Jewish Kids Groups

Legal name: Jewish Kids Group Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800785628
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Atlanta, GA, United States
Phone
404.913.9554
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,083,935
Expenses
$3,980,109
Assets
$5,565,089
Liabilities
$765,806

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ezra Billinkoff (Vice President)
  • Jon Effron (President)
  • Ana Robbins (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ana Robbins (Chief Executive Officer): $205,140 total reported compensation
  • Rachel Schwartz (Chief Innovation Officer): $137,688 total reported compensation
  • Maya Selber (Chief Operating Officer): $122,396 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

JKG provides a nurturing space where children can grow intellectually, spiritually, and socially. Through an engaging, values-driven curriculum, we help students connect with their Jewish heritage, explore their creativity, and build lifelong friendships in a vibrant, inclusive environment. Understand our educational goals and philosophy. IMG_0747.jpg. We inspire families and activate communities by designing and growing innovative models for Jewish education. Vision.

What it reported doing in 2024

Jewish Kids Groups (JKG) is reversing the trend of discontinuity amongst families of elementary school students by offering a new kind of Jewish education. At JKG, engagement with Judaism is daily. Parents count on daily transportation from school and other essential services. Kids become part of a Jewish community and get an inspiring, fun Jewish education every weekday afternoon.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - 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: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 82.4% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $205K · 14 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $232K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 18 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.