JOIN for Justice

Overview

Mission

JOIN for Justice is building a powerful field of Jewish leaders capable of effectively organizing for justice, both inside and outside Jewish communities in the US—so that “until we are all free, we are none of us free,” and our destinies are bound up as one. Many Jewish leaders and communities are acting with passion and outrage, but they risk being ineffective, burning out or even doing harm and showing disrespect to those most affected by the injustice they seek to address. At the same time, countless more Jews are seething at what they see going on around them, but stay still, feeling helpless and unsure of what to do. JOIN calls out to Jews ready to act, and Jews who are unsure about how to act, and provides a home for learning and courage for action. JOIN plays a catalytic role in the Jewish Social Justice field. Our Organizing Institute offers training—grounded in Jewish...

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 91% 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 - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 76
• Transparency & Controls: 89
• Accountability: 78
• Sustainability: 25
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
• Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 10 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 19 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
• Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
• 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.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.