Jewish Community Relations Bureau|AJC

Legal name: Jewish Community Relations Bureau Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834088310
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Overland Park, KS, USA
Phone
9133278127
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Intergroup, Race Relations
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$679,918
Expenses
$797,272
Assets
$3,112,658
Liabilities
$24,217

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gavriela Geller (Executive Director - Jan-Jun 2024)
  • Neta Meltzer (Interim Executive Director - Jun-Dec 2024)
  • Barry Kaseff (President)
  • Daniel Singer (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Gavriela Geller (Executive Director - Jan-Jun 2024): $102,552 total reported compensation
  • Neta Meltzer (Interim Executive Director - Jun-Dec 2024): $64,263 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 Jewish community advocate for combating antisemitism and pursuing justice. We are grateful for your donation and support of our organization. If you have made an error in making your donation or change your mind about contributing to our organization please contact us. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card. Automated Recurring Donation Cancellation Ongoing support is important to enabling projects to continue their work, so we encourage donors to continue to contribute to projects over time. But if you must cancel your recurring donation, please notify us.

What it reported doing in 2024

JCRB|AJC continues to grow its Community Relations efforts, including ongoing support for the Strangers No More program, engagement with interfaith clergy, and participation in events such as the annual MLK Interfaith Service. This year, the organization distributed Jewish holiday calendars to over 4,000 partners, including 44 local schools and school districts. JCRB|AJC Educational and Advocacy Programs experienced strong participation throughout the year. Highlights included A Year Without: October 7 Memorial, the Intro to Advocacy workshop for KC's ACCESS chapter, and Driving Out Darkness in the Heartland: 2024 Regional Summit on Combating Antisemitism. Our educational outreach expanded significantly, establishing new partnerships with both K-12 schools and universities across the region. Our Making Space program continues to provide impactful training for companies and organizations seeking to foster Jewish inclusion and cultural competency among employees. In Government Relations, JCRB|AJC marked Jewish American Heritage Month with targeted outreach and advocacy. We also deepened relationships with congressional offices and built meaningful connections with local, state, and federal officials to advance our mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.2%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 55.6%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.9; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 62.2% of revenue deployed · 55.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $443K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.