Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251017602
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4126818000
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $79,693,583
- Expenses
- $42,050,172
- Assets
- $387,700,423
- Liabilities
- $131,431,513
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
42 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFFREY FINKELSTEIN (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JEFFREY FINKELSTEIN (PRESIDENT/CEO): $543,204 total reported compensation
- BRIAN EGLASH (SR VP & CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $331,531 total reported compensation
- DAVID WORK (VP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $261,778 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our vision is a flourishing jewish community where everyone feels included, supported and inspired. In order to accomplish this vision we cultivate resources, connect people and collaborate across the community to live and fulfill jewish values.
What it reported doing in 2024
The jewish federation of greater pittsburgh is one of the oldest and largest philanthropies in western Pennsylvania. Since 1912, the federation has funded programs that support health, social service, educational and jewish continuity needs in pittsburgh, israel and throughout the world.see schedule o for additional information on the program service accomplishments.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $14.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 96.5%; rating input score 96; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 47.2%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.22; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 30 of 30 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $543K · 42 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.2M reported
- Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 238 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 236 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: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.