JFS Orlando (Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando)

Legal name: Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591873758
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Winter Park, FL, United States
Phone
(407) 644-7593
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Counseling
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,831,609
Expenses
$1,962,896
Assets
$3,380,854
Liabilities
$567,705

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PHILIP FLYNN III (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PHILIP FLYNN III (PRESIDENT): $201,513 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide human services through core programs that stabilize individuals and families in crisis and enhance the quality of life across generations for all members of the Central Florida community, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, age, gender, or ability. JFS Orlando’s (Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando, Inc.) mission is to provide human services through our core programs that stabilize individuals & families in crisis and enhances the quality of life across generations to all members of the Central Florida community regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, age, gender, or ability. Join the **JFS Orlando Team** and be a part of our mission to provide services to individuals & families in crisis and to enhance the quality of life across generations in Central Florida. Job Openings Currently there are no positions available. Please check back later for new opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The ride program provides free roundtrip rides to medical appointments and other essential purposes for low-income seniors and disabled adults. Jfs orlando offered 619 roundtrip rides in 2025, assisting 56 individuals.the community rabbi program provides rabbinical services for members of the jewish community including home, hospital, hospice, end-of-life, and other community visits, as well as burial and memorial services. This program provided 529 services for 365 households in 2025, impacting nearly 1,000 individuals.the holocaust survivor assistance program (hsap) provides case management and other support services for holocaust survivors throughout central Florida. In 2025, the hsap served 32 holocaust survivors residing in our community.the scholarship program provides competitive college scholarships to jewish freshman entering ucf. In 2025 jfs provided scholarships to four students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 27th 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: -7.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $202K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.