seniorhood has a chance to connect, to learn and to thrive safely and joyously. WE BELIEVE** caring for the vulnerable and marginalized is not just a nice thing to do – it is our obligation as.
What it reported doing in 2024
Management and operations of real estate properties and their related activities for the benefit of the jewish federation of south palm beach county and its affiliated agencies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -89.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.87; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $872K · 14 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.