Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222988075
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Fair Lawn, NJ, USA
Phone
2013006590
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,813
Expenses
$72,063
Assets
$199,707
Liabilities
$118,758

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ina Harris (Co-president)
  • Joy Kurland (Executive Director)
  • Richard Polton (Vice President)
  • Charles Morganstern (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Benson Chapman (Assistant Treasurer)
  • Barry Citrin (Director)
  • Howard Ebright (Director)

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

Collect, preserve and make available the documentary heritage of Jewish life and culture in Passaic, Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey

What it reported doing in 2025

Weekly mailing of Photo Friday (historical photos) to a list of approximately 1,100. Monthly mailings of newsletter and Who Am I to a list of approximately 1,100. Provision of research and information to people inquiring about family history and genealogy. Speaking engagements to Jewish communal groups and synagogues. Annual gala honoring a Society member. Timeline project of visual of local Jewish history. Rotating displays and exhibits in our office which is open to the public. Sponsor educational programs such as recording autobiographies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.77; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -30.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7% of revenue deployed · 7.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.