Jewish Family Service

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910565537
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Seattle, WA, United States
Phone
(206) 461-3240
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,262,200
Expenses
$21,473,406
Assets
$59,479,348
Liabilities
$2,729,878

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

Leadership & pay

38 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Berkovitz (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Eric LeVine (Board President)
  • Mike Adler (Board President Elect)
  • Cindy Strauss (Board Vice President)
  • Zane Brown (Board Second Vice President)
  • Karyn Barer (Board Immediate Past President)

Highest reported compensation

  • William Berkovitz (Chief Executive Officer): $312,130 total reported compensation
  • Kristin Winkel (Chief Impact & Operating Officer): $234,126 total reported compensation
  • Lisa Golden (Chief Development Officer): $232,805 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Inspired by our history and values, Jewish Family Service supports the needs of Jewish individuals and families, refugees and immigrants, and our broader community to achieve well-being, health, and stability. Rooted in Jewish Values Values Into Vision In 2023, we developed a new strategic plan to lead us deeper into the areas where we are strongest, invest in the life-changing programs and services that support our Jewish communities, and invest in the systems for growth and in our extraordinary staff who help us meet our mission every day. Values Into Vision In 2023, we developed a new strategic plan to lead us deeper into the areas where we are strongest, invest in the life-changing programs and services that support our Jewish communities, and invest in the systems for growth and in our extraordinary staff who help us meet our mission every day. Strategic Plan.

What it reported doing in 2024

Services include independent living assistance for disabled adults; support and outreach programs for individuals in abusive relationships; education and outreach programs for people in need of support, guidance and expertise in order to strengthen relationships and connections to community. In FY25 this also included a donation to another non-profit.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 58% for direct work, and 42% for grants.
  • 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.3%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th 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: 99.5%; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 15%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.77; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 71.3% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 28 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $312K · 38 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 46 of 47 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.