Chevra Kadisha of Chicago (Jewish Sacred Society)
Legal name: Jewish Sacred Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472830408
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, United States
- Phone
- (773) 743-0074
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Judaism
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,947
- Expenses
- $102,862
- Assets
- $306,042
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOV MILLER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DOV MILLER (PRESIDENT)
- ELIEZER HILDESHAIM (TREASURER)
- SCHAJE ABRAMOVITZ (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Perform Jewish end-of-life services with dignity and maintain the highest standards of Jewish customs (Chesed Shel Emes / Genuine Kindness), including Tahara, providing a Sefer Torah/portable Aron, and furnishing Shiva chairs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Gave grants to other exempt organizations
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 29
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 28.1%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 30.9%; rating input score 31
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.98; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 28.1% of revenue deployed · 30.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 28/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.