Jewish Family Service of North Jersey Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 221487228
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2015
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Wayne, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9735950111
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,823,466
- Expenses
- $1,830,113
- Assets
- $506,274
- Liabilities
- $373,531
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALLYN MICHAELSON (PRESIDENT)
- PAULA SHAIMAN (PAST PRESIDENT)
- SUE ANN LEVIN (PAST PRESIDENT)
- SUE NAGLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ZAHAVA TROSTEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LEAH KAUFMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- LEAH KAUFMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $143,726 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Jewish family service of north jersey (jfsnj) provides excellent and caring professional services that strengthen family life and enhance the welfare of the north jersey community in accordance with jewish traditions and values. Established in 1944, jfsnj is a multifunction non-sectarian family social service agency. Jfsnj is committed to being the first choice provider of social services in northern New Jersey. We uphold the highest professional standards and are adaptable and responsive in providing services which enrich the community while strengthening individuals and families throughout the lifecycle. Jfsnj serves over 2,000 families a year.
What it reported doing in 2015
Senior adult services and services to holocaust survivors: jfsnj provides older adults with counseling (in the office and in the home), caregiving and bereavement groups, kosher meals on wheels, geriatric assessments, care coordination, family consultations, advocacy, volunteer friendly visitors, and information and referrals. Services provide the elderly with an opportunity to age in place in a supportive environment. Services to holocaust survivors include care coordination, emergency assistance, subsidized home care, dental care, counseling and cafe europa (a supportive social program). The wolff caregiver center for family members of loved ones with alzheimer's disease provides family consultation, care coordination, caregiver groups, counseling and psychoeducational programs on alzheimer's and dementia. The agency serves over 750 older adults.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 29 of 29 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $144K · 30 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $147K reported
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.