Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America
Legal name: Jewish War Veterans of RI Memorial Wall
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 050501075
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, United States
- Phone
- 202-265-6280
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Military, Veterans' Organizations
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,023
- Expenses
- $5,808
- Assets
- $305,027
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ira Fleisher (President and Director)
People named in this filing
- Ira Fleisher (President and Director)
- Steven Musen (Director)
- Michael Penn (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
The Jewish War Veterans (JWV) is the premier voice for Jewish uniformed service members and veterans in the United States—affirming honorable service, defending rights and benefits, combating antisemitism, and supporting the State of Israel. The Jewish War Veterans (JWV) is the premier voice for Jewish uniformed service members and veterans in the United States. The JWV affirms that Jewish men and women serve honorably and heroically in the military forces of the United States of America during peacetime and war. The JWV defends the rights and benefits of all service members and veterans, combats antisemitism, and supports the State of Israel. Vision Statement. Chartered by an act of Congress in 1958 under the auspices of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA, it was created by a group of JWV members who saw the value in telling the story of American Jewish Warriors. It is located in...
What it reported doing in 2024
The Memorial was constructed to honor the memory of RI Jewish War Veterans. There is an annual MemorialDay ceremony at the Memorial.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -44.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 52.52; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st 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: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.