Jfcs

Legal name: Jewish Family and Children's Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941156528
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Phone
415-449-1200
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,442,367
Expenses
$74,445,787
Assets
$254,793,066
Liabilities
$35,440,137

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

Leadership & pay

37 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID KREMER (PRESIDENT)
  • KERRI LEHMANN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LYDIA SHORENSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JACQUELINE NEUWIRTH SWIRE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ALEX VARUM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DR ANITA FRIEDMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR ANITA FRIEDMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $819,952 total reported compensation
  • JONATHAN ZIMMAN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $296,942 total reported compensation
  • NANCY MASTERS (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $276,471 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

About: Strengthening individuals. Strengthening families. Strengthening community. Strengthening individuals. Strengthening community.** That’s what Jewish Family and Children’s Services is all about. As the problem-solving center for residents of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma counties, we are a lifeline for children, families, and older adults facing personal crises or challenges. Whether it’s help for a major life transition or support for other challenges, JFCS is here for you. We have over 40 programs, including home care for seniors, therapy for children, youth volunteer programs, services for people with disabilities, and much more. Founded in 1850, JFCS is one of the oldest and largest human service agencies in the United St.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community services: jfcs provides community education programs, volunteer support services, bereavement and healing programs, spiritual support services, holocaust education programs, individual emergency assistance, and other practical and emotional support services to the community at large.adult services: jfcs offers services to adults through its financial assistance and small business loan program, counseling services, disability services program, domestic violence prevention program, independent living program, citizenship legal services, and other practical and emotional support services.

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 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 98
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.4%; rating input score 96; 51st 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: 9.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.42; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 28 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $66.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $820K · 37 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 41 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 21 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.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.