Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
Legal name: Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 591945109
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Boca Raton, FL, United States
- Phone
- (561) 852-3100
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,886,533
- Expenses
- $26,100,068
- Assets
- $239,635,562
- Liabilities
- $31,536,872
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
99 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANA STRONG (PRESIDENT, DONNA KLEIN JEWISH ACADEMY)
- MATTHEW LEVIN (FORMER CEO)
- IGOR ALTERMAN (CEO)
- ANDREA KALKSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT, FACILITIES FINANCE)
- LOTTIE NILSEN (VICE PRESIDENT, JJCF)
- IDA NOVACK (VICE PRESIDENT, CAMPAIGN)
Highest reported compensation
- MATTHEW LEVIN (FORMER CEO): $872,020 total reported compensation
- MARLA EGERS (EXECUTIVE VP): $422,203 total reported compensation
- TODD POLIKOFF (FORMER COO): $315,415 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rooted in Jewish values, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County seeks to foster and sustain a strong, compassionate and dynamic Jewish community today and for years to come. Rooted in Jewish values, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County (JFSPBC) seeks to foster and sustain a strong, compassionate and dynamic Jewish community today and for years to come. With the help of our donors, supporters and partner agencies, we are equipped and empowered to provide for the Jewish people locally, in Israel and around the world. WE UPHOLD** the importance of strong Jewish communal leadership – from synagogues to agencies to organizations – to ensure every Jew from infancy to seniorhood has a chance to connect, to learn and to thrive safely and joyously. WE BELIEVE** caring for the vulnerable and marginalized is not just a nice thing to do – it is our obligation as.
What it reported doing in 2024
Jewish federations of north america - supports various local regional national and overseas recipients.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 68% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.4%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 58.8%; rating input score 59
- Fundraising efficiency: $10 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- 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: 6.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.18; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 61.4% of revenue deployed · 58.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 88 of 88 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $15.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $872K · 99 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.1M reported
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 31 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 25 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.