Jnc Stl Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822032280
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3147046885
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$246,575
Expenses
$103,308
Assets
$203,410
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Paul Sorenson (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Paul Sorenson (Board President)
  • Shira Berkowitz (Director)
  • Nava Kantor (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

JNC STL Inc. dba MaTovu is an inclusive Jewish space in St. Louis City that fosters connection by enriching our communitys spiritual cultural and social life. Largely volunteer-led MaTovu welcomes over 1,000 people each year for varied programming opportunities -- increasingly in partnership with community organizations across the City of St. Louis and the local Jewish community. Since 2018 MaTovu has hosted over 330 programs welcoming 7,500 participants across community-based programs such as community dinners dance and music events book clubs holiday celebrations and more.

What it reported doing in 2025

MaTovu formed partnerships with several local Jewish organizations to provide programming at MaTovu which was also supported by a grant from the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.8%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 49.6%; rating input score 50
  • Fundraising efficiency: $32.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 58.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.8% of revenue deployed · 49.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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 21/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.