JCS
Legal name: Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 590637867
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Miami, FL, United States
- Phone
- 305.576.6550
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Family Services
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $37,056,001
- Expenses
- $39,021,505
- Assets
- $28,449,695
- Liabilities
- $16,182,631
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MIRIAM SINGER (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MIRIAM SINGER (PRESIDENT & CEO): $346,845 total reported compensation
- OMRIT SHIMONI (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $170,422 total reported compensation
- LEOPOLDO F CORONADO SADA (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $129,596 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Since 1920, Jewish Community Services of South Florida (JCS) has stayed true to its mission—offering exceptional social services through compassionate, comprehensive programs that help people stay healthy, independent, and productive. By working closely with funding agencies, partner organizations, and community leaders, JCS continually expands its reach and deepens its impact across Miami-Dade County. Rooted in tradition, committed to care.
What it reported doing in 2024
Case management - jewish community services of south Florida, inc. Provides a variety of case management services for frail and vulnerable residents including holocaust survivors, and older adults that require long term support. Counseling (behavioral health) - jewish community services of south Florida, inc. Provides mental health counseling, psychoeducation and suicide prevention, services for domestic violence and abuse survivors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 82% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 62% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $68.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th 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: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 92.6% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $34.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $347K · 30 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $9.6M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.