Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
Legal name: Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201195592
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Paramus, NJ, US
- Phone
- 201-820-3900
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $40,978,312
- Expenses
- $20,538,810
- Assets
- $103,650,625
- Liabilities
- $25,966,983
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
49 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jason M Shames (CEO & Executive Vice President)
- Daniel Herz (President)
- Donna Weintraub (Vice President, At Large)
- Daniel M Shlufman (Immediate Past President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jason M Shames (CEO & Executive Vice President): $440,533 total reported compensation
- AMY GLAZER (CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER): $233,029 total reported compensation
- ANDREW EPSTEIN (CFO): $209,144 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are a broad, diverse community that is united in our vision to maintain a vibrant Jewish life for future generations. Our deep commitment to Israel motivates and inspires our work to keep our homeland strong. OUR MISSION Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey brings people together to create a safe, welcoming, and connected Jewish community, and to support those in need locally, in Israel, and around the world. Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey brings people together to create a safe, welcoming, and connected Jewish community, and to support those in need locally, in Israel, and around the world. OUR VISION.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community Support and Senior Nutrition - See Schedule O
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 84% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 67
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.1%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 81.5%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 84.2%; rating input score 84; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 20th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.9%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.05; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 44.1% of revenue deployed · 81.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 39 of 39 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $441K · 49 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $283K reported
- Consistency: 38 of 41 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 116 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 109 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.