Jewish Federation of Springfield, IL

Legal name: Jewish Federation of Springfield Illinois

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
370662593
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Springfield, IL, United States
Phone
217-787-7223
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$607,038
Expenses
$285,196
Assets
$3,874,327
Liabilities
$77,161

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BOB ROTH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BOB ROTH (PRESIDENT)
  • REMI BENICHOU (1ST VP)
  • ELIZABETH MENDELOFF (2ND VP)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Mission.** The Mission of the Jewish Federation of Springfield, Illinois is to serve the Jewish people locally, in Israel and throughout the world through coordinated fundraising, communitywide programming, social services and educational activities. Volunteer Opportunities.** The Federation can only accomplish all its goals through the commitment and energy of volunteers and all those who get involved with and participate in our programs, committees, campaigns and missions. We do it for you and with you. Get involved, make a difference. If you would like to volunteer contact us.

What it reported doing in 2025

Various social services and public relation events were provided to the community youth, adults and seniors such as conferences, educational speakers, monthly newsletters, the annual meeting and other financial and religious assistance. A substantial allocation was also made to the springfield board of jewish education, which provides jewish education to our children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.58; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 36% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $189K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.