Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 720408938
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Metairie, LA, United States
- Phone
- 504.780.5600
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,086,041
- Expenses
- $4,738,019
- Assets
- $12,585,587
- Liabilities
- $1,561,902
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
59 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALAN FRANCO (JEF PRESIDENT)
- ROBERT FRENCH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- ROBERT FRENCH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $199,727 total reported compensation
- SHERRI A TARR (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $102,432 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans’ mission is to inspire members of our community to explore and share their unique Jewish identities by connecting to a vast array of opportunities to engage with our local Jewish community, with the Greater New Orleans community, and with Jewish communities in Israel and around the world.
What it reported doing in 2024
Jnola- this program serves the next-gen jewish community (ages 21-45). This program offers various social engagement, professional networking, educational opportunities, and leadership development to engage and educate this next-gen segment of the jewish community. The federation tries to build relationships that promote continued involvement with boards and organizations now and in the future.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.
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: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 83%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.66; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 76.5% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 57 of 57 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $200K · 59 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 15 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.
- 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 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.