Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco Marin & Peninsula

What it reported doing in 2024

Jcrc community relations programsin jcrc's government affairs work, we built and deepened relationships with 500+ diverse bay area elected officials at all government levels, through one-on-one meetings, attendance at programs and conferences, educational and jewish holiday events and more. We grew jcrc's bay area network of jewish officials (banjo) to 71 members, furthered their leadership on jewish issues through an overnight "banjo camp" retreat and created an alumni cohort. Banjo members joined jcrc at the annual jpac capitol summit in sacramento. Jcrc educated more than 160 people through a virtual "jewish community safety briefing" for santa clara county residents, honored international holocaust remembrance day with two events at san jose city hall, and joyfully celebrated passover with more than 650 jewish community partners, and friends new and old, across two incredibly successful jcrc freedom sedersour 29th in san francisco and our inaugural in san jose.in our community partnerships work, jcrc built and deepened relationships with other bay area minority communities. We continued the work of the aapi-jewish roundtable with a jcrc-led conversation on antisemitism, anti-asian hate and democracy. We partnered with leaders of the san francisco black community on a "reconnecting communities" project, and celebrated martin luther king jr. Day at the san jose african american community service agency's annual luncheon. We joyfully celebrated the hindu and jewish spring holidays of holi and purim in a joint event, and, with partner organization hindu american foundation, convened the first meeting of the hindu-jewish roundtable. Jcrc organized the largest-ever jewish contingent in the san francisco pride parade, and was a key organizer in bringing the south bay community to march in the silicon valley pride parade. Jcrc strengthened relationships with south bay faith leaders by co-hosting an interfaith sukkot with a san jose temple. In jcrc's jewish affairs work, we formally launched our "here i am: jewish identity and antisemitism training" initiative, which offers customizable workshops focused on strengthening understanding of jewish identity and antisemitism. We delivered 52 trainings on jewish identity and antisemitism to organizations in the bay area and beyond, reaching more than 8,700 people; and hosted an eighth regional "here i am" press conference, in san jose. We re-ran jcrc's survey of bay area jewish identity, polling 800 bay area jews in late 2024 on how they view their jewish identity and experience antisemitism (and shared results with key leaders). We called on every bay area city council and school district to recognize and celebrate jewish american heritage month.in our k-12 education work, jcrc vastly expanded our bay area portfolio, to meet the needs of private and independent schools, jewish educators and an additional 100 school districts in silicon valley. Toward a safe and welcoming educational environment for k-12 jewish students, we continued to build relationships with bay area education leaders; sent a host of resources to districts; presented two community education updates; delivered 11 trainings on antisemitism, jewish identity and related topics to public and private school districts; expanded jcrc's antisemitism training to middle school students; and launched teachers united bay area, a network for bay area jewish education professionals. Toward positive jewish inclusion in ethnic studies courses, jcrc continued to engage with districts considering a curriculum, provided feedback to the California legislative jewish caucus on proposed legislation and continued to coordinate with and advise jewish organizations across and beyond California.in our jewish community engagement work, jcrc facilitated more than 14 events in the bay area over october 6-7, bringing together more than 10,000 community members in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of october 7. We mounted a #dayofyellow soci

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
• Program expense ratio: 56%; rating input score 56
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 12%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 23.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings