Jssa

Legal name: Jewish Social Service Agency

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530196598
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Rockville, MD, USA
Phone
240-800-JSSA (5772)
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,640,314
Expenses
$45,029,293
Assets
$76,765,401
Liabilities
$6,490,341

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBIN THOMASHAUER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RUTH RUSKIN (PRESIDENT)
  • TODD SCHENK (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • TODD SCHENK (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $434,074 total reported compensation
  • KYLIE MCCLEAF (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $298,399 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL FISCHER (ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $257,512 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Recognizing our shared humanity, JSSA empowers individuals and families to enhance well-being across all ages and stages of life. JSSA’s Board of Directors is vital to helping shape and fulfill our mission to empower individuals and families across the National Capital Region to enhance well-being in all stages of life. Our diverse and dedicated Board brings helpful perspective and assistance to JSSA, and offers financial contributions, fundraising support, and Ambassadorship. Learn more about JSSA’s **Ambassadors’ Council. Executive Committee. JSSA is a trusted health and social wellness agency serving the National Capital Region. We help neighbors and their families through their most vulnerable moments with warmth and acceptance. We serve people who are racially, ethnically, religiously, and culturally diverse, reflective of our community. two mothers with child Mental Health and...

What it reported doing in 2024

Aging in place and holocaust survivor services: jssa's skilled professionals and trained volunteers helped 977 older adults and their families maintain their well-being, safety, and independence and avoid hospitalizations and institutionalizations. Our licensed, top-quality social workers and care managers coordinate comprehensive services, including escorted transportation, healthy meal delivery friendly visitors, social programs, home care, and more for aging adults in our community. Jssa's holocaust survivor program served 337 men and women in the national capital region who survived the holocaust. Our team of expert care managers ensures survivors live independently in the comfort of their homes with dignity and a positive quality of life. The program is supported by the conference on jewish material claims against germany (claims conference), jfna, the jewish federation of greater Washington, njhsa, kavod shef, the german federal ministry of finance, and the greater jewish community, with safety, jssa provides limited urgent needs assistance, claims filing assistance, care management, homemaker and personal assistance, pro bono dental, hearing, and eye care programs, kosher meal delivery, and escorted transportation to medical appointments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $38.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $434K · 30 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.1M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.