Jewish Genealogical Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222191492
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7325390069
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,270
- Expenses
- $30,292
- Assets
- $212,738
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVE STEIN (PRESIDENT)
- JOY KESTENBAUM (PROGRAM VICE PRESIDENT)
- RICHARD WERBIN (MEMBERSHIP VICE PRESIDENT)
- LYNN DIAMOND (COMMUNICATIONS VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- STEVE STEIN (PRESIDENT)
- HOWARD ROTBLATT (SECRETARY)
- ELISE EISENBERG (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and information with reference to jewish genealogy. To encourage interested persons to pursue and preserve genealogical data. To provide opportunities for the sharing of jewish genealogical information. To aim toward the publication of worthy material in the field of jewish genealogy and to cooperate with such other societies or organizations in programs or activities that are consistent with the objectives of the organization.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, the organization provided ten monthly interactive programs, which included lectures and site visits, for both members and nonmembers on a variety of topics related to jewish genealogy. Lectures are made available through zoom to remote participants which are generally made available on our website
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 15%; rating input score 15
- Program expense ratio: 62.3%; rating input score 62
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 77.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.02; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 15% of revenue deployed · 62.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.