Jewish Educational Alliance of Savannah Georgia Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 580568690
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Savannah, GA, USA
- Phone
- 9123558111
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,234,868
- Expenses
- $4,434,052
- Assets
- $10,662,036
- Liabilities
- $2,436,645
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALLISON KONTER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ADAM SOLENDER (EXEC DIR): $214,730 total reported compensation
- SAM FRIEDMAN (EXEC. DIRECT): $12,634 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the mental, moral and physical welfare of its members, to preserve cultural and spiritual values and to work for the best interest of the jewish and general community.
What it reported doing in 2023
Childcare and children's activities - the jea offers an after school program to all children ages 4 years-5th grade. College-degreed instructors offer homework help in all subject areas. Activities include art, cooking, sports, swimming and much more. Saturday nights out provide parents an opportunity to enjoy a night out while children age 4 years through 6th grade stay at the jea for a night of fun. Days the the jea - the jea offers year-round vacation programming for children pre k 8th grade. Childen enjoy days packed with activities such as field trips, swimming, cooking, sports and crafts. Adult activities - weekly games of bridge, scrabble and mah jongg are offered for anyone who wishes to play or learn to play. Thursday "food for thought" offers an opportunity to visit with old friends and meet new ones. Lunch is followed by a speaker or performer. Aquatics - the jea aquatics programming includes an indoor 3-lane saltwater pool and an "olympic size" 6 lane outdoor pool, wet sauna, dry sauna, jacuzzi, and children's pool. Group programs include weekly master swims, aquasize classes, silver sneakers silver splash, and water aerobics. Lap swimming is available throughout the day. Group and individual swim lessons are taught in accordance with the american red cross for toddlers through senior citizens throughout the year by certified water safety instructor. The jea offers competitive instructional swim teams throughout the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 61% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.4%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $27.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 15.3%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.4% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $215K · 27 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.