Rockland Jewish Family Service
Legal name: Jewish Family Service of Rockland County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133776995
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- West Nyack, NY, USA
- Phone
- (845) 354-2121 x140
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,622,973
- Expenses
- $4,631,864
- Assets
- $1,708,275
- Liabilities
- $1,608,249
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARIA DOWLING (CEO)
- LESLIE GOLDRESS (Vice President)
- KENNETH SHERMAN (President)
Highest reported compensation
- MARIA DOWLING (CEO): $101,929 total reported compensation
- LAUREN LIPOFF (COO): $67,823 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Offering help for all who need it in Rockland County regardless of religion or affiliation; provides mental health counseling, social skills development for teens and children, emergency and supplemental food, and help for older adults and their families facing a range of hurdles. _CAMP MISSION_** The mission of our summer camp is to provide the necessary support to ensure a successful summer camp experience to youth who struggle with peer relationships, impulse control, fitting in with others, coping with emotions, and related difficulties. _CAMP VISION_** The vision of our summer camp is to provide a typical summer camp experience to enhance the social skills and build the confidence of the youth we serve. Camp Kipanga. Our caring and compassionate therapists provide counseling to children who struggle with behavior problems, mood and anxiety disorders, grief, self esteem, ADHD...
What it reported doing in 2024
OTHER PROGRAMSSocial Skills and Services: Social Skills Training programs for children ages 5-18 living with High Functioning Autism and other Social Deficits.Young Adult Program for youth age 18-25 transitioning from school to work and/or higher education.Parent Support Community Education and OutreachRhoda Bloom Kosher Food Pantry Monthly distribution of non-perishable and fresh kosher food to income eligible residentsJewish Community Outreach Share-a-Shabbat program for homebound and local assisted living facilities Jewish holiday celebrations for developmentally disabled adults living in local group homesJewish culture club for adults with developmental disabilitiesHebrew Community Chapel Burial services for indigent members of the Jewish community in Rockland County
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% 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.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $117.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.94; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $4.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 18 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.8M reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.