Jewish Fertility Foundation

Overview

Mission

Engaging hopeful parents by providing financial assistance, emotional support, and infertility education to those struggling to build their families. “My story isn’t unique. But I was lucky. I got pregnant via IVF twice in two years and I thank the universe every day. But for others it takes years, losses, and lots of tears and heartache before babies are made, if at all. And with the costs of IVF ranging from $15,000 – $25,000 in the United States, many don’t even have a chance for a chance. So I’ve turned my useless guilt into helpful actions by starting the Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF). We provide financial assistance, educational awareness, and emotional support to Jewish families who have medical fertility challenges in the communities we serve. As a woman struggling with infertility, I know what it’s like to cry alone. But YOU.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 66
• Transparency & Controls: 79
• Accountability: 100
• Sustainability: 25
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 72.6% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $133K reported
• Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
• 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.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.