Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland

Overview

Mission

JFSA helps individuals and families with solutions to face life’s challenges with confidence. Adult Day Support addresses the immediate needs of adults with developmental disabilities and also fosters a supportive community network, promoting a high quality of life for participants and their families. The program is driven by participating individuals who choose and plan a personal monthly activity calendar under the guidance of JFSA staff. Personal Development and Skill Enhancement Structured activities like arts and crafts, tai chi, educational classes, and life skills training in areas such as cooking and money management help enhance cognitive and physical abilities, promote independence, and provide individuals with practical skills they can use in everyday life.

Operating model

Revenue model

Other-operating. 64% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 80
• Transparency & Controls: 84
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 71
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 67 of 68 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $24.1M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $372K · 77 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
• Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 7 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.