Jewish Family Service of Greater Hartford Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060653062
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
West Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8602361927
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,545,746
Expenses
$9,699,907
Assets
$2,459,032
Liabilities
$366,173

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Kleinman (President)
  • William Glucksman MD (First Vice President)
  • Jillian Feldman (Second Vice President)
  • Katherine Hanley (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Katherine Hanley (Chief Executive Officer): $198,851 total reported compensation
  • Miriam Brander (Chief Operating Office): $122,837 total reported compensation
  • Aimee Hass (Director of Behavioral Health Services): $105,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford is to enhance and strengthen the quality of life through the Jewish values of caring and compassion. JFS achieves its mission by helping individuals and families progress toward well-being.JFS provides counseling, case management, educational programming, community support services to all in Greater Hartford. Programs include child treatment, individual/family and older adult counseling and psychiatric consultation. Specialized services are offered for Holocaust survivors and adults with special needs. Community programs include Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry, Money Coach, and other case management programs. JFS is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation and state licensed for child/adolescent outpatient and adult outpatient psychiatric services. JFS Care at Home is a registered home care agency.

What it reported doing in 2024

JFS Care At Home LLC - Program provides in-home companions and CNAs their own homes, apartments, or assisted living facilities. Care at Home helps seniors to live comfortably, safely and independently by providing assistance with personal care, ambulation, light housekeeping, meal preparation, errands, socialization and companionship. JFS Care at Home is registered as a homemaker-companion agency with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.

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 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 63rd 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: -1.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 28 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $112K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.