JFS of Washtenaw County

Overview

Mission

The mission of Jewish Family Services is to create solutions, promote dignity and inspire humanity. The JFS strategic plan helps to align the organization's goals and objectives, prioritize actions and resources, and guide decision-making. This plan ensures that JFS is proactive in identifying opportunities and addressing challenges, leading to more efficient operations and better outcomes for its stakeholders. We share in hopes that you, too, will help us continue to fulfil our mission today and in the future. Picture Our Community Partners. | Our Specialty Food Pantry offers medically and culturally-tailored groceries, Meals on Wheels, and a Senior Café. The new Shalom Commercial Kitchen provides prepared meal delivery for homebound older adults, training for JFS Microenterprise clients and a space for community events. | Offering affordable, handicap-accessible door-through-door...

Operating model

Revenue model

Grant-funded. 73% 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.

• 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 85
• Transparency & Controls: 76
• Accountability: 100
• Sustainability: 44
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site
• Where the money goes: 84.5% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13.4M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $239K · 29 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 8 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: 5 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.