Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties
Legal name: Jewish Family Service of Somerset Hunterdon & Warren Counties Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222306902
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Somerville, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 908-725-7799
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Counseling
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,618,952
- Expenses
- $1,702,664
- Assets
- $2,586,547
- Liabilities
- $319,484
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jill Fuerst (President)
- Jill Brooks PhD (Vice President)
- Steven Kraus Esq (Vice President)
- Shaina Sherman (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Shaina Sherman (Executive Director): $103,646 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties (JFS) operates as a non-profit, social service agency. JFS is based on Jewish values to preserve and strengthen the quality of individual and family life for those of all faiths and beliefs in our tri-county community. We believe that our Jewish values of integrity, reliability, humility, gratitude, hope, inclusion, renewal, and service transcend to all, and serve as the foundation of the strong inclusive culture of JFS.
What it reported doing in 2024
Senior Support Services - Aims to help older adults maintain their independence and enhance their quality of life and ensure that they are able to remain in their own homes and live with a quality of life and dignity that respects them and their family members as individuals and contributors to communal life. Licensed social workers with expertise in the geriatric population provide mental health services, case management, caregiver support and community resource information and assistance. Licensed social workers with expertise in the geriatric population provide mental health services, case management, caregiver support, and community resource information and assistance. Licensed social workers and volunteers working under their supervision, provide in-home support services and grocery shopping.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 69% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd 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: 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: -5.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90.8% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.