JVS of MetroWest

Legal name: Jewish Vocational Service of Metrowest Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221487229
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
East Orange, NJ, United States
Phone
973-674-6330
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,842,788
Expenses
$6,872,637
Assets
$5,615,828
Liabilities
$4,720,917

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

Leadership & pay

40 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID PICON (PRESIDENT)
  • KENNETH PESKIN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SHARI BRODER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE COHEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEFF HOROWITZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BARRY MILSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL ANDREAS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $224,868 total reported compensation
  • HETAL NARCISO (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $151,295 total reported compensation
  • KATIE WITZIG (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER): $145,866 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

JVS helps people help themselves through innovative programs in training, education, and career counseling to create pathways to hope, independence, and employment. Inspired by Jewish values, JVS proudly serves clients from any and all backgrounds. Please consider giving on an ongoing basis — monthly, quarterly, or even semi-annually. Recurring donations make a major difference in helping us help others overcome barriers and find employment and a career path. With a recurring donation, you are part of the fabric of the organization, playing a direct role in reaching long-term goals and advancing the nonprofit mission. You’re truly part of the team. Select “Multiply your Impact! Make it Monthly.” Giving.

What it reported doing in 2024

Refugee services: jvs helps refugees who are new to the country stabilize by assisting them with applications for benefits, referrals, and when needed, emergency assistance. Citizenship: jvs leads classes designed for legal permanent residents who are preparing for the us citizenship interview and exam. Career services: career specialists work one-on-one with individuals to develop individual employment plans and provide career guidance, resume assistance, job placement, and follow up and virtual programs about various aspects of the job search.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 68% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.6%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th 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: Limited
  • 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 68.6% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 34 of 34 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 40 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $545K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.