Jewish Federation of Pinellas and Pasco Counties FL Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 590697685
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Largo, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7275303223
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,731,490
- Expenses
- $1,514,470
- Assets
- $7,185,420
- Liabilities
- $601,469
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Doug Weiland (Immediate Past President)
- Eric Caplan (Vice President)
- Steve Schwersky (President)
- Maxine SKaufman (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Maxine SKaufman (Executive Director): $146,514 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 Pinellas and Pasco Counties dba The Jewish Federation of Florida's Gulf Coast, engages in services, activities, and fundraising initiatives that activate our four key areas of operation: Israel education and advocacy; community education planning and partnership; building Jewish identity and culture; and caring for our most vulnerable.
What it reported doing in 2024
Allocations and program expenses support the following: Israel Education and Advocacy (e.g. JCRC, Fed Fellows Israel Trips), Information Resource and Referral (e.g. Jewish Press, Community Calendar), Community Education Planning and Partnership (e.g. Demographic Study), Building Jewish Identity and Culture (e.g. Hillels of FL Suncoast, Jewish War Vets, Florida Holocaust Museum, Camp Scholorships, Israel Independence Day, Jewish Community Camp), Caring for our most vulnerable (e.g. Jewish Burial Society, GCJFCS, Menorah Manor, Benjamin Tower), and Israel Program Support (e.g. Birthright Israel, Ethiopian National Project, Leket Israel, Jewish Agency for Israel P2G program).
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 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
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: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 63.2%; rating input score 63
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 43rd 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 12.5%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.74; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56% of revenue deployed · 63.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $957K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.