Jewish Family Service Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
620199430
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2013
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9017678511
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Counseling
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$770,954
Expenses
$926,084
Assets
$1,482,779
Liabilities
$30,575

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

36 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE LIBBY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HIRSCH SERMAN (EXECUTIVE DI): $170,667 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to enhance jewish individual & family development and promote the welfare of the community.

What it reported doing in 2013

Elder support services which provides meals and transportation for medical treatment and other needs. Also, emergency and special assistance meets individual and family needs for food, shlter, and cash assistance due to crisis, arranges for foster care for children, burial assistance for needy.

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 94% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 73rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -20.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 35 of 35 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $644K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $171K · 36 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.