Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island
Legal name: Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater Rhode Island
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 050259003
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Providence, RI, USA
- Phone
- 4012744564
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,463,232
- Expenses
- $6,069,599
- Assets
- $108,963,491
- Liabilities
- $424,944
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ADAM GREENMAN (PRESIDENT/CEO (EX-OFFICIO))
People named in this filing
- JAMES PIOUS (CHAIR)
- ROBERT SHERWIN (VICE CHAIR)
- CHERYL GREENFELD TEVEROW (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
2025 Donor Report: Special Campaigns 2025 Corporate and Event Sponsors 2025 Jewish Rhode Island Patron Campaign. 2025 Corporate and Event Sponsors 2025 Jewish Rhode Island Patron Campaign 2025 Donor Report: 2024 – 2025 Volunteers. 2025 Jewish Rhode Island Patron Campaign 2025 Donor Report: 2024 – 2025 Volunteers 2025 Donor Report: Dor L’Dor Society. 2025 Donor Report: 2024 – 2025 Volunteers 2025 Donor Report: Dor L’Dor Society 2025 Donor Report: Lion of Judah Endowments.
What it reported doing in 2024
Promote general jewish welfare through the support of charitable, cultural and religious organizations and assist in communal activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- 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. Some related-organization disclosures are missing and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 95
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 88.1%; rating input score 88; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 51.3%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.95; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 21 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 51 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 55 filed related-organization links
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.