Jssa

Legal name: Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520983740
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Rockville, MD, United States
Phone
Main Numbers: 301-255-4200 or 703-425-0999
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Senior Centers
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,221,545
Expenses
$5,495,278
Assets
$9,218,345
Liabilities
$4,514,691

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACKY SCHULTZ (PRESIDENT)
  • RONNA BORENSTEIN-LEVY (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MITCHELL GLASSMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHANE ROCK (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANE ROCK (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $183,293 total reported compensation
  • TIM LARKIN (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINIS): $133,981 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

& Values Mission JCA provides the programs and services that support older adults and their families and builds bridges across generations. JCA provides the programs and services that support older adults and their families and builds bridges across generations. Our Core Values. Providing services that enable older adults to age in a positive way and that support their family members Serving all older adults and their families in the greater Washington, DC region, inclusive of all faiths and backgrounds Offering access to person-centered, positive aging programs through a combination of our own direct services, our referral network, and regional partnerships.

What it reported doing in 2024

Adult day programs: jca's samuel j. Gorlitz kensington clubs are social-model adult day programs serving older adults living with early-stage memory loss and their care partners. Kensington clubs give people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (mci) or early-stage alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ad/adrd), meaningful cognitive and physical activity in safe and comfortable surroundings while offering support and respite for caregivers. Kensington clubs started kesher caf, the first free young onset dementia (yod) social engagement group in montgomery county, in december 2023, to address the needs of the increasing number of people diagnosed with yod.in fy 2025, the number of people with early-stage memory loss and their care partners served by jca's samuel j. Gorlitz kensington clubs grew by 10% from fy 2024. Jca's three samuel j. Gorlitz kensington clubs in rockville, white oak, and germantown served 119 people with anearly-stage memory loss diagnosis and their care partners.intergenerational programs: jca's austin heyman interages center build bridges across generations and has been recognized nationally by generations united as a program of distinction for its intergenerational programs. Interages connects older adults with children and youth through mentoring, tutoring, literacy, and other volunteer programs in public schools and community organizations. Interages programs help students by narrowing the achievement gap and support older adults' social well-being by reducing isolation and loneliness. Interages programs serve economically disadvantaged youth by utilizing older adult (age 50+) volunteers as mentors and tutors to support students' academic achievement and social and emotional development. The array of programs is broad and includes in-class support, reading programs, art and music programs, intergenerational book clubs, and opening minds through art oma), an award-winning, evidence-based intergenerational program to help older adults with memory loss create abstract art projects to engage their minds and break through cognitive barriers, which partners interages student volunteers with kensington clubs members.in fy 2025, 320 volunteers aged 50 and older from jca's heyman interages center gave a total of 4,296 hours and 233 students volunteered. Interages volunteers mentored 1,366 students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

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: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 23.9%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 22 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.