Jewish Family Services of Greenwich

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061073590
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Greenwich, CT, USA
Phone
2036221881
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,341,271
Expenses
$7,490,687
Assets
$2,908,013
Liabilities
$2,366,944

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARBARA EPSTEIN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RACHEL LEVINE KORNFELD (CHIEF EXEC.): $192,000 total reported compensation
  • RENEE CARROLL (CHIEF FINANC): $126,544 total reported compensation
  • BETH NUSSBAUM (CHIEF DEV. O): $126,250 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 services of greenwich (jfs) is a nonprofit social service agency dedicated to strengthening individuals and families in fairfield and new london counties. Jfs provides behavioral health counseling, food security programs, refugee resettlement, immigration legal services, older adult support, jewish health and healing support, and volunteer engagement offering accessible, expert care to people of all backgrounds and faiths. Guided by the jewish values of tikkun olam (repairing the world) and hachnassat orchim (welcoming the stranger), jfs promotes dignity, self- sufficiency, and resilience for those in need. Jewish family services of greenwich envisions a community where every individual has the opportunity to live with stability, purpose, and hope. By responding to emerging needs with compassion and innovation, jfs ensures that all who seek help find a trusted partner ready to say yes when its needed most.

What it reported doing in 2024

Older adult services: jewish family services of greenwich (jfs) provides comprehensive older adult services that help aging residents remain safe, independent, and connected to their community. The program supports seniors and caregivers through case monitoring, home visits, and volunteer companionship programs designed to combat isolation, enhance quality of life, and help older adults remain independent in their homes. Two cornerstone initiativessupermarketing for seniors and compassionate companionsextend the reach of jfs into homes across the community. Supermarketing for seniors matches homebound older adults who can no longer shop on their own with trained volunteers who assist with grocery shopping, errands, and weekly check-ins. This service ensures access to nutritious food, social interaction, and the reassurance that someone is looking out for them. The compassionate companions program pairs volunteers with homebound or socially isolated older adults to provide "door through door" support to routine medical appointments. This service ensures older adults have a trusted companion to ensure their safety and comfort while navigating outside the home for improved health and wellness and longterm positive outcomes. Each year, jfs serves more than 2,023 older adults throughout fairfield county, collaborating with municipal senior centers, hospitals, and faith- based organizations to coordinate care and identify those most at risk of isolation. Through a blend of professional expertise and community volunteerism, jfs ensures that older adults are treated with dignity, respect, and compassionremaining connected to the community they helped build.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $24.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $192K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.